(Newsweek) Daniel Klaidman and Kevin Peraino - The popularity at home of Hizballah, which the State Department has officially labeled a terrorist organization, puts the Bush administration in a delicate spot. The president's ambitious plan to spread democracy in the Middle East requires a far more nuanced approach than he, or his aides, are used to. The administration's top priority in Lebanon is to get the Syrians out, so the democratic movement can take hold. The last thing the White House needs is to pick a fight with Hizballah, which would only strengthen the hand of Lebanon's anti-U.S. radicals and their patrons in Syria and Iran.
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