To die … for Khamenei

Lebanon did not enter the war. It was dragged into it – not through national decision, not by a parliamentary vote– but by a unilateral choice, dictated by a loyalty decided far from Beirut.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s assassination shook Iran and its axis. But the decision to open the Lebanese front was by no means inevitable. It was neither a matter of national strategic necessity nor an unavoidable fate.It was a choice – a choice made outside Lebanon’s institutions, more precisely, in Tehran and imposed on a country already drained.And it would appear that this time, even the official Hezbollah “did not know.” Even if it has apparently pulled itself together, judging by the statements its leaders have been sending out hitting us like a bombshell.It doesn’t really matter. The outcome is the same. Lebanon has become the stage for a regional...