What’s the point of the Lebanese Army?

In the span of 48 hours, leading Lebanese institutions provided proof that the mindset and national culture that continue to prevail within the “deep state” leave it unable not only to implement political decisions taken by the country’s highest authority, the Cabinet, but above all to bring about a change in attitudes within the state itself.Last Saturday, the Lebanese Army issued a statement that made no mention of the Cabinet’s decision to classify Hezbollah’s military and security activities as illegal — even though they have always been so — and instead stressed the importance of preserving “national unity.”The statement added that the “way out of the crisis” rests on ending “Israeli aggressions” and on “strengthening the capabilities of the military institution.”Yesterday, the military court released on bail three activists...