Congress Ready To Lift Ban on Sending Military Aid to Lebanon?

That's the news coming out of Kuwait, according to Naharnet:

The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee has agreed to lift a ban to supply the Lebanese army with weapons and equipment estimated at $100 million, the Kuwaiti al-Rai newspaper reported Thursday.


Al-Rai said Howard Berman okayed for the U.S. administration to continue to support the flow of military aid to Lebanon a month after the U.S. Congress temporarily blocked $100 million in assistance, claiming it was unsure of the country's ties with Hizbullah.

So what's the reason for resuming the flow of weapons--because now Congress is sure of Lebanon's ties to Hezbollah? The point was that the Lebanese ambush of the IDF--after Israel notified UNIFIL in advance that they were trimming trees that obscured its view of the border--raised questions about Hezbollah's involvement and influence.

If the news report is true, how likely is it that the logic being used is that any weapons held back by the US will only be supplied by Iran instead, driving the 2 countries closer together?

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