Where Is Lebanon’s Zelensky?

Elliott Abrams has also been thinking about Ukraine and Iran’s war with Israel—not because of the geopolitical connections, but to draw an analogy. Much like Russia had dominated its southwestern neighbor prior to 2014 with the help of local allies, Iran has dominated Lebanon with the help of Hizballah. Now that Israel has “decimated and decapitated” the Iranian proxy, asks Abrams, “where is the Lebanese Zelensky willing to stand up for his nation’s sovereignty?”