Lebanon plans 'state ceremony' to welcome Kuntar

I hope that the next time there's a war with Hezbullah, the IDF will bomb Lebanon to the Stone Age rather than trying to spare 'civilians.' This is outrageous.

Samir Kuntar and four other Lebanese prisoners will receive an official state welcoming when they are released by Israel on Wednesday as part of the prisoner swap with Hizbullah.

The five men will be greeted at Beirut's airport by Prime Minister Fuad Saniora and President Michel Suleiman.

Later, a huge rally will be held in the capital's southern suburbs where Hizbullah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah will speak, the group's Al-Manar TV has said.

French news agency AFP reports that the coastal road from the Israeli border to the southern port city of Sidon has been covered with Hizbullah decorations, and hundreds of volunteers have been hanging banners to praise Hizbullah's role in the prisoners' release throughout the south of the country.

Lebanon is Hezbullah and Hezbullah is Lebanon. No reason to spare them the next time.

Wouldn't it be funny if the helicopters came for Nasrallah on Wednesday?

Here's your homework question: Why is the United States backing the government of Fouad Saniora, which is so overjoyed at the release of a child murderer that it is holding a 'state ceremony' to welcome him home?

Cross-posted to Israel Matzav.