Lebanon's Itchy Trigger Finger

There is no excusing the senseless murder of an IDF soldier – shot while removing a tree on the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border. It was obscuring a security camera (although why the camera could not be moved rather than the tree is the kind of question only Jon Stewart seems to ask).  Stephen Walt echoes Juan Cole:

This incident underscores the fragility of the current peacebetween Israel and Lebanon.  When security is precarious, militarypersonnel will be more inclined to shoot...