The Winners and Losers of Israel's Second Lebanon War

I read a few months back that Hezbollah's Chief, Nasrallah, was days from suing for peace when Israel backed out of Lebanon. While citing Hezbollah's ability to confront and endure Israeli attacks as victory, we are now hearing something completely different from Iran, namely, a change in leadership of Hezbollah from Nasrallah to Kassem.

Western intelligence sources cited by Asharq reported that Teheran was furious over Nasrallah's conduct during the Second Lebanon War and that was the reasoning behind the decision to diminish Nasrallah's authority.

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Hizbullah's budget in the last 18 months has been $1 billion, to compensate the organization for the losses it suffered during the war. Hizbullah's yearly Iranian budget stands on $400 million, the officer added.

So for all those that say Hezbollah was victorious and Israel was defeated, these two factors show that Hezbollah was on the ropes at the end of the Second Lebanon War. Like the US in Iraq, if Israel would have stuck it out, things may be completely different in Lebanon now.