Haaretz reports that Lebanon is calling up 15,000 reservists in order to deploy the Lebanese Army to the south of the country, where Hezbollah militias currently enjoy free reign. This was originally a key demand of the Israelis, back when they were rejecting the insertion of an international force, an idea which they now support.

The notion of the Lebanese Army wresting control of southern Lebanon from Hezbollah is great - in theory. But the plan has to be treated with a healthy dose of skepticism. In light of Hezbollah's impressive performance against the Israeli Army, it's doubtful whether the Lebanese Army could put up much of a fight against Nasrallah's fighters - that is, of course, assuming that Lebanese soldiers would even obey a government order to take on Hezbollah. Which they wouldn't.

About halfway through the article, Haaretz quotes Lebanese Information Minister Al-Aridi, who reveals the plan's details:

The plan calls for an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon and the Shaba Farms area, a prisoner exchange deal and a state monopoly on the use of weapons in its territory.

Al-Aridi hinted that Lebanon was expecting positive reactions to its decision.

He also added that, following the deployment of the army in the south of the country, Hezbollah would remain in the area "as a party that represents an entire segment of the population."

Al-Aridi stressed that the organization would remain a partner to decision-making in the country and that the deployment of the army was designed "to reap the fruits of Lebanon's military achievement."

In other words, the Lebanese Army will deploy to the south not to dismantle or even reign in Hezbollah, but rather to supplement and assist the terrorist group's forces. This, of course, explains why Hezbollah's ministers in the Lebanese Cabinet approved the plan. In return, Israel is expected to withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon without disarming Hezbollah (meaning Israeli towns will remain within range of Hezbollah rocket launchers); hand over the Shaba Farms, an area which the U.N. Security Council has ruled is not even Lebanese (it's Syrian); and trade captured terrorists for the two Israeli soldiers that Hezbollah kidnapped when its fighters snuck over the Israeli border. What a deal.

Something tells me the "international community" is quickly going to hail this plan as a great step forward for peace.