Iraqi's Ready for Reconciliation

Lebanon could learn a lesson from the valiant new Iraq government:

The Iraqi government held the first meeting of a homegrown peace initiative Saturday, with the country's top leaders vowing to reconcile the groups involved in sectarian violence and to bring into the political fold insurgent groups ready to lay down their arms.
"This is an Iraqi initiative for those who are part of the political process," said Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, according to the French news agency Agence France-Presse.
According to the AFP article, Maliki said the Supreme Committee for National Reconciliation received positive signals from some insurgent groups battling Coalition and Iraqi security forces...According to AFP, Iraqi leaders hope the new reconciliation committee will draw in groups prepared to compromise, while isolating violent extremists.
The prime minister said those who oppose Iraq’s policies are free to do so, but those who reject the peace process in favor of violence would be "pushed into a corner.”

This should be the Lebanese attitude: instead of blaming Bush or Israel for their problems, they should defeat extremism in their country by pushing Hezbollah into a corner.