The U.S. Sent Over $3 Billion to Hezbollah's 'Army'
by Daniel Greenfield
February 20, 2025 at 5:00 am
The State Department has spent nearly two decades selling the myth that empowering the LAF [Lebanese Armed Forces] will weaken Hezbollah, but after $3 billion in spending, Hezbollah is more powerful than ever, while American taxpayers are stuck with financing its auxiliary force in the hopes of defeating it.
Hezbollah won't disarm, nor will the LAF disarm it or prevent it from attacking Israel, because Lebanon's entire balance of power depends on aiming Hezbollah's weapons at Israel.
The $3 billion dollars that America squandered on the LAF... didn't counter Shiite Islamic rule, it enabled it.
Steube's PAGER Act would cut off further funds to the LAF until the "Lebanese Armed Forces ceases coordination and support with Hezbollah" and the "Lebanese Armed Forces cease coordination and support with Iran".
Lebanon's government is a Hezbollah puppet regime. The LAF is a puppet army.
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21417/us-funding-hezbollah-army
