Ceasefirefight

This headline tells you all you need to know about the possible efficacy of the UN "cease fire" agreement:

Cease-Fire Takes Effect;
More Fighting Expected

Nonetheless, it seems that thousands of Lebanese families are making their way back home, or whatever is left of them.

Meanwhile, Bush continues to display his tireless disconnect from the real world by proclaiming that Hezbollah was "defeated." Of course, he more or less has to say this, the only other option being that they weren't. A stark admission as that would mean that "evil" had not been trounced by "good," and we know that can't be right. Not in Bush's world.