Hariri And Saudi Arabia Trying Softer Handling Of Hezbollah

Elias Muhanna observes:

what we’re seeing today from Saad al-Hariri and the Saudis is a much more cautious policy of containment which recognizes the valuable political capital that may soon be delivered via an STL indictment against Hizbullah, but which also recognizes the folly of bearing down too hard on the Shiite party. If Hizbullah feels pressured, as they did in late 2006

I don’t think Hezbollah will fall for that. They already seem to be mobilizing their supporters and opinion makers for a full fronted confrontation.