"No matter how much longer this fight goes on, the truth of the matter is that political negotiations will be the endgame. The solution that will present itself a week, a month or a year from now will be, in essence, the same solution as the one available today, and which, tragically, was available before a single shot was fired or a single child killed. Given this reality, a more concerted effort is required sooner rather than later to stop the death and destruction on both sides of the border."
http://thethinkingleb.blogspot.com/2006/07/some-wise-words.html

{linked from http://www.instapundit.com/ which is actually blogged by Michael Totten, because Glenn is taking a week vacation and has numerous other bloggers filling in. The comment accompanying the link says: "VOICE OF REASON: Former Lebanese Prime Minister Michel Aoun, a murky figure who entangles himself in sometimes bizarre and counterproductive internal Lebanese alliances, emerges as a voice of reason and offers a way out."}