[New col­umn on Spot-on up](http://www.spot-on.com/archives/allbritton/2007/08/lebanons_war_one_year_later_2.html), with a longer ver­sion to appear here tomor­row. A sample:

This week marked the anniver­sary of the end of last summer’s war between Hezbol­lah and Israel. It was a stu­pid war, as most wars are, but the end of the con­flict on Aug. 14, 2006 after 34 days of fight­ing saw a defi­ant Hezbol­lah and a chas­tened Israeli mil­i­tary. The day also saw a flat­tened Lebanon and a United States pol­icy for the region in tat­ters. It was a dis­as­ter for almost every­one involved.
But a year later, it’s a good idea to come back and take a look at who really won the war and who lost. Where do all the major play­ers stand and how sig­nif­i­cant was the “divine victory”?