To disarm Hezbollah, look to the past

To disarm Hezbollah, look to the past

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Sitting at a café in Dahieh, the southern suburb and Hezbollah stronghold of the Lebanese capital, is to witness the decline in Hezbollah’s fortunes. Women gossip and children are oblivious, but look around, and some men are missing fingers or eyes, the legacy of holding a sabotaged beeper. Hezbollah is still a presence, though. The checkpoints that mark the entrance to Dahieh no longer fly Hezbollah flags nor sport posters of …