Everything you thought you understood about Lebanon, Hezbollah, Israel and the U.S. is about to be challenged.

David Daoud, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and one of the leading experts on Lebanon and Hezbollah, joins Erin Molan for a conversation that completely upends the conventional narrative surrounding Lebanon and the much-discussed Israel-Lebanon “peace deal.”

And Daoud isn’t approaching this from a distance. He tells Erin that he served in the IDF and fought Hezbollah himself.

So why does he believe Washington and Jerusalem may be misunderstanding Lebanon?

Daoud explains why Hezbollah cannot simply be dismissed as a foreign Iranian occupation of Lebanon, why significant Lebanese Shiite support for Hezbollah matters enormously, and why Lebanon’s unique political system makes disarming Hezbollah far more complicated than many Western observers suggest.

He also challenges the way the recent U.S.-backed Israel-Lebanon arrangement is being described.

His message is blunt: stop calling it a “peace deal” when the Lebanese themselves aren’t calling it one.

Erin and David also discuss Marco Rubio’s approach to Lebanon, Iran’s relationship with Hezbollah, how Hezbollah finances itself, the Lebanese government’s willingness and ability to confront the group, Resolution 1701, and whether Washington is mistaking temporary quiet for genuine peace.

Could this agreement actually create lasting stability between Israel and Lebanon?

Or are Washington and Jerusalem repeating the same mistakes that could leave another generation fighting the exact same war?

David Daoud is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies focused on Lebanon, Hezbollah and Israel.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 David Daoud Joins Erin Molan
00:08 Scott Bessent, Iran Sanctions & The Bigger War
00:48 Why America Lost Its Appetite For War With Iran
03:52 Why Confronting Iran Matters To America
05:41 The Lebanon Narrative Starts To Fall Apart
06:10 The Truth About Hezbollah’s Lebanese Roots
07:59 Why Lebanese Shiites Support Hezbollah
10:16 “I Fought Against Hezbollah” — Daoud’s IDF Experience
11:05 How Hezbollah Shapes Lebanon’s View Of Israel
12:38 How Hezbollah Gets Its Money
13:54 How Many Lebanese Actually Want Hezbollah Disarmed?
14:24 Why Lebanon’s Political System Changes Everything
16:49 Is Washington Overselling The “Peace Deal”?
17:53 Iran’s Ambassador & Lebanon’s Contradiction
18:49 “Stop Calling It A Peace Deal”
19:27 Could 20 Years Of Quiet Eventually Create Real Peace?
20:43 What Must Happen To Prevent The Next Israel-Lebanon War
21:34 “You Cannot Defeat An Enemy You Do Not Understand”

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