Empirical questions

I read this in the NY Times, and again quoted in Haaretz:

A distinction must be made between legitimate resistance and uncalculated adventures undertaken by elements inside (Lebanon) and those behind them without recourse to the legal authorities and consulting and coordinating with Arab nations," a statement carried by the official news agency [Saudi Press Agency] said.

These elements should bear the responsibility for their irresponsible actions and they alone should end the crisis they have created.

There are important issues for political theory to address in this crisis: the proportionality of force, the status of non-state armed organizations, the place of national sovereignty when a state has no effective control over its territory. But who started this latest brawl is beyond question when Saudi Arabia itself blames Hezbollah.