> No, the folks up north traded their homes and security for keeping Beirut more or less intact.

Beirut (the parts where Hezbollah has the biggest presence, granted) is bombarded every few days...

> a force that fights no longer for the Lebanese people but entirely for a foreign leader.

This is the standard western/Israeli narrative in that regard. The Lebanese people seem to view that differently.

> though Netanyahu clearly does for personal political reasons.

Israel has to rid itself of Likud.

Netanyahu does lots of stuff for personal reasons, but with regards to the wars, there is little the opposition would do differently.