After the battle for southern Lebanon ended, the battle to dominate the global post-war spin room immediately began. Pundits are fine, but when BuzzCharts really wants to know whether a region is moving towards chaos or towards civilization, it looks to the marketplace. Reporters can poll the "Arab street" all they want, but to find out what the locals really believe, you have to watch one of the most powerful ballots a man can cast — his nest egg.

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