Come Again?

From USA Today:

The military in Lebanon has long been weak, numbering 56,000 personnel, with about 220 battle tanks, no effective air power and no air defense system. Hezbollah guerrillas are widely considered a stronger, more experienced force, and they were able to fight Lebanon's military to a standstill last year.(emphasis mine)

Good to know that the American press thinks that civil war broke out in Lebanon last year...