Once disarmed Hizbollah could undertake any political role in Lebanon that they can win democratically at the polls.

U.S. Denies Major Shift on Hizbollah
Reuters Original Article

The Bush administration would accept a political role for the Lebanese group Hizbollah if it disarmed, U.S. officials said on Thursday. But the officials denied a New York Times report that the administration had made a sharp policy shift and was grudgingly going along with efforts by France and the United Nations to steer the party into the Lebanese political mainstream.