The 2008 TIME 100 Finalists
Read about the leaders, artists, enterpreneurs and thinkers who, in your opinion, deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100 —Scott Brown and Michelle Kung
AGE: 47
OCCUPATION: Spiritual and tactical leader of Hizbollah
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0
PRO: Having dodged assassination and outlasted Israel's embarrassing 2006 incursion into Lebanon, Nasrallah's on the offensive again, calling for destruction of "Zionist" targets all over the world.
CON: Nasrallah needs that Israeli invasion to consolidate and renew Hizbollah's power: he's facing the possibility of civil war at home in Lebanon. One report (which he's denied) had him ceding military power to a deputy.
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