The MIddle East - More complex than whart simple minds perceive
Lebanon is now in danger of devolving into civil war:
Thousands answer Hezbollah call in Beirut
By TANALEE SMITH
Associated Press Writer
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Nearly 500,000 pro-Syrian protesters waved flags and chanted anti-American slogans in a central Beirut square Tuesday, answering a nationwide call by the militant Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group for a demonstration to counter weeks of massive rallies demanding Syrian forces leave Lebanon.
Organizers handed out Lebanese flags and directed the men and women to separate sections of Riad Solh Square. Loudspeakers blared militant songs urging resistance to foreign interference. Demonstrators held up pictures of Syrian President Bashar Assad and signs saying, "Syria & Lebanon brothers forever."
Other placards read: "America is the source of terrorism"; "All our disasters are from America"; "No to American-Zionist intervention; Yes to Lebanese-Syrian brotherhood."
Thousands answer Hezbollah call in Beirut
Not a good sign....just evidence that we won't achieve our objectives from the bully pulpit, but rather from the conduct of shrewd and thoughtful foreign policy.