Hizbollah Draws Vast Pro-Syrian Crowds in Beirut

Freedom is on the march. People are voting. Bush promised the US would stand by the Lebanese people, saying: "The momentum of freedom is on your side." Bush is sure that it is simply good vs evil. Nothing to complicated about that. The people are in the streets of Beirut. Today, however, more people took to the streets of Beirut. A reported 500,000 Lebanese people. They are there in support of the Syrians. "I am here to express my opposition to resolution 1559 because it demands the disarming of the resistance. Hizbollah is not a militia. It deters Israeli aggression against Lebanon,"30-year-old demonstrator Mona Srour told Reuters. Hizbollah has become very popular in Lebanon just for that reason. Lebanon is a much more complicated issue than just removing the Syrians. It is not unlikely that a pro Syrian government could be elected. The Bush administration, as usual, neglects to think about all the possible outcomes. As always the devil is in the details