Just in: Lebanese (pro-Syrian) government resigns

http://www.cnn.com ^ | 28 February 2005 | CNN

[Eurotwit]

Just watching CNN. They Pro-Syrian government has just resigned. Huge celebrations in Beirut.

Mod note: On CNN's banner:
Lebanon’s pro-Syrian prime minister, Omar Karami, announces his resignation and that of his government. Details soon.

[Howlin]

:-)

Imagine how the troops in Iraq will feel today when they hear this.

[Coop]

Right, and it's no accident that Syria landed itself on the Axis Of Evil list shortly after September 11, 2001,

??? Iran, Iraq, North Korea.

[SlowBoat407]

The Cypress tree is the national symbol of Lebanon.

[Howlin]

I agree.

[Heatseeker]

All this on what I believe is the anniversary of the end of the 1st Gulf War, the day Kuwait was officially freed.

[SlowBoat407]

Dangit... Cedar tree. CEDAR Tree!!!!

[americanbychoice2]

Isn't the Bekaa valley the spot where many believe Iraq's WMD were hidden prior to the War?
Maybe we will get an answer soon?

[squirt-gun]

Re # 309....Ted deep in thought:

[Fishtalk]

Mr. Assad has to be looking over his own shoulder.

Sheesh, Assad is nothing but a, well another word for a cat. He's been waiting with feet of clay for someone to say Boo. It's how Syria got took over by thugs and thieves. Who then annexed Lebanon. The thugs did what they wanted as Assad played. But in the end, he's the guy with the dough and when he's threatened...

Ah well, Bush goes around saying every human being desires to be free and they tear him apart as if he's making a simpleton statement out of something that's very complicated. The intelligensia benefit by making us think it's very complicated when IT IS NOT!

Of course only the elites have the answers to such a complex issue as humans wanting to be free. Talk about eliminating upon your foot and telling you it's raining.

I heard critics say that all Ronald Reagan ever did was tell Gorbachev to tear down a wall.

BUT NOBODY ELSE SAID IT!!

Okay, I'm done my rant. Feel better. In the end it doesn't get much more complicated than right and wrong. It's who fools who into believing their way what wins.

I invite anyone having read this far to please check out my most beloved Blog entry:

The Thugs and Thieves of This Planet

[BigSkyFreeper]

"Any nation that harbors terrorists"...

[Eurotwit]

We will see.

The main demand of the demonstrators is to get Syria out.

Having the government resign is starting to give these events a momentum that will be difficult to stop.

BTW. The Druze leader Jumblatt called the Iraqi elections - "the fall of the Berlin Wall" :-)

Cheers.

[Dallas59]

Now........What to do with Syria?.........

[Coop]

"Any nation that harbors terrorists"...

That's not the same as Axis of Evil.

[anotherview]

A detailed article with photos has now been posted:

Lebanese Government Quits.

[Coop]

So, what's your "issue"?

Four posts, all bashing FNC (albeit one was a double post).

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Kids are so smart!

[BigSkyFreeper]

You denying the significance of the events?

[Nita Nupress]

only??

Are you the one who's always so negative? Or am I confusing you with someone else?

[Howlin]

Close:

1991

Bush wins congressional approval for his position with the most devastating air assault in history against military targets in Iraq and Kuwait (Jan. 16). He rejects a Soviet-Iraq peace plan for a gradual withdrawal that does not comply with all the UN resolutions and gives Iraq an ultimatum to withdraw from Kuwait by noon Feb. 23 (Feb. 22). The president orders the ground war to begin (Feb. 24). In a brilliant and lightning-fast campaign, U.S. and coalition forces smash through Iraq's defenses and defeat Saddam Hussein's troops in only four days of combat. Allies enter Kuwait City (Feb. 26). Iraqi army sets fire to over 500 of Kuwait's oil wells as final act of destruction to Kuwait's infrastructure. Bush orders a unilateral cease-fire 100 hours after the ground offensive started (Feb. 27). Allied and Iraqi military leaders meet on battlefield to discuss terms for a formal cease-fire to end the Gulf War. Iraq agrees to abide by all of the UN resolutions (Mar. 3). The first Allied prisoners of war are released (Mar. 4). Official cease-fire accepted and signed (April 6). 532,000 U.S. forces served in Operation Desert Storm. There were a total of 147 U.S. battle deaths during the Gulf War, 145 nonbattle deaths, and 467 wounded in action.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Barf....obscene picture...