Syria's business Both of
Syria's business
Both of them stood up and said loud and clear to Syria, 'You get your troops and your secret services out of Lebanon so that good democracy has a chance to flourish."
-- President Bush, talking about the joint press conference held by Condoleezza Rice and French foreign minister Michel Barnier.
(Nedra Pickler, New York Sun)
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We are in the corner now. The problem is that pressure will never stop, not even when we leave Lebanon.
-- Youssef Marish, publisher of the Syrian weekly Al Mobky
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[T]hey see that if they fix themselves, they will die.
-- Syrian opposition leader Michel Kilo, speaking of the Assad government
(Hassan M. Fattah, New York Times)
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We see the situation and the people--we are not blind.
-- Hizbollah spokesman Mohamed Affif
Unlike in Iraq, Shia Muslims in Lebanon are not pressing for democracy. This has put Hizbollah in a bind: increasingly the Shia terrorists are caught between the will of the people and they support the terrorist group receives from Damascus.