Was listening to Dennis Prager's radio show and telephone guest was Michael Young, opinion editor of the Daily Star, an English language newspaper published in Beirut.
Prager asked him a whole bunch of questions to get a handle on the situation over there.
The main ideas I got was that Lebanon's government is divided into pro- and anti-Syria factions. The Prime Minister is anti-Syria, the President is pro-Syria and there are 24 cabinent ministers with most being anti-Syria.
However, a government will be in constitutional collapse if 9 cabinet ministers depart from the government either by resignation (the entire pro-Syrian wing has resigned) and there have been assasinations of several anti-Syrian ministers.
Prager asked, why can't new ministers be named to replace those resigned and assassinated?
The reporter said, they must gain the approval of the pro-Syrian President!
As it stands, if two more ministers resign or are assassinated, the government will be constitutionally non-viable.
Young fears that the USA will give into the Syrians in exchange for help in Iraq which would leave Lebanon once again totally dominated by the Syrians.
I hope somehow the USA can help both the Iraqis and Lebanese get their countries back from radicals.
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