مقتل 14 مدنيا برصاص الأمن السوري في حمص ودرعا وادلب وريف حماة اليوم

Bashar might be negotiating his exit now! Those who follow this tyrant will soon be alone.

We shall see how the insurgents do with being abandoned by "the West" which has been warned by the Egyptian election result that democracy is not what "the West" wants for Syrians after all: "the West" just got carried away with its own rhetoric for a minute.
The more interesting question is why Lebanon does not embrace democracy. The answer is that Lebanon the place where "the West" absolutely cannot tolerate democracy because Lebanon is the glove "the West" uses to handle the whole region without getting its hand dirty.
"The West" wants weak Arab nationalism (Syria), weak Arab culture (Iraq), and weak Islam (Saudi Arabia). It is "the West" which is running out of time.

Chris, I think you are missing one pertinent point in your analysis, Lebanon is not that important for the leaders of the West do obsess about it this much!
With this said we have to prove to the West that a democratic Lebanon will be their natural ally.
The enemy of the Arab nations is their own leaders who kept them repressed for so long. If Arab nationalism is represented by the Syrian regime, one of the last dictatorships existing on this earth, many Arabs do not want it.
Blaming the West who has liberated us from the Othoman empire and then kept bailing us out on every turn is the only tool remaining for those who are holding lebanon as a hostage to promote their hegemonial agendas and protect their regimes, Assad and Khamanei.

Not enough. The more Sunni crazies get terminated, the better off the whole world is. Help the US and the West achieve this goal and pursue the crazies wherever and whenever possible. 3alehom

chrisru, what a brilliant analysis and set of conclusions. One has to frequent falafel stands in south Beirut to encounter such deep enlightenment. Thank you for your contribution.

@chrisrushlau: Go Learn some history, the west has always pulled the Arab nations from their troubles, why they always supported the jews, it's because the latter send their people to the moon (i.e. retired Sergent that was killed when the rocket exploded in outer space due to a fault) meanwhile your political misleading leaders want to fight Israel with 100,000 rockets from the South instead of incorporating their so-called might into the state to form a united front, simply because when the enemy attacks them back using the latest western technology, they normally attack our state infrastructure(i.e.Bridges/Jiyeh/Jamhour and etc..) and not the rat's hole who mislead you and made you blind by his brainwashing words.