Yellow Brick Wall
In an unexpected reversal of opinion throughout the Middle East, Syria looks to be in the 'Bad Dog No Biscuit' Camp following its recent violent attempts to politically sabotage Lebanese society and the fragile cease-fire between Israel and Palestine.
Huge street demonstrations in Damascus, condemnations of the Tel Aviv suicide bombing in both Palestine and Israel, and Monday's surprise resignation of the pro-Syrian Lebanese government have shaken Mid-East pundits and offered some hope that perhaps America's intervention in Iraq may have finally juiced the lights in that dark corner of the world.
"The Syrians are out of step with where the region is going, and out of step with the aspirations of the people of the Middle East," Condoleeza Rice stated to reporters following an International Conference in London on Palestinian security and political reform. "The pressure of the international community is quite palpable on Syria," she further stated.
There is a journalistic stampede to compare what appears to be a shifting Mid-East attitude to the falling of the Berlin Wall, espousing a hope that this is a turning point in Mid-East politics, and that there may actually be a movement towards the dismantling of the region's monarchies, dictatorships and theocracies in favor of elected, representative governments.
Humanity offers itself a tiny glimmer of hope . . .