Lebanon Roundup

Rick Moran has done a bang-up job of gathering a lot of updates about the situation in Lebanon. There is a lot going on there. One of the most interesting facts he's found is that Hezbollah is trying to avoid a confrontation in the streets with the hundreds of thousands of very angry anti-Syrian demonstrators filling the streets of Beirut.

HIZBULLAH CANCELS MARCHES

Showing that he has more than an ounce of common sense, Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah has cancelled street demonstrations planned for Thursday to avoid a confrontation with the hundreds of thousands of angry anti-Syrian Lebanese who will be in the streets paying their last respects to Minister Gemayel.

As I’ve said before, Nasrallah does not want a civil war – not when he is on the verge of getting what he wants without a messy, destructive sectarian conflict. While the atmospherics of the political situation may have changed, the reality is that the Sheik still holds the upper hand – as long as his bully boys have the guns to threaten the government and the population.

Strangely, Nasrallah has blamed Israel for the assassination. Given that Gemayel’s uncle, ex-President Bachir Gemeyal was a huge supporter of Israel during the civil war, it is doubtful too many Lebanese outside of the fanatics who follow him believe Nasrallah. It may prove that the assassination has thrown Nasrallah off his game slightly. Let’s hope the million or so people who flood the streets of Beirut today continue that process.

That is an interesting theory. But there is a ton of other stuff over at the Nuthouse as well.

UPDATE: Others: Gateway Pundit, Captain's Quarters, Wake up America, A Blog For All, Instapundit, Hot Air,  Hyscience,