If you believe DEBKA, Lebanon has just fallen into Syrian hands. And, Nasrallah ‘won.’

Exclusive: Lebanese army chief defies government as Syria steps in to back Hizballah’s conquest of Beirut districts

May 9, 2008, 6:19 PM (GMT+02:00)
Shiite gunman in Beirut faces no military resistance

Shiite gunman in Beirut faces no military resistance

Syrian Social Nationalist Party’s units entered Beirut to support Hizballah’s advancing occupation of Sunni West Beirut districts.

DEBKAfile’s Middle East sources report that Thursday night, army chief Gen. Michel Suleiman refused to obey prime minister Fouad Siniora’s order to declare a state of emergency for the crisis created by Hizballah’s declaration of war against the government. The general warned that if the government enacted an emergency, he would order the troops to return to barracks.
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Thank goodness for the Internet! Over at InstaPundit, where he links to Michael Totten; it seems that we’re watching “Nasrallah’s last stand.”

Of course, Nasrallah is hiding out in Tehran. But this is a real fight; directed by Iran. To finish off Lebanon. Right now, things are in chaos.

To fight this monster? In Iran, “gorilla boy” is running into problems with his mullahs. He’s militarizing more; and they’re liking it, less.

In Iraq? Even the shi’ite mustlims have turned against iran. (Just as the sunni’s have turned against Riyadh.) So, I’ll guess that in Lebanon, now, there are muslims who understand the prices at stake. And, here? Riyadh has announced its fury. This time around? It’s a war at the divide. Between sunni and shi’a. And, the shi’a really never did have access, before, to the seats of power. You can add that Michel Anoun, the christian falangalist, is staying clear. He’s usually just a puppet controlled out of Nasrallah’s pocket.

Now, for a test of reality. Nasrallah’s goons have missiles. But can they throw them inside Lebanon? I think not. All Nasrallah’s goons can do is intimidate innocent civilians. Does he ever cast his eye off-shore? The ships at sea can take out a lot more than the Israeli’s did, in the summer of 2006.

What a soap opera. Strands of the story from Lebanon. America’s deep involvement in Irak and Afghanistan. Where the poppy crop can’t be curtailed. And, then this mishigas with Olmert.

Thank goodness for the Internet. So we don’t have to wait for the biased news reports that get printed on paper, not even worthy, anymore, of fish wrap.

By the way, using speech to bully is interesting. Because? At some point the bully gets punched in the nose. While “gorilla boy” is using this, now, because he’s actually in more trouble at home. Rather than less.