Tuesday, March 01, 2005
A Sign of things to come?
In a bizzarre twist of fate, 25,000 protesters took to the streets of Beirut to peacefully protest their government, while just miles away, historic elections have taken place in Iraq.
But here's the truly amazing piece:
This looks really, really good. But I wonder what the Arab street thinks of it. Oh, wait it is, the Arab street. They must be Halliburton shareholders!
But here's the truly amazing piece:
"We will be here every day until the last Syrian soldier withdraws from our land," one activist said through a loudspeaker. The crowd, blowing whistles, chanted back: "Freedom, Sovereignty, Independence."
They sang in rhyming Arabic: "We are all, Muslims and Christians, against the Syrians."
This looks really, really good. But I wonder what the Arab street thinks of it. Oh, wait it is, the Arab street. They must be Halliburton shareholders!
