The new Lebanese government has been announced, peppered with a wholesome dose of pro-Syrian apparatchiks. Tomorrow I will link BC up with a commentary I wrote for the Daily Star on the new outfit. You can hardly wait, I know, the cabinet is that interesting...

However, I wonder when the Syrians will opt for a different approach than the one adopted yesterday. When, for example, might they chose to use Lebanon as a hook to liberalize their own system, instead of using their system to close ours down?