Fantastic news out of the Middle East–and possible signs for democracy growing on its own in this dangerous region of the world: Lebanon’s pro-Syrian government has resigned.
It seems to be a similar situation to what happened in Ukraine in December, following the first round of rigged elections. Now, a revolution is occurring in Lebanon–one looking for free and fair elections and without Syrian intervention. Fighting a ban against protests, at least 50,000 Lebanese citizens are staging peaceful protests demanding the withdrawl of Syrian troops from Lebanon.
Lebanon has been relatively peaceful since its civil war ended in 1990. Hopefully, the resignation of this government and the election of a new government will not damage the stability that is so critical to nations in the Middle East.
The resignation carries a lot of implications for Middle Eastern nations, most importantly that given time, democracy can rise up on its own.
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