Assad State of Affairs

And finally, the post I've been trying to make since this morning. After this, I'm off to bed to rest up (ha!) for tomorrow. Anyway...

Lebanon to Syria: Get out.

Lebanese opposition figures have criticised Syrian comments that troops could remain in Lebanon for another two years despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for their withdrawal.

Syrian Foreign Minister Faruq al-Shara told CNN television on Sunday that he expects his country's troops to remain in Lebanon for "only a couple of years" more. "Not for good, certainly," he said.

General Michel Aoun, who was driven into exile in 1990 after a bloody "war of liberation" against Syrian troops, said on Al-Arabiya satellite television that "nobody has asked the Lebanese if they will accept another two years"

A repressive state sponsor of terrorism, violating U.N. Security Council resolutions? Perish the thought.