Look at that crowd, freedom is definately on the march in the streets of Beirut as well as the hearts and minds of the Lebanese citizenry. I guess the freedom loving majority wanted to show the people in the MSM, Kofi Annan and the EU that The Cedar Revolution is a "greater force" than the terrorists of Hezbollah who are just a mouthpiece of Syria with guns and bombs.
Also check out this piece by Claudia Rosett in The New York Sun. I like this paragraph:
Long live The Cedar Revolution!!! America is behind you.In Beirut yesterday, it was clear that message has been heard. Unlike the Hezbollah demonstrators with their chants of "Death to America," many in the crowd were friendly to Americans. "Thank's Free World," (sic) said one poster, held high by a woman in a bright red jacket, Rawya Okal, who told me: "We thank Mr. Bush for his position." Overhearing this in the throng, a middle-aged man in a green baseball cap, Louis Nahanna, leaned over to say, "We love the American people" - adding, "Please don't let Bush forget us. Your support is very important."
Asking more people what they thought of Americans turned up the same refrain. From a young driver, Fadi Mrad, came the message: "We want to change. We need freedom. Please don't let Bush forget us." From a group of young men came not only the message "Our hope is America," and "We believe in democracy in the Middle East," but also praise for Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz. There was also an invitation from one of them, young Edgard Baradhy, for his heroine, Ms. Rice, to come to Beirut "and I am ready to take her for coffee."
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