Lebanon: Something May Actually Happen Soon

There is an impending sense of government possibly breaking out soon in Lebanon. It's by no means certain. Even Hizbullah is optimistic! Though their reports that General ‘Aoun (who, having lost the most in the elections, is demanding the most non-negotiable terms) has agreed to concessions would seem to be a bit premature.

King ‘Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and Bashar al-Asad of Syria having met now, Lebanon can actually hope to form a government soon.

The Lebanese/Harvard blogger Qifa Nabki has, as he often does, come up with a nicely snarky inroduction to his post on the subject:

Like farm animals before an earthquake, the Lebanese daily newspapers are beginning to shift anxiously ahead of what they now believe to be, yes… I think we can confirm… yes, uh huh, there’s absolutely no question this time… it’s gonna… it’s, it’s… oh my God… it’s happening!

THE GOVERNMENT IS COMING, THE GOVERNMENT IS COMING!

Or so they say.

Al-Akhbar predictably claims that America’s evil Vice-Regent (Jeffrey Feltman) has given the green light, while Naharnet predictably claims that Syria’s evil Vice-Regent (Bashar al-Assad) has given the green light. Michel Aoun, in the meantime, is insisting that the light remains decidedly orange.

I also like his title: "Impending Anticlimax Looming?"

Wish I'd said that.