Free At Last

The end of the second stage of the Lebanese Restoration has been reached. The first stage was restoring order after the civil war ended in 1990. The heavy hand of the al-Assad dynasty was able to bring order, but not self-rule or true peace. Now, the truly astounding Cedar Revolution has reached a milestone after a lightening-swift, and now complete, exorcism of Syrian military apparatus from the Republic. The next step? To set up a government based on democratic consensus and the rule of law.