Tent city rises to pressure Syria
But regional analysts say Mr. Assad is most likely to be unnerved, not by foreign political pressure but by the unprecedented protest movement sparked by the Feb. 14 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
The tent city rose up near the immense crater created by the blast that killed Mr. Hariri and 16 others, peopled by protesters who refused to go home after a demonstration Monday described as the largest anti-Syrian protest ever held.
Divided into small groups according to affiliation — the Christian Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) in one area, the followers of Druze leader Walid Jumblatt in another — the camp has been growing daily since Monday.
Inspired by December’s Orange Revolution in Ukraine and the Rose Revolution in Georgia a year earlier, the protesters have begun to call their action the ‘Cedar Revolt’ in a tribute to the tree that adorns the Lebanese flag.
I often wonder if I would have the courage to participate in such an event, where the possibility of violent crackdown by government officials is very real.
Their courage is amazing, and deserving of our awe and support.
(via Instapundit)
“Their courage is amazing, and deserving of our awe and support.”
But not, I take it, when the invader or occupying army is American or perhaps Israeli?
Interesting dichotomy…