Thousands of demonstrators forced Lebanon’s puppet government, controlled by Syria, to resign today. The Lebanese people must be commended for their heroic and peaceful push for democracy, self-determination, security, and economic freedom.

Things are going from bad to worse for Syria’s dictators, led by one-time ophthalmologic student Bashar Al-Assad. He and his cronies must be far past diarrhea and into dysentery by now. Who said the U.S. invasion of Iraq is having no positive effects?

I leave it to Ed Morrissey of Captain’s Quarters Blog to summarize Lebanon's ascension and Syria’s moment of truth:

"This is Assad's worst nightmare come true. With the Syrians, especially the Kurds in the northeast, watching the Iraqis vote in the first free multi-party elections ever on their east and the Lebanese on their west showing how fragile the Syrian grip on power truly is, the Assad government may wind up facing similar demonstrations in the streets of Damascus, demanding free multi-party elections -- which would end Assad's grip on power, unless he got in front of the effort immediately."