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Source: http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20050221-084405-5603r.htm
Wrong Turn in Lebanon
(Washington Times) Walid Phares - After the blasts rocked Beirut, massacring former prime minister Rafiq Hariri, Lebanese Muslim Sunnis began breaking away from Syrian control, and a Sunni-Druze-Christian alliance was rising while reaching out to the Shi'ite community. How is it that the Syrian regime, known to be a shrewd planner and a long-term strategist, would commit political suicide? Syria's command is out of control. Effectively, once an occupier starts eating his past allies, the end is near. The Syrian Ba'athist mind knew that killing Hariri would be bad for them, but his freedom was worse.