(Telegraph-UK) Editorial - For far too long, the outside world acquiesced in a peace imposed by a dictatorship and a sponsor of terrorism. This month, the UN Security Council approved Resolution 1559 calling for the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon, and Syria began shifting troops from Beirut towards its border with Lebanon. Pax Syriaca is the product of circumstances quite different from those that pertain today. Then, Lebanon was emerging from a protracted civil war. Now, it is perfectly capable of standing on its own. Military redeployment will remain a sop to international opinion as long as Damascus retains its political grip over its neighbor. Having belatedly awoken to the iniquity of Syrian control, the outside world must continue pushing till it is removed.
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