A Hezbollah supporter, uses a Lebanese flag to cover his face as he walks in front of burning tires, at the airport highway in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Jan. 23, 2007. Thousands of opposition protesters blocked roads with burning tires, debris and blazing cars around the Lebanese capital of Beirut and outlying regions of Lebanon on Tuesday, stranding motorists and workers in a bid to enforce a general strike aimed at toppling Prime Minister Fuad Saniora's government. The strike was called by Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah and other opposition leaders. But Saniora and his pro-government supporters urged all Lebanese to ignore the call. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Update:Jules thinks its bad timing, that the mullah regime in Iran has overplayed its hand by pushing the envelope on the day Bush makes his State of the Union Speech. Today's violence in Beirut might be "pencilled into tonight’s speech," he says.
I have to disagree with the bad timing part. In fact, I think the timing is deliberate. The message from Tehran is loud and clear: Khomeinism is ascendent in the region and there's nothing Bush, tied down in Iraq and hamstrung in Washington, can do to stop it.
