Jag, the old game is out and a new one is afoot. Your old media BBC still thinks the old game is on.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._wh/us_mideast
Bush Demands Syria Withdraw From Lebanon
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On Syria, though, there appears to be no give in the hard U.S. position that it must withdraw its troops and security forces from Lebanon and permit the neighboring Arab country it has long dominated to run its own political affairs.
Speaking at a community college in Maryland, Bush demanded Syria give democracy a chance to flourish in Lebanon.
With France solidly aligned with the United States — in contrast to France's dissent from the Iraq war — Bush said, "The free world is in agreement that Damascus' authority over the political affairs of its neighbor must end."
A senior U.S. official, flying home from London with Rice after a conference to assist the Palestinians, said the administration was seeking pressure on Syria from other Arab states. The official spoke only on condition of anonymity.
In Damascus, however, the Syrian government went on the offensive in its controlled press, calling Rice haughty and arrogant for describing the ruling Baath party as "out of step with the growing desire for democracy in the Middle East."
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What. Side. Are. You. On.