Lebanon’s Government has dissolved itself following protests in Beirut and a pending vote of no-confidence in Parliament. The Prime Minister has expressed his willingness to yield to Lebanon’s overwhelming desire for true democracy. This turn of events has followed the example of the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, and has so far been largely peaceful (except for the assassination of Hariri which kicked it off). Syria is beginning to yield to the pressure, and if current trends continue, Lebanon may soon be free of Syrian domination. The White House is naturally quite pleased with this turn of events. The trend of democratization in the Middle East is tangible now: the genie is out of the bottle, and for the moment there won’t be any way of stuffing it back in. Naturally, the totalitarian Islamic states are upset about this, but for once the overwhelming sense given by the media in America of the population of the Middle East is hope for the future.