Quote Originally Posted by Tribesman
A great "victory" for the UN and international pressure getting Syria to end its occupation , did you miss it , its old news

It is the release of the UNs preliminary report on the international investigation into the assasination of the Lebanese ex-Prime minister .
Try reading the news once in a while , it may help .

Or you could listen to your President or Sectetary of State .
Both have addressed the issue several times in the past coupe of days .
If you want some in depth coverage try Al-Jazeera , they have at least 15 different articles from several perspectives on it since the report was released .
I don't see that the U.N. really had much to do with Syria leaving Lebanon. The report came out after the fact, and merely confirmed what everyone already knew. Nobody can really claim a great victory since it has taken decades to get them out. The victory as such was that the Lebanese finally said "enough" and told the Syrians to leave.

Syria will likely be the next autocratic state to implode in the region. Something will cause the govt. to fail (internal or external) and it will be replaced by an explosion of long repressed movements and parties. Expect a decade or two of chaos when it happens.