Lebanon Reaffirms Its Faith in Democracy

Beginning of article

Oh how happy the Americans must be. The majority in Lebanon remains the majority, and the minority - including the horrific, "terrorist" Hizbollah - remains the minority. It's pretty much a repeat performance. In the last tumultuous Lebanese parliament, Saad Hariri's parties held 70 seats against the opposition's 58. Now they hold 68 against 57. So all the old problems will recur. Does Hizbollah have a veto over cabinet decisions, as it did under the Qatar agreement? Will there be a "national unity" coalition?

The one good thing about Lebanon's elections is that the Lebanese voted - 68 per cent of the people of Sidon actually went to the polling booths on Sunday - and …