Lebanon's ruling coalition remains on the sidelines of its own crisis

From the Daily Star, here

"... The unbiased observer will note the hypocrisy in Damascus being warned not to meddle by - of all parties - Washington and Paris, but the March 14 camp will see the gesture as clear evidence that two of the world's most influential powers are actively engaged in the Lebanese crisis..."

"...All the while, March 14 has been a study in inaction. Apart from a stream of invective from some its more irascible members, the coalition has produced nothing in the way of concrete and realistic suggestions as to how the crisis might be resolved. Worse, it has made no effort to reassure the opposition ..."