Lebanon's elections...

Wolfe in the WPR, here

".... Regardless of which bloc emerges victorious, it will be by a slim margin at best. So the true test for Lebanon will remain the post-election process, when the new Lebanese parliament will have to choose a new prime minister, form a new cabinet and decide whether the minority retains veto power in the parliament. In the past, these kinds of maneuverings have led to political deadlock, violence and bloodshed.

In a recent article, Rami Khoury, director of the Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut and editor-at-large of the Beirut-based Daily Star stated that the election, by revealing the two camps' nearly equally matched strengths, "will reinforce the need for negotiated co-existence and power-sharing."

(Blackhawks carrying VP Biden, leaving the Palace in Baabda)