On a day when a car bomb exploded in Beirut killing and injuring innocent people, a few days after gunmen loyal to Amal and Lebanese Forces clashed along the old Sidon road in Beirut, and 2 weeks after the assassination attempt on the life of the Minister of Defense, Condoleezza Rice visited Lebanon to "to congratulate the Lebanese people" on their new democracy. "Enjoy your new democracy, oh Lebanese people," she wanted to say.