Lebanese media and prostration to House of Saud

Lebanese journalists are so quick to respond to any references to Lebanon in the Syrian press. Last week, the editor-in-chief of Al-Riyadh (the largest Saudi daily) expressed his opinion that Lebanon should be annexed by Syria. Not a single word of criticism was uttered by the media of March 14. There were even mild criticisms in the in the opposition press in Lebanon. The editor-in-chief later reversed himself--that is not unusual in the Arabic Saudi media when order are issued from above. Like you may write one day that you like eggplants. The next day--by order of the Emir--you may say: you know when I said that I liked eggplants? I did not mean that. Having thought about the matter more, I realized that I in fact don't like eggplants but like carrots instead. Having said all that: I of course, am of the opinion that the Lebanese entity should be dissolved, especially when the lousy Syrian regime is no more there. Just imagine what a nice entity we can have, if Palestine is liberated, and Syria is free of the Ba`thist regime, and the Cedars are cut down to make enough sandals (Syrian style qabaqib) to fit every child in the Middle East. I will call it: the Hummus Qabaqib.