More Encouraging News Out of the Middle East

U.S. & France tell Syria to leave Lebanon. In a related story, Syrian President Bashar Assad told Time in an interview released today that he will withdraw troops "very soon and maybe in the next few months. Not after that." I'm betting he's going to need to a few more shoves from the U.S. and Europe before he holds up his word.

Iraqis Protest at the Site of Yesterday's Suicide Bombing. More and more Iraqis are realizing that the enemy is not the United States, but Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his band of thugs.