But if the Lebanese authorities have been behaving churlishly, their citizens have proved admirably level-headed.
If the Lebanese are, by the rough tally of crowd sizes, two-to-one in favour of change, the media greatly amplify this advantage.
Commentators warn that if the Lebanese Parliament does not elect a pro-Syrian presidential candidate next week, then Lahoud is liable to call general elections.
Washington has no leverage over Hezbollah and the warning did not come with a threat of any consequences if the Lebanese militant group does not withdraw, our correspondent says.
Events in Lebanon could spin out of control, even if rival Lebanese groups don't want Syria's war to be exported to Lebanon, said Hilal Khashan, a political science professor at the American University of Beirut.
Security Council Resolution 1559 and try to get an international peacekeeping force into southern Lebanon, if the Lebanese army itself can't do it, and push Hezbollah terrorist group back, hopefully out, which is what the Security Council Resolution calls for - is the right thing to do.
However, the CPIB did not say if the three Lebanese officials were part of the match-fixing investigation.
The US wouldn't be seeking to appease Assad if he didn't allow Hizbullah to use Syria as its logistical base, if he hadn't directed the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri or if he wasn't Iran's junior partner in its proxy war against the US in Iraq.
As The Jerusalem Post reported this week, the government even hopes that UNIFIL's renewed mandate will empower it to increase its presence in Lebanese villages - as if there is any chance that UNIFIL would use its widened role to fight Hizbullah.
Ms. AMAL SAAD GHORAYEB (Lebanese American University): If they want something much stronger, then clearly it's aim would be to disarm Hezbollah, to push Hezbollah away from the border.
He said Damascus would not co-operate with a UN-backed tribunal to try suspects in the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri if it would undermine Syrian sovereignty.
And Israel's surrogate South Lebanese Army might get short shrift if it were abandoned.
The lines could be further blurred if Washington's diplomatic overtures to the Lebanese opposition's backers, Iran and Syria, were to produce results.
"We, Lebanese, we are ready, if they want to come here, " he said defiantly of his opponents, whom he described as a mix of Sunni jihadists from Syria and other countries, and Israelis.
The Lebanese government might find itself in a tight spot if there is proof that the three men are linked to Hezbollah.
Analysts say that as part of the Lebanese government the group would be risking a great deal if it responded to Israeli aggression with force.
If Israel wants to end its occupation of south Lebanon, say the Lebanese, it must either risk a unilateral withdrawal without preconditions, or offer the Syrian government inducements to accept a negotiated peace.
They are also aware that if Fatah militias are again patrolling Ain Helweh , this must be with the tacit approval of the Lebanese government and its protector, Syria.
You will excuse me, the blogger wrote if I believe that talking to Syria while it's in the process of gobbling up its tiny Lebanese neighbor is one of the most cynical, immoral and ill-considered diplomatic ideas in a generation.
Hezbollah has threatened to intervene further in Syria if there is any threat that the regime could fall to the United States, Israel or extremists, the Lebanese militant group said.
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