Emergency Security Council meeting on Lebanon

Interesting. After the latest bombing, Lebanese PM Fuad Saniora cancelled a meeting with Condi Rice who is now planning to head back to the US tomorrow. Then, Saniora went around the US to request and receive an emergency Security Council meeting today.

This certainly short circuits Rice's planned efforts to build a coalition for Wednesday, stranding her in Israel while the French proposal is considered. In the current circumstances, would the US veto an immediate ceasefire? Imagine the Arab heat that would flow from that.

Nothing is signed yet, but, at this point, it looks like the US may have been outmaneuvered by old Europe, the Chinese, and the Russians.

Also, this little add on at the bottom of a JPost article is making the rounds. (Remember JPost is ultraconservative.) It must be said that this may be an intentional "leak" as part of the strategy to drive a wedge between Syria and Iran.

Defense officials told the Post last week that they were receiving indications from the United States that the US would be interested in seeing Israel attack Syria.