Made for TV revolution

Mary Wakefield goes to Beirut to see the Cedar revolution for herself.

Eventually I worked out what was bothering me. ‘This whole thing is for the cameras,’ I said to my friend. ‘It’s a television show.’

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So it’s a tricky business, the Cedar Revolution — a bit bogus, unrepresentative, but a great PR success.

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The same photographs that ensured international support have given Bush an excuse to use the sort of language that sounds better coming from Clint Eastwood.

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[I]n spite of everything, Beirut feels like a safer place to walk around at night than either New York or London. It would be a great shame if, after all it has achieved, the fun-loving, hip, made-for-TV Cedar Revolution helped bring violence back on to the streets.