Signs..

A group of US democratic house members visiting the opposition members, Walid Jumblat flying to Egypt to see president Mubarak and Hezbollah formally honoring Hariri’s grave with noise and pomp. What does all of this mean?

It simply indicates the growing deterioration of the Lahhoud regime’s relationship with the Americans, the Arabs, and it now seems more likely, with Hezbollah.

When Darrel Issa and Nancy Pelosi (two of the most powerful US democratic members of the house of representatives in the US, one of them is the democratic minority leader and the other is the person who financed the recall campaign of the previous California governor) head a team of 8 US officials and visit Marwan Hmedeh at his home, you don’t need a cryptographer to understand the message they’re sending.

For the president of the most populous Arab country to receive the Lebanese opposition leader, in a clear snub to Syria, on the wake of an Arab summit, you get a hint of what is to come regarding the “Syrian-Lebanese Issue” from the Arabic establishment.

And Finally, Hezbollah is starting to realize that aligning itself closely with the Hariri Movement is better for the future than kissing up to Damascus… (wishful thinking? Far fetched? Well, the signs on the ground, to me at least, are telling)

It would be interesting to see how things turn up in the Arab summit…