They've Only Just Begun . . . by Justin Raimondo

We are in for a long buildup to direct intervention in Lebanon, and Syria, as the Lebanese elections loom: any defeat for the opposition will immediately provoke charges of fraud, as in the Ukraine, and this time the military option is going to be a real possibility. Every official and quasi-official government agency and paid administration propagandist will be dishing out stories of Syria's crimes, both real and imagined, and the Lebanese elections will be examined under a microscope for any hint of deviation from the predetermined "fair" outcome. Millions will be pumped into funding "pro-democracy" groups, supposedly unbiased polls will project the "winners" before a single vote is cast, and the war propaganda machine will rev up to full volume, as both liberals of the Carlson type and neocons bray in unison for war and "democracy."