Size Matters

Anti-Syrian protestors marched in Lebanon today in what may have been the largest demonstration for Lebanese free-rule of its kind in the region.

Today's show of support from the pro-Lebanon, anti-Syria movement follows two similar protests from the pro-Syrians, during which thousands were bused into the region to boost the numbers. Today's march needed to be big ... bigger than the previous demonstrations.

And it was.

Earlier today Hugh Hewitt interviewed Claudia Rosett who is in Lebanon ... she reports the number above 1 million. [Read her report previous report here]

But both the BBC and NPR tonight report the number in the "hundreds of thousands"

Is it surprising that these two news agencies would lowball the number? Or, a fair question is, did they lowball the number?

This may seem trivial to some, but don't make that mistake. Forget the fact that the world's watching ... the rest of the region - namely Iran - is watching.

The fire that was ignited with the assassination of the former President of Lebanon has spread across the land and may yet spill into Iran.

Demonstrations such as this will play a important role in making that happen.