News: An observation regarding international diplomacy

Our family has some friends who are from Lebanon, so whenever things get hairy over there, I take special notice. The 2006 Israel-Lebanon flap was primetime news for about a month, but the country seems poised to retake the headline spotlight with the recent failure of the political parties to find a new president.

My observation: when the U.N. Secretary-General urges all parties to remain calm, it's a sure sign that all hell's about to break loose.