Tit For Tat

So, after Walid Jumblatt accuses Hezbollah of being involved in assassinations within Lebanon, former MP Wiam Wahhab restores the polemical balance by accusing Saudi Arabia of killing Lebanese and Iraqis. An unnamed "Saudi senior official," according to Wahhab, "ordered the massacre of Lebanese, and we will not forget it."

Meanwhile, Hezbollah hits back at Jumblatt by calling his allegations "silly and ridiculous," so PSP MP Akram Chehayeb responds by attacking those "who changed their patriotic trends to Iran's, from Arabism to Persianism."

Just another day in Lebanese politics. But feel free to ignore these signs of impending chaos -- Lebanon's leaders assure us that it's just fine the Parliamentary session has been canceled twice, because the "political climate" is currently "optimistic."