TWO MILLION.
"Assad Must Be S%!#ting In His Pants"So sayeth Publius in response to the massive pro-democratic demonstration in and around Beirut's Martyr's Square. But that was when the turnout estimate was at around 800,000. He's updated his post with a link that numbers the crowd between one and a half to two million. While one AP report quotes unnamed police officers estimating the crowd at "only" one million, keep in mind that the piece also mentions Lebanon is a country of about 3½ million people. Imagine a demonstration in Washington of between 85 and 170 million people, and you will understand what a wonderful sight this is.
Which is accented by the reappearance of the Lebanese Protest Supermodels™. As always, Glenn was quick to find one:
Who doesn't love a good Braveheart reference? (Or Madonna?) Here's another featuring her. (UPDATE: LGF called her the Lebanese Protester Of The Day.)
I usually prefer posed smiling pictures, as they just look better than the odd contortions the human face makes while shouting. But, yeah, gotta include her:
(UPDATE: Glenn posted a pic of her while I was composing this post. Michelle Malkin thinks she looks like Courtney Love.)
(YET ANOTHER UPDATE: good pic courtesy of The Corner:
While I'm here, here's some more pics from earlier demonstrations by Stavro Jabra, who deserves a Pulitzer for the magnificent photo at the end of my last post. (It looks EVEN BETTER, by the way, as desktop wallpaper. Ohhh yeah.)
The red cards held by the people behind her were used to make a Lebanese "cedar tree" flag in the square that measured 3800 square meters.
I wish I had those shirts. I don't mean shirts that look just like those; I mean those specific shirts. (Oink! Chauvinism comin' through!)
I don't know if she's old enough for me to be oinking over her. She might just be Lebanese jailbait. Perhaps we can establish a corps of Lebanese Junior Protest Supermodels™. Besides, Stavro seems to like her:
More to come, I'm sure. In the meantime, head over to Publius and just keep scrolling.
(UPDATE: Thanks to tdaxp for the link.)
Edited 3/15 2:21 AM to include the new hat tips and links. Re-edited 3/16 3:43 AM to add the thank-you. Re-re-edited 3/24 3:10 AM to fix the pics and links.
posted by Marsh @ 2:45 PM
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