Well, I spoke too soon. Flynt Leverett writes in the Times that Syria should stay because Hezbollah will run the show if the Syrians leave. I don’t find the piece particularly powerful and he writes in a style and tone that suggests that he’s more conventionally Arabist and pro-status quo than to my liking. But I do think it’s a real concern and he addresses a real problem. I’d still love to read a detailed case for why the Hezbollah issue shouldn’t make us think twice. I get the larger argument about how you need to let these revolutionary processes play out and the smaller issues end up fixing themselves. Remember all of the concerns about why we should slow things down, keep Ukraine in the Soviet Union etc, when the Wall came down? I’m open to the idea that the same thing is happening here, but I’d like to see the argument spelled out better on this issue.