Courage is one step ahead of fear.

I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the object doesn't move.

To be stabbed in the back by a person who appears to be good but has a cloak and dagger routine is dangerous but the last thing to do is let them know you know.Gary F Evans...

If everyone says you are wrong, you're one step ahead. If everyone laughs at you, you're two steps ahead.

The mood in Beirut is that this is just a first step, and one that is mainly directed against the Syrians. You bring in people like this for a reason. The point I think is to give them a big slap and say the winds have changed and you had better start talking.

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.