[Wall Street Journal] Michael Young - Syria never accepted its forced withdrawal from Lebanon last year, and has worked tirelessly since then to reimpose its writ there. Now there is new hope in Damascus: It was music to Syrian President Bashar Assad's ears to hear James Baker, co-chairman of the Iraq Study Group, advocating dialogue with Syria and Iran in an interview last month. Syria's Lebanese foes fear they will pay if the U.S. and Damascus cut a deal. In 1990, Baker was a leading light in President George H.W. Bush's administration, which ceded Lebanon to Syria in exchange for President Hafez Assad's agreement to be part of the international coalition against Iraq.
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