Was just reading this article on CNN. Think it's funny that they're calling what's going on in Beirut "violent protests." It's rioting. But I think CNN doesn't want to call it that because they'd then have to call what the hard leftists in some US cities have been doing rioting as well. See any parallels below?
Would I be rioting if my local government had been warned time and again for 6 years that a dangerous substance being stored would eventually blow up the city and it actually blew up half the city after nothing was done about it? Probably. But I'd be honest about what I was doing.
Lebanon protesters storm ministries as violent protests grip Beirut
"Lebanon's protesters stormed several government ministries as violent protests gripped Beirut on Saturday night.
The foreign ministry, the environment ministry and the economy ministry were occupied by angry demonstrators who called for the downfall of Lebanon's ruling elite five days after a
blast ripped through the Lebanese capital causing widespread destruction.
The Banking Association, which protesters blame for the country's worsening banking crisis, was also taken over by protesters and set ablaze.
Hours after the protests first rocked Beirut, Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab has vowed to hold early elections as his beleaguered government faces calls to resign.
Diab said he would introduce a law calling for early elections and said he would remain in government for two months until major parties can reach an agreement.
Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as protesters hurled stones and fireworks at security forces. Parts of the central district were set ablaze and when the protesters took over the Foreign Ministry, the first in a succession of popular takeovers, they declared it the "headquarters of the revolution."
Later in the article:
"Protesters threw stones at
riot police near Nejmeh Square."
Ah, there's that elusive word. Wonder what riot police were doing at a "protest"? LOL