Lebanon may have a new president by the weekend and with him, a political breakthrough in the year long cabinet crisis.The majority coalition governing Lebanon, the March 14th forces, have dropped their opposition to a constitutional amendment that would allow a serving army commander to assume the office of president, clearing the way for a compromise candidate acceptable to all sides; Lebanon's sphinx like Commanding General Michel Suleiman:Suleiman is seen as a uniting figure, who both the US-backed majority in Lebanon and the pro-Syrian opposition - as well as outside players - can back. All sides appear to view him, at least for now, as a relatively neutral player who can guarantee that no side in Lebanon's fractured politics dominates the other. Houry, a legislator with the Future Movement of Saad Hariri, said the bloc had reversed its previous stand against amending the constitution to elect a sitting army commander. "We declare our acceptance to amend the constitution in...(Read Full Post)