It seems that every other day Thomas Barrack is making new headlines with his controversial statements.

Washington is no longer mediating Lebanon’s crises, it is asserting control openly. The last forty-eight hours have confirmed the new reality that the velvet glove is long gone and that the era of soft diplomacy has come to an end.

Beirut has become a revolving door for foreign envoys this week as threats from Tel Aviv to bomb Lebanon intensify.