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Lebanon: Minimal Politics, Extreme Existentialism
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] If the situation in Leb ...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...were portrayed in an image, the most precise might be the following: A family of four or five live in the same house, but one of the family members owns a pistol that he oils and toys with in times of "stability" and calm and points at the others’ heads when there is tension, thereby pacifying them and restoring "stability." Under this status quo, everything collapses: the economy, security, judiciary, political life, ties to the outside world... The pillars of the house itself are cracking, and it is in danger of collapsing, especially since it had been targeted by a near-nuclear explosion. Posted by: Fred 2021-03-05 |
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