Lebanon Is Teetering at the Abyss of a New Civil War
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Lebanon Is Teetering at the Abyss of a New Civil War
Wall Street Journal: “The government of Lebanon is barely able to manage the basic requirements of statehood. It can provide electricity for only a few hours a day, and people avoid its flattened currency in favor of dollars. Its military is only the second-most-powerful force in the country after Hezbollah—or the third counting Israel, which has been expanding its monthslong occupation.” “But it is now being pressed by the U.S., Israel and many…
The small country of the Eastern Mediterranean, created by the French Empire to create a safe haven for Maronite Catholics and consolidate their presence in the Levant, has been synonymous for half a century with war and sectarian divisions, with the frustrated dream of Middle Eastern Switzerland that ceased to be (or perhaps never to be beyond another forced metaphor).
The small country of the Eastern Mediterranean, created by the French Empire to create a safe haven for Maronite Catholics and consolidate their presence in the Levant, has been synonymous for half a century with war and sectarian divisions, with the frustrated dream of Middle Eastern Switzerland that ceased to be (or perhaps never to be beyond another forced metaphor).
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