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2024-09-23 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Hezbollah deputy leader says confrontation with Israel is now 'open-ended battle of reckoning', Macron sez France stands with Lebanon - both powerless to effect events
[GEO.TV] Hezbollah deputy secretary-general Naim Qassem
... the Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies...
said that the group had entered a new phase of its battle with Israel which he described as an "open-ended battle of reckoning," in comments made on Sunday during a funeral for a top commander killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday.
And no one blew up, for some reason. But he is right, you know: interesting times for the Hezbollahniks. The smart ones will learn something useful, the rest will be divided between lucky and dead.

Macron says France stands by Lebanon, calls to deescalate, doesn’t mention Hezbollah
Pointless, powerless posturing.
[IsraelTimes] In video to Lebanese people, French president says he has spoken with regional leaders, mentions ‘grief for all civilian victims of attacks’ in Lebanon
Posted by Fred 2024-09-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11170 views ]  Top
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#1 Macron says France stands by Lebanon

All of France, or just Frenchmen whose wife is older than their mom?
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-09-23 05:01||   2024-09-23 05:01|| Front Page Top

#2 In the 1970s France gave up on Lebanon, which it had championed for nearly a millenium. The result was chaos and a Muslim take-over of what was once considered a Christian state. Macron's words mean nothing.
Posted by S MAI 2024-09-23 09:52||   2024-09-23 09:52|| Front Page Top

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