...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...if it is serious about helping the nation recover from the catastrophe.
"If America is honest about its assistance offer to Lebanon, they should lift sanctions [against it]," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Monday during a news conference.
"Give the money directly to Hezb'Allah. You can trust them"
In response to a question about French President Emmanual Macron’s visit to Beirut, the front man remarked that "some countries have been trying to politicize this blast for their own interests." Macron has faced criticism for using his visit to express sympathy with anti-government demonstrators. He also claimed that the country’s future "is being decided now."
Washington announced last week that it had begun to deliver aid to Lebanon in the aftermath of the earth-shattering kaboom. However,
denial ain't just a river in Egypt...
the humanitarian relief is at odds with US sanctions imposed against Hezbollah, which is part of the Lebanese government. As a result, the Pentagon has claimed that it needs to be more cautious when administering aid to Lebanon, and expressed "concerns with whom the aid would go to."
Beirut has been rocked by demonstrations following Tuesday’s explosion, which killed more than 200 people and turned a huge swath of the city into rubble. On Saturday the US Embassy in Beirut expressed solidarity with the anti-government protesters while urging all sides to "refrain from violence."