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LeftInTX

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4. Really...

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 12:26 PM

16 hrs ago

I get alot of regional ME stuff in my FB reels feed (esp Lebanon because there are many Armenians living there). Late last year, the country was finally coming back. Around Christmas, the pope visited there and so I got tons of reels. Everything looked like it was looking up. (Like in, "That would be fun to visit".) Everyone wanted that vibrant Lebanon again. Now....

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Spare a thought for the people of Lebanon [View all] malaise 17 hrs ago OP

Israel's punching bag. Sneederbunk 17 hrs ago #1

Beirut was once known as the Paris of the Middle East. OGBuzz 14 hrs ago #13

And a Christian stronghold. Sneederbunk 14 hrs ago #19

I've known people who grew up there and they talk applegrove 3 hrs ago #28

DURec leftstreet 17 hrs ago #2

K&R 2naSalit 16 hrs ago #3

Really... LeftInTX 16 hrs ago #4

Yes. LoisB 16 hrs ago #5

One of Iran's 10 points is that Israel stop attacking Lebanon. If they don't stop, the cease fire will collapse. flashman13 15 hrs ago #6

At the moment I posted this, a report came out that the Straits are now closed because Israel continues its flashman13 15 hrs ago #9

Netanyahu got MFer to provide cover for the IDF's Ethnic Cleansing of S. Lebanon. maxsolomon 15 hrs ago #7

Southern Lebanon Bettie 15 hrs ago #8

Isn't the stated reason to provide a buffer from Hezbollah? maxsolomon 15 hrs ago #10

Israel could create the buffer zone on its own land instead of allowing settlers to live on the border. Lonestarblue 15 hrs ago #11

Just saw this and I agree with the poster who Bettie 13 hrs ago #22

That would be too rational. maxsolomon 13 hrs ago #23

Humans are the worst of animals. twodogsbarking 15 hrs ago #12

It's why we have rules and laws and prisons. AloeVera 14 hrs ago #15

Lebanon once was the "Switzerland of the Middle East" Kid Berwyn 14 hrs ago #14

That happens when you only listen to yourselves malaise 14 hrs ago #16

Cervantes grokked before there was a word for it. Kid Berwyn 13 hrs ago #21

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page." malaise 12 hrs ago #24

Not just criminals, but genocidal criminals. Scalded Nun 14 hrs ago #17

Yep to fulfill some imaginary pie in the sky BS malaise 12 hrs ago #25

Israel has become the monster Farmer-Rick 14 hrs ago #18

You become what you hate MustLoveBeagles 12 hrs ago #26

Very observant comment Farmer-Rick 10 hrs ago #27

Over 250 killed today muriel_volestrangler 13 hrs ago #20

K&R Scott Alan Swaggerty 3 hrs ago #29

Kick BlueWaveNeverEnd 1 hr ago #30

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