My coworker is Lebanese, and his mom is in Beirut. An Israeli bomb actually cracked a window of her’s a couple weeks ago. That the US is signaling this doesn’t bode well.
why would anyone willingly go to lebanon. it’s a country with cold civil war, only marginally more stable than syria, perpetual shitshow since it was an independent country
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My coworker is Lebanese, and his mom is in Beirut. An Israeli bomb actually cracked a window of her’s a couple weeks ago. That the US is signaling this doesn’t bode well.
Or tell Israel to stop provoking their neighbors. Withhold aid until they do.
Aid? Those are US munitions Israel is using.
Yes, the US thinks giving weapons to terrorists is “aid”
I guess it is in the “…and abetting” sense of the term….
Bought with… US Aid given year over year regardless of this latest spark in the flashpowder.
Pre-October we were still giving them billions per year on the condition that they spend the money on US weapons companies.
astronaut meme
why would anyone willingly go to lebanon. it’s a country with cold civil war, only marginally more stable than syria, perpetual shitshow since it was an independent country
To visit relatives mostly. And it’s a big tourist destination in the Muslim world because of some more permissive laws regarding alcohol and the like.
Well there go my vacation plans!