It took a cataclysm to sweep the dinosaurs off the face of the earth, let's wait and see if the shockwave from the double blast that ravaged Beirut manages to rid Lebanon of its corrupt old political class. For now, these war barons (1975-1990) and their heirs seem to want to hang on to their prebends. They are looking for scapegoats - a missile fired by a foreign enemy would be so convenient - and attempt to defuse the anger of the people by promising early elections. But a new ballot according to the same confessional rules and with the same feudal parties will not produce the “new political pact” precisely prescribed by Emmanuel Macron.
After almost half a century of descent into hell, the land of the Cedars continues to mobilize international goodwill. In the name of solidarity with the Christians of the East, even Donald Trump emerged from his avaricious isolationism by participating in the conference on Sunday
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