r/lebanon • u/Residual-Heat • Apr 08 '26

Vent / Rant Everyone's a winner (except Lebanon)

Depending on who you ask everyone is a winner. Israel and USA say they won, Iran and Hezbollah will claim victory.

Lebanon is left with 1500+ dead civilians, nearly a million refugees, and occupied lands in the south.

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u/Residual-Heat Apr 08 '26

The deal hasn't been signed yet, we'll see. But yes you could argue it was a strategic win for them... I always thought this would be the case as TACO Trump didn't really have a plan going in, or at least nothing realistic.

Despite Iran's leadership being decimated and militarily they were crushed, he achieved nothing that will affect the regime long term.

How does that help Lebanon? Iran better pay for reconstructing the south though they have to pay to rebuild their own country too.

You could also argue Israel won btw as they weakened the regime and expanded their borders.

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u/oussamawd Apr 08 '26

Zero understanding of geopolitics.. it's the US and Israel who will be forced to pay reparations if the deal is signed, not Iran.. they may give Iran leverage over Hormuz in order to collect money instead of paying them the entire amount, they may offer them deals or favorable trades where Iran would be making a fortune, if Iran helps Lebanon financially it will be from the US indirectly.. it's up to Lebanon to go fight Israel in the ICJ and the ICC and the UN now.. and Israel lost everything, as soon as the war ends bibi faces trial and goes to jail, the US will move towards impeachment for Trump, and the first thing they will do to be able to get out of this mess is to end aid for Israel.. whereas Hezbollah will still be allied with Iran who will be headed towards becoming an actual economic powerhouse in the region, if the Lebanese government doesn't shake hands with Iran then I'm sure Hezbollah will rebuild the south with the help of Iran and increase its weapon arsenal and protect its own people and the government and the army will be sidelined (and rightfully so in case Lebanon doesn't fix it's foreign policy), this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to arm our army and make amends with south and help merge hezbollah's military with the Lebanese army, if we stop sucking up for Americans (who know nothing but to exploit) and shake hands with Iranians (who want nothing more than to be loved by its neighbors and restore its heritage)

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u/AccomplishedSoft1350 Apr 08 '26

Hahahahah. I really need to get whatever you Hezbots are smoking.

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u/oussamawd Apr 08 '26

I gave up on telling you morons that I'm not with Hezbollah a long time ago, but if you want some of what I'm smoking, it's called geopolitics, research, alternative media, economics, to name a few.. you should try, you could use the boost in intelligence over that lame ass sarcasm of yours