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/CorneliusPip Lebanese Apr 08 '26

If Iran gets its points, which includes Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, then it's a huge win for Iran and Lebanon.

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u/AccomplishedSoft1350 Apr 08 '26

So for all the death and destruction in Lebanon... We are no better off than before Hezb dragged us into war in 2023?

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u/CorneliusPip Lebanese Apr 08 '26

We'll be better than pre 2023 if our PM and President resign and we get a new government that actually cares about all people in Lebanon, strengthens our military, infrastructure, and doesn't only look to the US for all of that. Especially given that the US failed so miserably in the region and kept us weak and divided by design.

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u/AccomplishedSoft1350 Apr 08 '26

Who would you look for support?

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u/CorneliusPip Lebanese Apr 08 '26

You got any solid candidates?

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u/AccomplishedSoft1350 Apr 08 '26

Definitely not Iran as Hezb would want:

"Our project, which we have no option other than due to our ideological beliefs, is... the project of the Islamic State and the rule of Islam, and Lebanon should not be a single Islamic Republic! Rather, it should be part of the greater Islamic Republic that is governed by the Master of the Time, and his rightful deputy, the jurist leader, Imam Khomeini."

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u/CorneliusPip Lebanese Apr 08 '26

Hezb has been running Lebanon since 2006, we would have become an Islamic state by now if that rhetoric was true. Don't get too caught up with empty words.