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KY_EnviroGuy

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2. Thanks, BigmanPigman for that update. Lebanon needs massive help and.....

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 03:08 AM

Aug 2020

it's horrible that we have a leadership vacuum that's of little value to America, much less our international friends. Hell, Republicans even shit all over our own territory of Puerto Rico when they desperately needed help.

I haven't followed Lebanon much lately but my past reading says they have a total void for a government with nothing but corruption and constant bickering even over basic necessities.

If noting else good comes of this event, perhaps it will be a wake up call to make major changes in their government. Unfortunately, like America, they are a very divided people.

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Live updates and on death, injury and destruction in Beirut, Lebanon.... [View all] KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2020 OP

MSNBC's Richard Engel reported that the people BigmanPigman Aug 2020 #1

Thanks, BigmanPigman for that update. Lebanon needs massive help and..... KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2020 #2

Yes, their situation is so bad that it makes ours look like a picnic. BigmanPigman Aug 2020 #3

News from Twitter: Rhiannon12866 Aug 2020 #4

And, of course, 45 is now declaring (without evidence) that it was a terrorist attack... regnaD kciN Aug 2020 #5

The conspiracy theories are already flying. Behind the Aegis Aug 2020 #6

I'm sure it's the usual ones with their own agenda. Something horrible happened due to an accident JI7 Aug 2020 #7

In the end, I suspect this will come down to Lebanese government disfunction. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2020 #8

And already dealing with the Coronavirus JI7 Aug 2020 #9

Yup! It is their way. Behind the Aegis Aug 2020 #10