Gambit (he/him)Mar 14
Quinn Norton

RE: https://flipboard.com/@aljazeera/middle-east-news-oapkqap7z/-/a-kRUVgfJURbW4b9zw7Xxp3Q%3Aa%3A3199698-%2F0

The only reason to do this to Beirut is pure evil spite. Lebanon is so torn up, and just gets kicked by one power after another (including Hezbollah)

Beirut is the capital city, not a Islamist fortification or something. When I was there the locals immediately bought me arak and we swapped stories all damn night.

I have never met the people of another nation as cool, chill, and funny as the Lebanese. I am extremely sad.

Mar 11 at 7:03pmWeb
Show threadghostdancerMar 11
@quinn Take alook at the map the IDF assassins wear as a patch in their sleeves, it's the "Greater Israel", the promised land, which includes Lebanon, parts of Egypt and Saudi Arabia. They're on a mission. Same as in Gaza.
Show threadQuinn NortonMar 12
@ghostdancer ☹️
Show threadghostdancerMar 12
@quinn It's horrible. Looks like humans have not learnt anything and are doomed to repeat every insanity and every time we get "better" at doing them .
Show threadQuinn NortonMar 12
@ghostdancer we do though, even if it's three steps forward and two steps back. History can be a real comfort here; there's so many things that were worse in the past, some that menace us still, but others that have really gone to the dustbin of history. things like smallpox being gone, and slavery being universally illegal. antibiotics and the aspiration of universal education and healthcare.. it's not enough, but it's also not nothing.
Show threadghostdancerMar 12
@quinn You're right I might be taken away by the dark and grim times we're living right now.
Show threadQuinn NortonMar 12
@ghostdancer everything is transitory, sometimes that's a tragedy and sometimes it's a blessing.