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but there’s a while to go before Lebanon can declare itself sovereign.

It hurts me to say this, but Lebanon is simply a failed state & it's pointless to pretend that it will ever be sovereign. It won't survive the next big Middle Eastern war & will most likely be split between Syria & Israel.

[ASA Vet]

will most likely be split between Syria & Israel.

That assumes either will survive the next big Middle Eastern war

[Capt. Tom]

It hurts me to say this, but Lebanon is simply a failed state & it's pointless to pretend that it will ever be sovereign.

Lebanon is in transition from a democracy to an Islamic Republic.

Lebanon is now a majority Muslim country, with the Infidel democracy still in place.

The thing that holds up the Islamic takeover is the Sunni Muslims are a minority like the Infidels, and are reluctant to see the Shiites win big in Lebanon. - Tom