‘As if we don’t exist’: Under bombs in Lebanon, Americans feel abandoned

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‘As if we don’t exist’: Under bombs in Lebanon, Americans feel abandoned
aljazeera.com

Critics say the US rushed to evacuate its citizens in Israel last year. For Lebanon, the response has been much slower.

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There are 6,000 Americans trying to leave. We've evacuated 100.

What the fuck is going with my country? Biden was supposed to be a vote for the status quo after a crazy 4 years but now it feels like we're right back in the Trump years.

It's neoliberalism protecting capitalism

Nah, there's nothing about capitalism to protect here. I would agree that's part of their support for Israel, but not getting our own people out of the way doesn't make sense with that.

You misspelled "nazism". Israel is a Nazi state, starting from racial laws, imperialism and occupation and ending on the genocide.

Responded to the wrong comment- pre coffee. Not braining today, deleted it with an apology for off-topic’ing your discussion.

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