Reflecting on the ongoing Hezbollah-Israel war in southern Lebanon and its impact on daily life away from the battlefield.
Looking back on periods of relative calm vs manageable instability, the long-term political and societal impact of failed governance, false economies and tourism destinations like Batroun, and an acceptance of impunity and injustice on the port blast's upcoming anniversary.
With George Wardini - director of PolyBlog.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:47 Relative normalcy
4:51 Relative anxiety
10:13 Targeted strikes
13:16 Familiar terrain
16:51 Failed state
19:42 Batroun
22:32 Static
26:37 Regime survival
31:47 The long term
34:58 Violence wins
37:13 Port blast & paralysis
39:36 Hezbollah undeterred