American Aid to Lebanon Is a Gift to Iran
A policy of defending a state run by Hizballah from Israel.
June 7, 2023
American Aid to Lebanon Is a Gift to Iran
A policy of defending a state run by Hizballah from Israel.
For many years, Lebanon has been a de-facto satellite of Tehran, which exerts control via its local proxy militia, Hizballah. The problem with the U.S. policy toward the country, according to Tony Badran, is that it pretends this is not the case, and continues to support the government in Beirut as if it were a bulwark against, rather than a pawn of, the Islamic Republic:
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