Beirut

[Rakhir]

Ok this might be a little strange topic but tonight I find myself watching a movie on TCM called Where the Spies Are with David Niven. It was made in 1966 on location in Beirut.

In watching this film you can see once upon a time Beirut was indeed, as it was once called, the Paris of the Middle East. It was a gorgeous city and boasted some amazing sights.

Now fast forward to today's Beirut. It has been turned into a cesspool of humanity and is crumbling ruin. This is the result of the rule of the current regime and its corruptions. Once the major powers pulled out out IE: US, Russia and Great Briton it all went to hell!

BTW didn't have a major point her but it was an observation I think that needed to be pointed out!

[JD Barleycorn]

The US was not in Lebanon in those days. It was Britain and France.

[BigLouie]

Originally Posted by Rakhir

Now fast forward to today's Beirut. It has been turned into a cesspool of humanity and is crumbling ruin. This is the result of the rule of the current regime and its corruptions. Once the major powers pulled out out IE: US, Russia and Great Briton it all went to hell!

That is not true. You should read the book The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb for a excellent account of what happened and why.

[Rakhir]

And when I said pulled out it was more of an no longer exerting influence thing. I perhaps should have been more clear. However, that still doesn't change the fact that Beirut was once a beautiful city and is no longer.