Tony Badran
@AcrossTheBay · Think tanks & analysts — US/UK
Tony Badran is FDD's Lebanon specialist and Tablet's Levant columnist.
Beirut-DC shitleb culture, thrice distilled.
The LAF is basically a mechanism for Hezbollah to interface with international audiences for collection and protection. Like everything else about "Lebanon," it's a racket, which the Trump admin is happy to piss away US taxpayer $ on; same as every admin for the past 20 years.
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People who don't speak Arabic and who aren't familiar with the sociology will not appreciate how much of a Leb clown this guy is. Total shitshow.
When the Dems impose sanctions on Israel in January 2029, they'll be citing this stupidity.
The admin sent Issa to Jerusalem to force a prisoner release, then used that headline to cover their allowing the IRGC officers holed up in this tunnel to evacuate. They had pressured Israel against storming it to maintain the Iran channel. Obama-style shit. For the same reason.
That's why the clown Issa was in Israel. Meanwhile, the admin continues to pressure Israel against taking out the Ali Taher underground HQ where the IRGC officers are holed up. Enough with this stupid charade.
"Zero change in Iran's nuclear program" Complete idiot.
Lol yeah no. This is why there should not be a US "Lebanon policy." It inexorably leads here. And the shitty Lebanese will invariably take it here. Because that's what they're hardwired to do. Which is why we should have nothing to do with that shithole. https://t.co/omoT8zggr8
This clown and the administration he worked for ran a policy of realignment with Iran and promoted "regional integration," which was about explicitly binding regional US allies to Iranian satrapies. But now he has thoughts about "cutting deals with Iran."
The State Department has casually funneled to Lebanon like, what, $100 million the past couple of months?