“…looks like war torn Beirut.” The preceding is a common figure of speech used by me and others in my circle. It refers to a place that looks like it has been through hell. For those of us of a certain age, the phrase holds significance because we used to hear it almost every night on the news. That, along with the video clips we would see, gave the term a lot of imagery. Thankfully, for many who are younger than us, the phrase did not hold as much meaning, and it was gratifying to see Beirut slowly become a worldly city again. The events of the past week have been unfortunate but have been made necessary by Hezbollah. Hopefully this is just a hiccup for Beirut, and the next generation that comes along looks at me and my friends with bemusement when we use what will hopefully be an antiquated and inaccurate phrase.
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