Carl Dagher0:00 What's up, y'all?0:01 Um today we're gonna talk about the current situation in Lebanon.0:05 Um I am a Lebanese citizen, um so I have I have a little bit of bias about this topic, but I feel like it's important to talk about um to shed light on a a little beacon of hope in the Middle East with all that's going on right now between Palestine and Israel or Hamas and Israel.0:22 Um I feel like Lebanon has been overshadowed drastically um by that conflict and by the Iranian process proxy Hezbollah.0:31 Um re just recently in January, uh, Lebanon elected its first president since 2023, so first time in two years.0:39 Um and he he's he's trying to make a change.0:41 Um he's targeted Hezbollah after the death of uh Hassan Nasrella, their their supreme leader.0:47 Um and and the goal really is to take back the country from from outside influences.0:51 Like Iran has had its hand in Lebanon's pocket for the past 30, 40 years, and you know, a lot of the economic and political corruption and disruption has been because of external forces.1:03 And the people of Lebanon have been struggling.1:06 Um but the fact that the new president is targeting Hezbollah, he's trying to disarm them.1:11 Um he's working on economic relations with their neighbors, uh, with the powers of the Middle East, like the Emirates, United Arab Emirates, Saudi.1:19 Um I think it's a it's a good change for Lebanon to get back to their to their uh to their glory days.1:24 I think Lebanon used to be called the Paris of the Middle East.1:27 Um it's a beautiful country geographically, um location-wise, it's great, it's right in the Mediterranean coast.1:33 So there's a lot of potential for economic growth, uh, social growth, political growth.1:38 Um it's a really good time for the country as long as peace stands, and really being a partially Christian and partially Muslim country, I think the main key to success in that country is if both Christians and Muslims come together to fight for economic security, political justice, and you know uh a global recognition from other countries.2:02 And I think if Lebanon is a stabilized country in the Middle East, then then the rest of the situation with uh Israel Hamas will will be stabilized as well as they get through their peace talks.2:13 So yeah.