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How Nations Turn Evil

This commentary analyzes the triggers that cause nation-states to embrace evil. No country is inherently good or evil. From time to time, however, nations turn evil. Just as every human is potentially criminal, every nation is potentially wicked. Triggers alter action-potential into action. Frequently, governments accuse each other of being …

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Lebanon’s Hariri steps down as prime minister-designate pushing crisis-ridden country further into uncertainty

Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has stepped down nearly nine months after he was tasked with forming the crisis-ridden country’s next government. On Thursday, Hariri told reporters that President Michel Aoun had not accepted his latest Cabinet lineup less than 24 hours after the three-time prime minister submitted the proposal. …

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IDF: Hezbollah storing weapons 25 meters from a school

The explosion of a Hezbollah warehouse near a school, should it happen, would be half the size of the Beirut explosion of last year. The Israeli military on Wednesday shared intelligence of a possible target belonging to Hezbollah in the southern Lebanese village of Ebba in the Nabatieh Governorate. According …

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