US officials believe they can exploit the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Hezbollah’s disarray to push for the election of a president in Lebanon, according to Axios.

The report echoes the belief among some Lebanese opposition leaders who spoke to Middle East Eye that there is an opportunity to push for the election of a president after the post has been vacant since October 2022.

Under Lebanon’s de facto confessional system, the president of Lebanon must be a Christian.

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    7 hours ago

    I had my comment removed because the mods of world news, don’t like me pointing out that this is literally the same as Russia and China meddling in US affairs.

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      Russia and China barely affect US elections Israel controls all of America and you’re complaining about Russia and China.

      The comparison is also wrong. The US directly tries to appoint a puppet president to Lebanon which they control. Russia and China try to influence people’s opinions to vote differently in the US. It is more comparable to what Russia is doing in Africa or Belarus.

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    16 hours ago

    Ah yes because the last ten times they did this it totally didn’t backfire and they had everyone else’s future in mind while selflessly giving up a lot of their own.

    Oh wait…