Reflecting on the ongoing Hezbollah-Israel war in southern Lebanon and its impact on daily life away from the battlefield.

Looking back on periods of relative calm vs manageable instability, the long-term political and societal impact of failed governance, false economies and tourism destinations like Batroun, and an acceptance of impunity and injustice on the port blast's upcoming anniversary.

With George Wardini - director of PolyBlog.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:47 Relative normalcy

4:51 Relative anxiety

10:13 Targeted strikes

13:16 Familiar terrain

16:51 Failed state

19:42 Batroun

22:32 Static

26:37 Regime survival

31:47 The long term

34:58 Violence wins

37:13 Port blast & paralysis

39:36 Hezbollah undeterred