Actually not. No “baby”here. Lebanon’s geopolitical value evaporated long ago. Also the new Saudi leadership is no longer in the check writing business it has other priorities mostly domestic.
https://twitter.com/yasfarouk/status/1451532263586508802
The old game brilliantly played by Lebanese politicos of getting Gulf money to fight the left/Iran etc has been exposed as the scam (that it always was) and new Gulf leaders have woken up to that.
Older Arab leaders had an emotional connection and personal relations in Lebanon that led them to make (often illogical) decisions that only fattened Swiss bank accounts of Lebanese leaders but this is over now.
Lebanon deserves all support to get back on its feet (particularly emergency food and medical aid) but writing checks to politicos or the government is over. If Hizbollah’s capture of the state ends then trade, tourism, investment will all come back on proper commercial terms.
Also the US and France should get over the idea that they can convince Gulf states to write checks on their behalf. The US/France are much richer per capita than a Saudi with huge domestic obligations and if they want to send political aid they should ask their own taxpayers❗️
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