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US believes it can use Hezbollah's disarray to elect new president (www.middleeasteye.net)
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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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[โ€“] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world -2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

This Lebanon intervention is more comparable to what Russia is doing in Africa or Belarus where they actually install puppets.

[โ€“] multi_regime_enjoyer@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I think they are kind of bemused by US politics, whereas Turkey and Saudi Arabia and Israel have a much more direct involvement as they wish to get a better deal out of their masters.

Putin talks about how he prefers Harris now, the Chinese joke online that Trump's trade war would help them. It's counterintuitive, but none of it fits the election interference claims of Dems or GOP.

If anyone were serious about fixing the rigging of our elections they wouldn't be talking about malign influence on public opinion at all. It has zero effect on policy statistically.