WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary….
Life During Wartime: Beirut… Ya Beirut
byVanderleunonAugust 5, 2020
A nearly two-hour video of the devastation wrought on Beirut by Hezbollah and their puppets in Lebanon/Beirut government. You think that some blocks look untouched until you notice nobody has any windows or doors and that all the streets are paved, paved, in endless shards of broken glass. The most moving and devastating section occurs at the end, starting at around 1:37:30, when the filmmaker returns to his office/home and quietly takes an inventory of his shattered personal life.
nearly 2 hours?
I don’t think so.
Might be ded in 2 hrs….
VanderleunAugust 5, 2020, 2:49 PM
Protip Sniper… you can click your mouse along the track that appears at the bottom on mouse-over. Moves things along. Also, I gave you an effin’ time stamp for the end. I can do no more for you in your dotage, I have my own dotage to worry about.
OldVet1950August 6, 2020, 4:03 AM
Well, it IS the middle east. So no surprise.
NoriAugust 6, 2020, 7:50 AM
Way back in the 50’s & 60’s,Beirut was a thriving and prosperous city. It was referred to as “the Paris of the Middle East”,for its seaside beauty and cosmopolitan ambience. Christian Lebanese made up a sizable portion of the populace,and were treated as normal Lebanese.
Then the rabid islamists crept in.
They created the hellhole seen above. Everywhere they go,death and misery becomes the new normal.
KCAugust 9, 2020, 10:21 AM
I knew a family who left Beirut in the 70’s because they were Catholic. That is a lot of devastation from that “somebody did something” event.
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My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
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Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
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Can’t leave it alone
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Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
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Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
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Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
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In America
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In America
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Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
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Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
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nearly 2 hours?
I don’t think so.
Might be ded in 2 hrs….
Protip Sniper… you can click your mouse along the track that appears at the bottom on mouse-over. Moves things along. Also, I gave you an effin’ time stamp for the end. I can do no more for you in your dotage, I have my own dotage to worry about.
Well, it IS the middle east. So no surprise.
Way back in the 50’s & 60’s,Beirut was a thriving and prosperous city. It was referred to as “the Paris of the Middle East”,for its seaside beauty and cosmopolitan ambience. Christian Lebanese made up a sizable portion of the populace,and were treated as normal Lebanese.
Then the rabid islamists crept in.
They created the hellhole seen above. Everywhere they go,death and misery becomes the new normal.
I knew a family who left Beirut in the 70’s because they were Catholic. That is a lot of devastation from that “somebody did something” event.