This gruesome and absurd doorstep suicide symbolized for me the mood of Beirut at the end of 1983 and in early 1984-a mood of dashed hopes and utter desperation. The Marines had come to Beirut to project strength, presence, security, and calm, while the Lebanese resolved their differences and rebuilt their nation.
( Thomas L. Friedman )
[ From Beirut to Jerusalem ]
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