Friday, February 20, 2026

The Lebanese army plays the coexistence card smartly

Lebanese army gets two birds in one stone. You have to hand it out to them. Is it opportunistic? Yes. Smart? Incredibly so. Well there you go by sheer coincidence Christian lent and Muslim Ramadan fast are overlapping this year. The Lebanese army, one of the rare institutions that kept the co-mingling between religions and sects intact jumped on the occasion with "blessed fast" with the cross and the moon crescent at once. Easy, single-minded, smart, and very efficient.