Summary: Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen I was a kid Lebanon was frequently featured on the nightly news. This was during the 1980s and before 24 hour news networks. Each night we saw pictures of bombed out buildings and deserted streets. Since then this period of the Middle East has become the backdrop for various movies and stories. The Fall of Lebanon podcast episode takes the complex nature of the Lebanese Civil War and subsequent Israeli invasion and boils it down to the basic Lebanon civil war facts and story. My hope is that you will understand what took place here in the late 1970s and 80s and also recognize how unnecessary all of this violence was.<br> <br> For the sake of context, we have to remember how the stage that was set for Lebanon which we discussed in a previous episode in this podcast series. When the French left Lebanon (and also Syria) they left the new nation designed for failure. The government was structured so that minority ethnic and religious groups were ruling over the majority ethnic and religious groups. They would always need French support and power to maintain their hold on power. The problems arose when French power was no longer available or accessible. These are the backgrounds to the Lebanon civil war facts and story.<br> The civil war, as I will show in this podcast episode, set the stage for the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. This catalyzed a new round of chaos and crisis for Lebanon. Ultimately this is the story of the fall of Lebanon. The horror stories which reflect the literal history of Lebanon during this period of history in the Middle East would become the battle cries for many extremists in the coming years.<br> <br> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theendofhistory/PHVq/~6/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><br> <a href="https://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/headlineanimator/install?id=nb64uri41haerm5fvtnnavfgjo&w=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">↑ Grab this Headline Animator</a><br> <br> <br> If you have enjoyed this podcast episode on the history of the Middle East, you might enjoy the entire series. You can download/stream it <a style="color: #800000;" href="https://soundcloud.com/the-end-of-history-podcast/sets/history-of-the-modern-middle-east">here at my SoundCloud page</a> or <a style="color: #800000;" href="https://wp.me/p2iDfo-1tA">click here to see the entire series and posts here at the web site</a>. You might also enjoy my <a style="color: #800000;" href="https://wp.me/p2iDfo-1ty">Guide to Understanding the Middle East</a>.<br>
