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POV

I placed the POV tag when creating the article because it is pasted from a US government website. Because this comes from a US govt source it may not be neutral, but I don't have the expertise to judge. (Hopefully others that know more will simply remove the tag if they think the article looks okay.) Mangostar (talk) 00:13, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Help Destroy?

Hi, I've noticed that the first sentence under history mentions, "and to help destroy its independence, sovereignty, national unity, and territorial integrity" which I do not exactly understand. Could it possibly made more clear, using context did not help me.

POV warring

At the time of writing the article reads to me like a US government press release and I agree this needs correction. Unfortunately attempts to address this by anon IPs seem to have got locked into a long term edit war. I have semi-protected the article for a week to encourage discussion. I suggest those using anonymous IP accounts to contribute consider Summary of benefits and in the meantime propose the changes they would like to see here, so that a discussion about how to create an article that fairly represents all points of view can be created. Thanks --Fæ (talk) 11:47, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Should be removed

The talk here agrees this article simply quotes the US official line. Even on a cursory reading the article is not neutral. Can anyone make a case for keeping it? If not it should be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tony999 (talk • contribs) 03:07, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Just calling this article biased would be the understatement of the year. It should be deleted, not protected.--77.42.176.236 (talk) 14:37, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Double agreement. Please delete someone. 67.182.14.249 (talk) 08:00, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Request for semi-protection

I requested semi-protection for this page. Neutral or not, this article is being vandalized. If the IPs want to express their point of view, they should be constructive, not destructive. I haven't really read the article enough to see if it's pro-US, but making it anti-US won't make it any better. BadaBoom (talk) 10:19, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Beirut embassy bombing?

Wouldn't it be worth mentioning the 1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut? You'd think that might warrant a link or 'something' in the article on the foreign relations of the two countries, even if the bombing was perpetrated by a third party. The article currently mentions a travel ban in place until 1985; I'm assuming the two are linked, but don't know much about the events. 174.52.210.196 (talk) 07:11, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that's just the tip when it comes to US/Lebanon relations. It's also a 30 years old event, so one questions your (even 2012) understanding of current events and the historical reasons for them. Even then Mar 8th/14th existed and even then the questions of Syria, militia armament, internal stability, Israel, etc were all prominent aspects of Lebanese politics, and prominent aspects of US relations with Lebanon. Why don't we just get this ridiculous article removed instead? 67.182.14.249 (talk) 07:58, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Quite Frankly Junk

This article is quite-frankly junk. It's not only outdated and stolen from a US government site, but people have injected random context-less "facts" since. No one is going to ever keep it pertinent and it's heavily, and inappropriately, biased. How do I add a "please delete" flag? Someone please just delete it. 67.182.14.249 (talk) 07:58, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There is no reason for this article as drafted to exist. Readers are given a completely one-sided and expurgated overview. In the absence of replies, I will simply erase this fatally-flawed article.

Spieling (talk) 08:02, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

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