The world is joining Hamas in wanting to defeat Israel. Russia is beating Biden in Ukraine. Things aren’t going well for the U.S.
I wonder about external embassy security in Lebanon.
My son was a Marine Security Guard in Honduras and Jordan. The locals provide external security, cops and/or soldiers; and the US marines inside the compound and the buildings. I thought that was international law or practice.
Before Trump moved the embassy to Jerusalem, it was a consulate. The locals, Armenian Christians, provided security and were helpful answering questions and walked the fence around the block. The Israelis had 4 soldiers in a small booth on one corner. I lost my passport in Jerusalem and one of the Armenians helped me get a photo (from an Arab store) and get through the paperwork. I had my temporary in 2.5 hours.
In Paris you can’t walk within a block of the Israeli embassy, unless the Paris police let you through the barricades on each end of the street. And there are several cops again right by the gate to the embassy compound.
More on The Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Quarter
FYI.