FYI, FWIW-- I don't get any particular orientation or point of view from that blogger beyond "just trying to get by."
Thought his comment about "still have power and internet" was interesting-- the news I just saw claims Israel is "isolating" Lebanon.
I can remember long ago- the nineteen-sixties-- when Beruit was considered the Monaco or Las Vegas of the region-- before bloody civil war turned parts of it into a moonscape.
Yep, at one time, Beirut was actually quite beautiful and an attractive tourist spot.