Lebanon’s health minister has said what is happening in his country is “carnage”, as hospitals struggle to cope with the number of casualties from two days of widespread Israeli air strikes targeting the armed group Hezbollah.

Dr Firass Abiad told the BBC it was “clear” that many of the 550 people killed in Monday’s attacks were civilians, including children and women.

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      it would force the government to legitimize itself

      LOL, no. It wouldn’t force the government to do anything.

      Since you’ve never seen a ballot, try googling one. You’ll see a bunch of downballot races in which very few people vote. Those races all have winners, and those winners always have and always will give zero fucks about legitimizing themselves to nonvoters.

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          It’s not the same result. Politicians have to appeal to voters, they are free to ignore nonvoters.

          If you’re not voting, then you’re not voting for Trump as well as not voting for Harris. Are you surprised that Trump isn’t courting your vote? You shouldn’t be.

          But Harris has no more reason to court your vote than Trump does. You’re a nonvoter, so they are both ignoring you.