What the Hell Is Going On: WTH Is Going On In Lebanon? Ambassador David Hale Explains.

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🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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On the eve of talks in Washington between leaders in Lebanon and Israel, Beirut has signaled a push to extend the 10-day, U.S.-mediated ceasefire set to expire this Sunday. The ongoing conflict with Iran has put its proxies’ regional struggles into the limelight, as flashpoints continue to emerge, Lebanon chief among them. As a platform […]

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by the American Enterprise Institute.
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0:07.1	Thanks for listening. Here's our show.
0:08.7	What the hell is going on?
0:10.5	What's really going on?
0:12.0	We said, what the hell happened?
0:13.5	You don't have to know what the hell is on it.
0:15.6	They see what's going on.
0:16.7	I don't know what's going on.
0:18.0	What is going on?
0:20.0	We must find out what's going on. What is going on? We must find out what is going on.
0:30.8	Hi, I'm Danielle Pletka.
0:32.5	And I'm Mark Tiesin.
0:33.7	Welcome to our podcast.
0:35.1	What the hell is going on?
0:37.1	Mark, what the hell is going on? What the hell is going on? Mark, what the hell is going on?
0:39.4	What the hell is going on is there are negotiations taking place or not or about to be taking place or perhaps taking place between Iran and the United States. The ceasefire has been extended as we record this. Trump says for three to five days, apparently.
0:56.5	And so everybody's waiting to see what happens in Iran.
1:00.3	And while the combat in Iran is taking place,
1:04.5	there's also been combat in Lebanon because Israel,
1:08.7	Hezbollah, the terrorist group that is based in Lebanon, joined Iran in its retaliation against Israel.
1:17.4	And so Israel took the opportunity to say, hey, let's clean this mess up as well.
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