Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980152440

The British seem less than enthusiastic about their minimal presence. It is only the President who has become completely enthralled by his own rhetoric and wedded to the notion that we must hold on until the dubious dawn of peace in Lebanon. Mr. President. our marines have been given an impossible task. They have been asked to be peacekeepers in a land that knows no peace. The complex chemistry of hatred in Lebanon involves more than Christians. Moslems. refugees. Israelis. and Syrians. It creates an environment in which it is impossible to identify the enemy or tell friend from foe.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Christians Moslems Israelis Syrians
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
70%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat Other

Speaker & context

Speaker
LLOYD BENTSEN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
1984-02-07
Speech ID
980152440
Paragraph
#0
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