Session #100 · 1987–89

Speech #1000008113

The country of Lebanon has been mired for years in civil strife. civil war. overrun by the country of Syria. overrun by fundamentalists from other countries: civil war between its own people. brother against brother. family against family. It has become a playground for terrorists. it has become a safe haven for people who kill. maim. hijack. threaten Americans and nationals of other countries. We are almost helpless to do anything about it. and this is a tragedy which we should be doing something about with every effort that we can make. But while we are witnessing this. we are also witnessing a tragedy for the United States. Right now. nine Americans are being held. eight Americans and one naturalized American. Mr. Singh. are hostages.
Keywords matched
naturalized

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Victim Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
LAWRENCE SMITH
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
FL
Gender
M
Date
1987-02-10
Speech ID
1000008113
Paragraph
#0
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