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villains and heroes,
and they don't do that here. Here, you have Jews, Muslims, Christians, all living shoulder to shoulder,
and it's messy. And the challenge
for the State Department, for us... Sounds like
I'm not gonna get a quick answer. Mason's just playing the diplomat,
Congressman. He's been here long enough
to explain this place in a minute. Let's have
the shorter version. Give me the snapshot. I don't know if I'd call it
a snapshot, but I tell people, "If you wanna understand Lebanon, think
of a boardinghouse without a landlord." The only thing the tenants have in common is their talent for betrayal
and they don't do that here. Here, you have Jews, Muslims, Christians, all living shoulder to shoulder,
and it's messy. And the challenge
for the State Department, for us... Sounds like
I'm not gonna get a quick answer. Mason's just playing the diplomat,
Congressman. He's been here long enough
to explain this place in a minute. Let's have
the shorter version. Give me the snapshot. I don't know if I'd call it
a snapshot, but I tell people, "If you wanna understand Lebanon, think
of a boardinghouse without a landlord." The only thing the tenants have in common is their talent for betrayal
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...villains and heroes,
and they don't do that here.
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Here, you have Jews, Muslims, Christians,
00:00:06.214 --> 00:00:08.216
all living shoulder to shoulder,
and it's messy.
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And the challenge
for the State Department, for us...
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Sounds like
I'm not gonna get a quick answer.
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Mason's just playing the diplomat,
Congressman.
00:00:16.516 --> 00:00:19.143
He's been here long enough
to explain this place in a minute.
00:00:20.311 --> 00:00:24.273
Let's have
the shorter version. Give me the snapshot.
00:00:24.357 --> 00:00:27.819
I don't know if I'd call it
a snapshot, but I tell people,
00:00:27.902 --> 00:00:31.948
"If you wanna understand Lebanon, think
of a boardinghouse without a landlord."
00:00:32.074 --> 00:00:35.118
The only thing the tenants have in common
00:00:35.201 --> 00:00:36.953
is their talent for betrayal.
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Movie Summary
Caught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives must send a former U.S. diplomat to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.
