> Beirut and Lebanon has to be one of the largest missed opportunities or what-could-have-been situations of the last 100 years. I think what makes the potenti

> Beirut and Lebanon has to be one of the largest missed opportunities or what-could-have-been situations of the last 100 years. I think what makes the potential of the city is also what makes it get into severe conflict. Beirut is a cross-road of global interests. I think it still is. It also has huge and wealthy diaspora. Beirut will certainly come back, and most likely (unluckily) will come bursting again.