{"id":62546,"date":"2021-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/62546\/remember-when-saad-hariri-said-ill-make-lebanon-the-second-dubai"},"modified":"2021-10-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T00:00:00","slug":"remember-when-saad-hariri-said-ill-make-lebanon-the-second-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62546\/remember-when-saad-hariri-said-ill-make-lebanon-the-second-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember When Saad Hariri Said &#8220;I&#8217;ll Make Lebanon The Second Dubai&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"Guys, we think our politicians should quit politics and go for comedy because being a shitty comedian is better than being a shitty politician. <br \/>  <br \/>  Back in 2019, former Prime Minister Saad El Hariri attended the World Government Summit where he talked about making Lebanon the &#8220;second Dubai&#8221;. Check out the video:<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lebprotests\/status\/1443638495092822018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Hilarious considering this was a mere three weeks before the country imploded as our largest financial crisis became apparent. The state was broke, and nobody knew that better than Saad who had been PM a few times. <br \/>  <br \/>  Of course, users on Twitter couldn&#8217;t but react to this throwback. Here&#8217;s what some people had to say about Hariri&#8217;s ambitious and downright ridiculous statement.<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dEZYdE417t\">https:\/\/t.co\/dEZYdE417t<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Sary Dergham  (@saryderghamm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saryderghamm\/status\/1443648422951587842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saadhariri?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@saadhariri<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CVK1DbgHOP\">https:\/\/t.co\/CVK1DbgHOP<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Mohamad AlMourad (@MohamadAlMourad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MohamadAlMourad\/status\/1443651830374928384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Ok  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9dXV9llAkr\">https:\/\/t.co\/9dXV9llAkr<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Antoine Haddad (@antoinephaddad1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/antoinephaddad1\/status\/1443646560412258307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><\/p>\u2014 Fadi (@Fadi156339277) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fadi156339277\/status\/1443649505640034304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><\/p>\u2014 Ahmad KASSIR  (@Ahmad_F_Kassir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ahmad_F_Kassir\/status\/1443787096964182016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Well Saad, you got pretty close. 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