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Discuss the first article in a new series by @David Flin here
It reminds me of the fantasy trope of 'the one Inn where all the disreputable adventurers gather' in having that same utility of being able to get all your characters in one place with good reason, only this one actually happened.
Isn't there a Pratchett book (might not be Discworld, maybe Good Omens) where he opens a paragraph with the exact line 'there's always one'?
Definitely a logic there. I look forward to the follow up article.There were indeed dozens of hotels in Beirut. That is, until the Battle of the Hotels (1975-1977). Rough summary: the Minet-el-Hosn hotel district had a lot of high-rise hotels (some completed, some not) that overlooked several militia areas. Naturally, these hotels became the objectives of some heavy fighting in order to gain access to areas from which one could fire unmolested into enemy territory.
The hotel district became an uncomfortable place to be. The Commodore wasn't in this district.
I'll take a stab at answering that in an upcoming article in the series. I can only really talk about Beirut; circumstances elsewhere might be different.
There were indeed dozens of hotels in Beirut. That is, until the Battle of the Hotels (1975-1977). Rough summary: the Minet-el-Hosn hotel district had a lot of high-rise hotels (some completed, some not) that overlooked several militia areas. Naturally, these hotels became the objectives of some heavy fighting in order to gain access to areas from which one could fire unmolested into enemy territory.
The hotel district became an uncomfortable place to be. The Commodore wasn't in this district.
Nonetheless, the issue of why a particular place becomes a neutral zone is an interesting one.