Decampe: "To see a band of vicious killers (remember Nasrallah’s declaration that “We will win because Jews live life while we love death.") like Hezbollah hailed as freedom fighters and saviors of the Arab world turns my stomach." I would partialy agree with this, I certainly wouldn't want to live under Hizbollah...but...when the Lebanese priminister came out in support of them, a Christian Bishop in Beirut came out in support of them, large sections of a previously hostile Lebanese population came out in support of them, whether Christian, Muslim or Druze I had to ask myself why I should know better …
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Azathoth
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Wolf: "While the immoral and evil GWB would use war as a way to gain political favor, surely the devout and faithful who run Hezbollah are above such methodologies that cause the death of innocents for their own selfish gains. . ." You know Wolf, I wonder if you...armed with only an AK 47....would stand out in the open with your other chickenhawk mates in formation when confronted by F16's and Apache helicopters despite your home and family being bombed...I kinda doubt even you'd be that stupid. I especially liked your girly, ticklish laugh by the way.
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Hyjinx22: "Oh sure...Hezbollah the big, bad organization to which all powers are impotent. Let me clue you in jackass, if Israel REALLY wanted to get down with them, they would have. Olmert is weak and ineffectual, Bibi would have really “tuned them up.” The airpower only approach was a loser from the start against the dug in. What they needed were 30,000 troops, flamethrowers to clear out those little rat holes and many checkpoints south of the Litani. I have absolutely no doubt that it is very doable, especially after cutting off their Syrian supply line. Alas, there will be another …
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"YOU ARE ALL IRAN’S WITLESS AGENTS....yada yada yada...THE BOMB IS TICKING." I remember reading a study about the link between the inappropriate use of capitals and shizophrenia, not a page turner as such but better written than the Da Vinci code.
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Greetings to all at in these times, What to make of this leaflet dropped over Lebanon? "To the residents of Hay el-Sulloum, Bourj el-Barajneh and Chiah: For your own safety, you must evacuate those neighborhoods immediately, and evacuate every place where Hezbollah members or aides exist or carry out terrorist operations" "You must know that the expansion of Hezbollah terrorist operations will lead to a painful and strong response, and its painful results will not be confined to Hassan's gang and criminals" "The State of Israel." http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/749081.html A clear threat of collective punishment? Isn't that somewhat frowned upon under the Geneva …
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Chopper: "I see you didn’t mention the thousands of rockets that Hizbollah has launched into Israel or the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers that set off this war. That is typical of Arab thinking, refusing to take any personal responsibility." You mean the rockets which started being fired in earnest only AFTER Israel began its bombing campaign on civilian targets? And what of Israels responsibility when it comes to kidnapping civilians and even politicians, would those in Gaza, for example, if they had the ability be justified in laying waste to Israel? And I'm Scottish by the way...though I do like Arabian …
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Chopper: "UN peacekeeping forces have proven uniformly unwilling and or unable to take any action against Hezbollah’s violations of cease fires and disarmament agreements. I don’t expect it to be any different this time". Erm...UNIFIL had no mandate to do so, they were introduced in 1978 to confirm ISRAELS withdrawal from Lebanon under resolution 425 which the Israelis obviously proceeded to ignore for 22 years. It was never intended to enforce resolution 1559, even if it had been how exactly was such a small U.N force supposed to disarm Hezbollah when the IDF has so singularly failed to do so? Ask …
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Chopper: "The UN forces didn’t take on the Israelis because they have the same lack of will to take them on that they have to take on anyone else. My larger point is that the UN is generally an ineffectual body and its “peacekeeping missions” usually accomplish little if anything." Utter bollocks, admittedly they're often hamstrung by the mandate which they are given but in many countries i.e El Salvador, Cambodia, Mozambique, Cyprus, East Timor...I could go on, they're extremely successful, do you have any clue in how many countries the United Nations puts itself between trigger-happy combatants around the globe? …
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Chopper: "There seems to be some sort of dynamic with you left wing “deep thinkers”. The more ineffectual an organization is the more you are in love with it. Since the UN is one of the most incompetent organizations on the planet the left is absolutely gaga about it." It's the ideal, reflected in its charter, which I admire. I mean I can't see why so many of you right wingers have such a problem with the UN, it provides convenient resolutions you can cherry pick to start wars of choice and then, after riding roughshod over its charter and after …
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