Posted on 07/13/2006 11:34:53 AM PDT by Paul Ross
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US Defends IDF Actions, Europe and Russia Criticize Thursday, July 13, 2006 / 17 Tammuz 5766European countries and Russia denounced Israel’s retaliation in Lebanon as disproportionate Thursday. The US, meanwhile, is defending Israel’s right to combat terrorism. The European Union, Russia, France and Italy all had criticism of the extent of Israel’s operations. France’s foreign minister came out clearly against Israel’s actions. “The Israeli invasion is a disproportional act of war with negative consequences," Philippe Douste-Blazy told France's Europe-1 radio. "The unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon must be preserved," he added. Spain condemned the kidnappings while calling on Israel to show restraint. The kidnapping and Israeli response "opens a flank of instability, which adds to the deteriorating Israeli-Palestinian peace process," a statement by the Spanish foreign ministry said. Russia’s Foreign Ministry called on Israel to respect Lebanon's sovereignty. "The continued destruction of civilian infrastructure in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories and the disproportionate use of force by Israel, which causes suffering to the civilian population, can be neither understood nor justified. Equally unacceptable are any manifestations of terrorism and the taking of hostages, who must be released immediately and unconditionally.” The European Union's spokesmen said that the body “recognized Israel's right to defend itself" and promised a more detailed assessment would be delivered in the coming days, but added, "We are very concerned by the actions on both sides. We have called on both sides to show as much restraint as possible." US President George W. Bush, who is traveling in Germany for talks, defended the Jewish State. "Israel has the right to defend herself," Bush said. "My attitude is this: there are a group of terrorists who want to stop the advance of peace. Those of us who are peace-loving must work together to help the agents of peace." Bush added that “whatever Israel does, though, should not weaken the Siniora government in Lebanon," referring to Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Meanwhile, a rally to show identification with Israel's actions was set for 5 PM Thursday at the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum Building in Los Angeles. Other rallies across the US are reportedly in the works. |
ROFL! Great cartoon!
A lot of us are on this thread talking about what's happening in Israel; we post updates like this thread as they come in.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1665025/posts?q=1&&page=617#617
LOL! In other news, soil is found to have a high dirt content.
Could someone post a "freep this poll" at CNN (WAAAY too busy to do it right now): http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/13/mideast/index.html
Norway is also surrendering:
"Norway condemns Israeli attacks on Lebanon"
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1387017.ece
Freeped
Europe is a lost cause. Sheesh, their brains are mush, their hearts are stone their memories are non-existant.
The Euros are unbelievable. The French say “The Israeli invasion is a disproportional act of war with negative consequences." Perhaps they think they Israelis should just stay at home, riot, and burn lots of cars.
The Spanish speak of "the deteriorating Israeli-Palestinian peace process." What peace process? That's been dead since Hamas took over Palestine, if not before.
Russia speaks of "disproportionate use of force by Israel which causes suffering to the civilian population." This comment comes from the country which turned Grozny into a wasteland and killed most of its own hostages in a "rescue attempt" in a Moscow theater.
Jpost:One dead in Katyusha barrage in Nahariya and Safed
Hizbullah denies launch; power outage in Safed; one woman killed in earlier attack, 122 wounded; northern residents ordered into shelters.
Lets run it by the europeans first to make sure retaliation meets the global test. /sarcasm
Remember Chechnya!
No kidding. Hypocrisy, thy name is Putin....
Done...59% currently voted Israel is justified
If Lebanon would drive out the terrorists (like Jordan under King Hussein) they would be safe. It is their fault for refusing to fight Hizbullah.
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Yet Foggy Bottom stays absolutely speechless on these...
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Notice that Germany has not criticized Israel, but pointed out, that we should not forget what´s the cause of all of this (rockets and grenades on Israel, taken hostages).
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