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7/15 Middle East Live Thread
7/14 Middle East Live Thread ^ | 7/16/06 | Various

Posted on 07/15/2006 5:35:46 AM PDT by Solson

I thought this could be a new thread for today. BurbankKarl's thread did well yesterday.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; islam; melivethread; middleeast; muhammadsminions; rebelyell2; ww3; wwiii
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To: BurbankKarl

'Cept Fidel has 900 million dollars while his people starve


1,342 posted on 07/15/2006 5:35:18 PM PDT by saveliberty (I'm a Bushbot and a Snowflake :-)
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To: Miss Marple

1,343 posted on 07/15/2006 5:36:20 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: Peach

Yeah....some of our "little darlings" have decided they are so bored...that they want to make FAKE terrorist videos..with mock beheadings and such....

Aren't they cute?? /sarc


1,344 posted on 07/15/2006 5:36:41 PM PDT by Txsleuth
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To: STARWISE

Heh! ewww....


1,345 posted on 07/15/2006 5:36:54 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (I am a proud friend of Israel.)
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To: Peach; Chieftain; mystery-ak

He is sooo revolting. How weasley EVER made it as far as he did??? I have heard some of his former subordinates on talk radio and they couldn't stand the guy, had zero respect for him. He was a paper pushing, politician sucking, inept and inadeqaute not even rsing to the level of Buffoon.


1,346 posted on 07/15/2006 5:37:18 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Moderate Mooslims.....what's that?)
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To: SE Mom
Here's who I want to hear from: Tommy Franks, Russell Honore

I don't think we'll ever see Honore as a TV pundit...... LOL somehow I just don't think that is his cup of tea

1,347 posted on 07/15/2006 5:38:02 PM PDT by Lil Flower ("Without Love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing." St. Therese of Lisieux)
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To: Txsleuth; Peach

Mr. Prairie is watching the country music shows at the moment. I'm actually glad, the news here is enough to absorb and try to not becomed overwhelmed with.


1,348 posted on 07/15/2006 5:38:14 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (I am a proud friend of Israel.)
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To: 4butnomorethan30characters

BiBi Nentanyahu was on Sean Hannity's talk radio show on Friday I believe...or Thursday..I can't remember..but, he is around..and I have a feeling he is contributing quite a bit to the war planning.


1,349 posted on 07/15/2006 5:39:08 PM PDT by Txsleuth
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

former subordinates on talk radio and they couldn't stand the guy, had zero respect for him. He was a paper pushing, politician sucking, inept and inadeqaute not even rsing to the level of Buffoon.



I haven't met one person in the military who liked the guy....he'd stab you in the back for a promotion...which he always seemed to get..


1,350 posted on 07/15/2006 5:39:29 PM PDT by mystery-ak (My Son, My Soldier, My Hero..............)
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To: RobFromGa

"But all things considered, if Hezbollah returns to its roots, it should return to its first operational model: hostages."

If Hezbollah takes American hostages, we will come in after them. Hezbollah will have declared war on us. The Israelis would be the least of their concerns. We would take apart Lebanon looking for them and will go into Syria as well if necessary without blinking an eye. This is not 1983. This is a new world. It would be the commission of mass suicide on the part of Hezbollah.

Of course that might be the price Iran would be willing to pay (sacrificing a pawn) to provoke an American-Israeli joint intervention into Lebanon and Syria if they thought the resulting regional war could destabilize the entire Mideast, bring extremists to power in far more significant areas than Gaza or South Lebanon, and unite the entire region behind Iranian leadership in fighting the "Crusaders" once again along the same Mediterranean shores where they fought eight centuries ago.

His war for Jerusalem has to be framed as a war on "Crusaders". And to fight the "Crusaders", you have to bring them to the fight.

And Stratfor misses the point. Hezbollah is not running this at all. It is Iran. Right now Tehran says "jump" and Nasrallah asks "how high"? This is not about Hezbollah reverting to its "tried and true" tactics. This is about Iran going "old school". They planned this, and they are provoking the apocalyptic conflict they seek. It is not rational. It is theological. It is not just a geopolitical or strategic military move on the Mideast chessboard. It is a "leap of faith". He believes not only that God is on his side, but that he has been chosen for a special mission by God. Such a man is extraordinarily dangerous - - particularly when just 12 months ago he began to fully command the largest terror apparatus and alliance the world has ever known.

It is not about Hezbollah going back to its roots. It is about revolutionary Iran going back to its origins. It is about a young college student who, with four others, masterminded the storming of the American Embassy in Tehran and took our citizens hostage for 444 days.

That young college student is now the President of Iran. And he believes he has been appointed by God to initiate the apocalypse (the "unveiling" of the hidden Imam) by a regional war involving America, Israel, and the possible mass use of WMD that would globalize the conflict and radicalize the Islamic world to the point where moderate regimes are overthrown and millions join in jihad instead of the mere tens of thousands that do so right now (there are not enough active jihadi fighters on the planet right now to fill more than a baseball stadium or two if you put them all together, but he will have an eager army of millions if he provokes a cataclysmic war).

That is what he is trying to do.


1,351 posted on 07/15/2006 5:39:46 PM PDT by callmejoe
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To: 4butnomorethan30characters

Ariel Sharon was NOT on Sean Hannity's radio talk show..he is still in a coma in rehab hosptital, I believe.


1,352 posted on 07/15/2006 5:40:02 PM PDT by Txsleuth
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To: SE Mom; Chieftain; Txsleuth

The whole Fox coverage on this has been dismal...totally inadequate. First the blonde bimbos that get the questions to ask relayed to them thru their earpiece...."Uh, Duh, do you think that the capture of the Israeli soldier was the turning point...and Iran may be involved in this, right?"

Then they put Weasely on.( his whining little boy blue voice is enough to make you want to just hit him)..Then they do a gig on Geraldo being threatened by the mob years ago.


1,354 posted on 07/15/2006 5:41:33 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Moderate Mooslims.....what's that?)
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1,355 posted on 07/15/2006 5:41:39 PM PDT by monkapotamus
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To: prairiebreeze

I have found that I learn more news here on FR...than any of the cable news channels...except for Jennifer Griffin's reports.

Can't wait for Steve Harrigan to get there...he is the best.


1,356 posted on 07/15/2006 5:42:36 PM PDT by Txsleuth
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To: mystery-ak
he looks like a cadaver....

LOL

1,357 posted on 07/15/2006 5:42:52 PM PDT by Lil Flower ("Without Love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing." St. Therese of Lisieux)
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To: callmejoe

I agree with you, but it's a very frightening image.


1,358 posted on 07/15/2006 5:43:05 PM PDT by sissyjane (Don't be stuck on stupid!)
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To: RobFromGa
They already returned to their old habit in kidnapping the two Israeli soldiers last weeks. Yes, wars have begun over such small affronts. Hezbollah calculated Israel would not want to open up a second front when they made their move and it would also create leverage for their Hamas ally. Instead, it enraged Israel and put Hezbollah competely on the defensive. The Hezbullies will certainly try to take hostages for the insurance value and for now they'll just sit and take it before they resume full scale guerilla warfare - a calculation made out of the belief Israel plans a prolonged occupation of Lebanese territory. The unknowns in this war are how Israel will crush Hezbollah decisively and if so whether Israel can avoid in the process becoming trapped into Lebanese quaqmire. Those are the questions to which no one still has answers and we ought to have a better picture soon. Such is the nature of war.

(Go Israel, Go! Slap Down Em Hezbullies!)

1,359 posted on 07/15/2006 5:43:20 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: prairiebreeze

Grandson and I are watching Dumbo....while he's playing with his hotwheels cars I can get on FR and catch up...


1,360 posted on 07/15/2006 5:43:24 PM PDT by mystery-ak (My Son, My Soldier, My Hero..............)
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