7/16 Middle East Live Thread

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666163/posts ^ | 7/16/06 | me

[HeartlandOfAmerica]

Nasrallah: We're just defending ourselves!

What a putz!

[Fitzcarraldo]

18:21 Nasrallah: Attack on ship was first clue that we can hit whoever hurts us (Ch. 10)

18:20 Nasrallah: The IDF entered Lebanese ground and we pushed them back (Ch. 10)

18:19 Nasrallah: Zionists are focusing attacks on civilians and civilian institutions (Ch. 10)

18:06 Pakistan leader condemns Israeli strikes, pledges support for Lebanese people (AP)

18:02 IAF strike kills two Popular Resistance Committees men in northern Gaza (Haaretz)

[oceanview]

I wonder if any of his talking points are being jotted down by the DNC.

[bandleader]

Chirac has it ALL WRONG(as per usual)!.Lebanon's"Security"is in the hands of The Lebanese Government!!All they had to do was obey the UN Resolution that THEY signed which required them to DIS Arm Hezbollah in exchange for Israel's withdrawal from their country!!!Why is this "Rocket Science"?

[tsmith130]

Is it just me or is anyone else having trouble following this? I feel like I'm listening to pig latin.

[Fitzcarraldo]

He's getting his talking points from the MSM and the DNC.

[sofaman]

hey kiddo...Bob sellers just took a Dem Idiot apart on Fox. he made the mistake of using the phrase "proportional response" and sellers made him look stupid...

Nasrallah looks a little subdued...Fox showing side-by-side Nasrallah and the carnage in Haifa...

[PattonReincarnated]

They need a JSTARS.

I agree, I was just showing you what Israel had.

[ichabod1]

and we have an Olmertesq leader in India who may very well over-react also

Have we considered that Israel has been saying that the current situation with Iran is unacceptable since well before March? That they've maybe been looking for a reason since that time? Many of us thought they would go then, not wait until July.

[KJC1]

It's not just you. This translator is not very good/fluid. Same guy who translated Siniora's speech yesterday I think.

[RasterMaster]

Fox just had a DUmocrat (never heard of) from Taxachussetts who was already making the rounds blaming Israel for targeting civilians instead of going after Hizbullah.

[tsmith130]

Bob sellers just took a Dem Idiot apart on Fox

It was great!!! I was waiting for Sellers to roll his eyes.

[pgkdan]

I wonder if any of his talking points are being jotted down by the DNC.

Shoot, they get their points from the DNC.

[jeffers]

Pox wrote:

"Give them a nuke and Tel Aviv is history, IMO."

There is a difference between throwing a punch, and landing a punch.

If those not familiar with orderly planning are not permitted to interfere, the expiration of the plausibly deniable ultimatum may demonstrate this.

I cannot be any clearer at this time, sorry.

If worse comes to worst, we may have to write off Tel Aviv, and essentially all of Israel. They understand this.

Tel Aviv will not die alone.

But that subject is premature.

Wait and watch. It's not like you have other options anyway.

:-)

[RasterMaster]

Interpreter doesn't seem to be able to follow very well...certianly sounds incoherent to me.

[Pox]

Yes, it was "a" trigger, but the area was already prepared for conflict, was it not? Alliances and Nationalism had been stoking the region and it was really only a matter of time until something triggered a major conflict, and that assassination led to the ultimatum that started it.

The situation could be interpreted as loosely mirroring todays situation in the ME, but a closer look sees that most countries in that region are not prepared for such a conflict and in fact most countries seemed to have placed the blame on hezbollah and are distancing themselves from any likely regional conflict.

[InterceptPoint]

I agree, I was just showing you what Israel had.

I know. Now we just need Bush to decide to give them a little help and send a JSTARS over to Lebanon.

[janetjanet998]

was an explosion in the background?

[sofaman]

"occupied Palestine"..."Zionists"...."targeting civilians"...Fox cuts away

...rambling nonsense

[fatima]

Thank you for your input jeffers.