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7/21 Middle East Live Thread
Middle East Live Thread ^ | 7/21/06 | me

Posted on 07/20/2006 10:33:33 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

An Israeli soldier scouts the area near the Israel-Lebanon border, July 20, 2006.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; hezbollah; hezbullies; hezzians; hezzies; hizballah; hizbullah; iran; islam; israel; jihad; lebanon; middleeast; muhammadsminions; syria; terrorism; terrorists; ww3
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To: Txsleuth

Nite, Sleuth... I've had a busy day today and it makes me tired... not as tired as taking care of babies, though. Sleep tight.


2,421 posted on 07/21/2006 10:36:35 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: La Enchiladita

I think if Hillary became President I might not want to live here, and if it was someone like her had Oprah as VP, then we'd be nothing but a joke.


2,422 posted on 07/21/2006 10:37:49 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: conservativepoet

MBT rounds travel about five faster than anti-tank rockets.


2,423 posted on 07/21/2006 10:37:52 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg
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To: ArmstedFragg

Make that "5 times".


2,424 posted on 07/21/2006 10:38:26 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg
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To: sageb1
"I'm worried about the tunnels and underground bunkers and supplies. Should I be or not?"

"There can be many variations on this theme, but these elements are inevitable:

1. Hezbollah cannot be defeated without entering the Bekaa Valley, at the very least.

2. At some point, resistance in southern Lebanon must be dealt with, regardless of the cost.

3. Rocket attacks against northern Israel and even Tel Aviv must be accepted while the campaign unfolds.

4. The real challenge will come when Israel tries to withdraw.

No. 4 is the real challenge. Destruction of Hezbollah's infrastructure does not mean annihilation of the force. If Israel withdraws, Hezbollah or a successor organization will regroup. If Israel remains, it can wind up in the position the United States is in Iraq. This is exactly what Hezbollah wants. So, Israel can buy time, or Israel can occupy and pay the cost. One or the other.

The other solution is to shift the occupational burden to another power that is motivated to prevent the re-emergence of an anti-Israeli military force -- as that is what Hezbollah has become. The Lebanese government is the only possible alternative, but not a particularly capable one, reflecting the deep rifts in Lebanon.

Israel has one other choice, which is to extend the campaign to defeat Syria as well." -- Stratfor

yitbos

2,425 posted on 07/21/2006 10:41:07 PM PDT by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds. " - Ayn Rand)
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To: inpajamas

That was then this is now...death to Iran Aq Hez..the whole bunch will rot in hell


2,426 posted on 07/21/2006 10:41:14 PM PDT by wildcatf4f3 (high compression hothead here)
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To: Txsleuth

Nite Sleuthy...sweet dreams..


2,427 posted on 07/21/2006 10:41:24 PM PDT by sofaman (Truce is Arabic for 'we're out of ammunition'...Rush Limbaugh)
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To: sofaman

Thank you...you too.


2,428 posted on 07/21/2006 10:42:29 PM PDT by Txsleuth ((((((((((( ISRAEL)))))))))))))
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To: La Enchiladita
Artillery technology has come a long way. A French general, following WWI, examined battles, reports, etc,
and found that you were just as likely to kill your own troops as the enemy's.

That was back in the days when civilians knew, and could get out of the way. Now a days, the illegal enemy
combatants use the civilians to wage a propaganda war as well.

Thank you Eurofairies, Shep Smith, Brian Williams and other anti-American/anti-Western civilization wackos.

2,429 posted on 07/21/2006 10:46:03 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: ArmstedFragg

"MBT rounds travel about five faster than anti-tank rockets."

Didn't know that. Thanks. According to YNET, the Israeli army has been busy overnight.


http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3279543,00.html


2,430 posted on 07/21/2006 10:46:11 PM PDT by conservativepoet
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To: sageb1

and Major Garrett if I may interject!


2,431 posted on 07/21/2006 10:46:27 PM PDT by tina07 (In Memory of my Father - WWII Army Air Force Veteran)
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To: sofaman

A lot of folks are over at the new ME live thread


2,432 posted on 07/21/2006 10:47:37 PM PDT by SoCalPol (.We Need a Border Fence Now.)
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To: conservativepoet
"The IDF has just announced that it is reinstating the "Quiet Channel" broadcasts, that were used during the 1991 Gulf War to make emergency messages available to religious Jews.

The channel broadcasts "dead air" throughout the Sabbath and holidays, when listening to radio is religiously proscribed.

One is to turn on the radio to the proper wavelength (see list below), and set it at a moderate volume before the onset of the Sabbath or holiday. The station will remain silent in order not to cause a disturbance, only coming on-air when an emergency announcement is necessary.

Senior rabbinic leaders throughout Israel (and abroad), including the Chief Rabbinate accept the need for the network, due to its lifesaving aspect ("Pikuach Nefesh doche' Shabbat" - "Saving a life precludes the Sabbath"), and have given it their official Halachic (Jewish Law) seal-of-approval.

That hard-headed, hard-learned, commonsense practicality is the difference between Judaism and, well, those trying to kill us. On the other hand, it's also been said that:

"Jews have the accumulated wisdom of the ages, enabling them to get out of difficult situations no sensible gentile would have allowed himself to get into in the first place." (anon) The bandwidths are:

Haifa area: 98.5 FM

Tzfat and surrounding areas: 95.7 FM

Carmiel: 95.2 FM

Tiberias: 100.2 FM

May it remain silent."

Amen..may it remain silent

2,433 posted on 07/21/2006 10:49:20 PM PDT by sofaman (Truce is Arabic for 'we're out of ammunition'...Rush Limbaugh)
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To: old_sage_says

I didn't even notice that Rick Folbaum was gone! I call him the lipstick guy. When he covered the Iraq war in the beginning he was wearing noticeable heavy lipstick. I emailed him and Fox News and magically the lipstick was way toned down!


2,434 posted on 07/21/2006 10:49:25 PM PDT by tina07 (In Memory of my Father - WWII Army Air Force Veteran)
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To: sofaman

It's amazing. I read this same news about 30 mins. ago. I guess it's true that GMTA!


2,435 posted on 07/21/2006 10:51:59 PM PDT by conservativepoet
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To: conservativepoet
found it on a blog...imagine blogging while you are hearing the sound of artillery interspersed with the sound of katyushas..
2,436 posted on 07/21/2006 10:53:34 PM PDT by sofaman (Truce is Arabic for 'we're out of ammunition'...Rush Limbaugh)
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To: sofaman

Wise, indeed.


2,437 posted on 07/21/2006 10:55:00 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Brian Williams, how do you feel about being an idiotic, tan-in-a-can pantywaist?)
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To: Calvin Locke
Artillery technology has come a long way.

A long, long way. And BTW has anyone heard a peep from Nasrallah lately?

2,438 posted on 07/21/2006 10:57:32 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Brian Williams, how do you feel about being an idiotic, tan-in-a-can pantywaist?)
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To: La Enchiladita
"Thousands of troops are on their way to the border, an additional 5000 have been recruited. A top Israeli general, Dan Halutz went on TV and announced that ground troops will be going in to the fighting. The forces are building up, you can almost feel it, and we are in this for the long run now, there is no doubt anymore. A few weeks in the least."

from "Live from an Israeli Bunker"...

http://israelibunker.blogspot.com/

2,439 posted on 07/21/2006 11:08:11 PM PDT by sofaman (Truce is Arabic for 'we're out of ammunition'...Rush Limbaugh)
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To: La Enchiladita

Fox Live right now


2,440 posted on 07/21/2006 11:09:37 PM PDT by sofaman (Truce is Arabic for 'we're out of ammunition'...Rush Limbaugh)
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