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7/30 Middle East Live Thread
7/29 Middle East Live Thread ^ | 7/30/06 | BurbankKarl

Posted on 07/29/2006 10:30:17 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

Israeli combat soldiers walk along the Israeli northern border with Lebanon. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is pursuing a new round of Middle East diplomacy as the Lebanon conflict moved into its 19th day, with Israel and Hezbollah exchanging firepower and threats in defiance of international moves toward a ceasefire


TOPICS: Breaking News; Israel
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; gwot; hizballah; israel; qana
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

Totalitarians for Cultural Suicide In The Name of Social Justice, TCS for short, aka Ticks:


Now that would make a great bumper sticker!


2,241 posted on 07/30/2006 8:33:59 PM PDT by SoCalPol (We Need A Border Fence Now)
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To: Lizarde

I am going to start wearing the Star of David.


2,242 posted on 07/30/2006 8:34:06 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Down with "Proportionality" ...YES to Israel, NO to terrorism)...(((AM YISRAEL CHAI!)))
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To: oceanview
when you see this pattern change ...

I suppose you are right about the pressure really coming from the MSM manipulation of public opinion. But Bush has stood reasonably tall in face of a Vietnam-Era-sized MSM onslaught over the Iraqi War and that one is his. This one technically isn't so it ought to be easier. Public opinion in the U.S. is still very favorable toward Israel, particularly compared to the general view of how things are going in Iraq.

And given the potential impact on Iran's future plans makes this war possibly more important than Iraq. We need to set Iran back on their heals and we could do it here. Those rockets in Southern Lebanon are there to protect Iran from an Israeli strike on their nuclear facilities (IMHO). If they are removed and Hezbollah defeated then Iran will have fewer chips on the table when the real nuclear showdown day arrives. And it is coming.

So I still don't get it. Maybe in a month or two. But right now it makes no sense to cave. No gain for Bush. No short term loss if he continues.

Message to (FR Lurker) Bush (my wife insisted I send this message):

DEAR GEORGE: HANG IN THERE. DON'T GIVE THEM AN INCH.

2,243 posted on 07/30/2006 8:34:19 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: af_vet_1981

Let the countdown begin.


2,244 posted on 07/30/2006 8:35:24 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Down with "Proportionality" ...YES to Israel, NO to terrorism)...(((AM YISRAEL CHAI!)))
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To: varmintxer
"Sounds like a go then, hey women, we've got the *BOING* going for us. Beats your *THUD*."

Let's keep it secret until the next "Hot Women" thread. Then, Unleash Hell! Let them figure it out.. {;0)

2,245 posted on 07/30/2006 8:35:44 PM PDT by cibco (Xin Loi! Saddam)
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To: JerseyDvl

thanks....I'm right twice a day!

;-)


2,246 posted on 07/30/2006 8:35:59 PM PDT by eeevil conservative (JOHN BOLTON FOR PRESIDENT)
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To: Txsleuth

what's this sh*t about a 48 hour ceasefire???


2,247 posted on 07/30/2006 8:36:07 PM PDT by sofaman (There will only be peace when the Arabs love their children more than they hate the Jews" Golda Meir)
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To: eeevil conservative
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!What she said!!!!!!!

This is ugly. It will continue to get ugly. It will always be ugly over there.

When you are dealing with two dueling forces, both hardened and stubborn, what other outcome is there????

I'm not remotely backing the Hezzies, but all I know is that my old man's relatives live on the West Bank, and I do not want anything bad happening to them.
2,248 posted on 07/30/2006 8:36:19 PM PDT by cleveland gop (Bill Clinton caused 9/11. Conservatives know it, liberals cry foul!!!)
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To: Txsleuth

Sean said they were exclusive to H&C. I guess he has been freeping again, but did not give us the credit.


2,249 posted on 07/30/2006 8:36:46 PM PDT by mathluv (Never Forget!)
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To: cibco

yeah- we will have a TOUGH time figuring that out....

ROFL!

you men are so coy!

;-)


2,250 posted on 07/30/2006 8:36:57 PM PDT by eeevil conservative (JOHN BOLTON FOR PRESIDENT)
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To: eeevil conservative

At least you admit it...


2,251 posted on 07/30/2006 8:37:12 PM PDT by cibco (Xin Loi! Saddam)
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To: oceanview; Lizarde

Momentum, people, it's about momentum...!!

I felt the urgency a week ago. Or more.


2,252 posted on 07/30/2006 8:37:16 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Down with "Proportionality" ...YES to Israel, NO to terrorism)...(((AM YISRAEL CHAI!)))
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To: Txsleuth
Well...I did hear Dennis Deconcini a true LIB on Fox News today..and he was saying that if the USA didn't call for an immediate ceasefire (before the Israeli cessation plan)...then the US would "lose all of it's allies in Europe, like Italy, France, Germany"

That makes my point. Just what how are they allied with us? France? Give me a break. Italy has pulled out of Iraq. Germany? Germany finally elected a real leader and they aren't going anywhere, they like those U.S. bases supporting their economy. Deconcini is full of it.

2,253 posted on 07/30/2006 8:37:45 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: cleveland gop

We will pray for them!!!!

and YOU!


2,254 posted on 07/30/2006 8:37:52 PM PDT by eeevil conservative (JOHN BOLTON FOR PRESIDENT)
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To: cibco

LOL!


2,255 posted on 07/30/2006 8:38:21 PM PDT by eeevil conservative (JOHN BOLTON FOR PRESIDENT)
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To: cibco

and there is my 2 times today!

;-)


2,256 posted on 07/30/2006 8:38:42 PM PDT by eeevil conservative (JOHN BOLTON FOR PRESIDENT)
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To: eeevil conservative

{:0) !


2,257 posted on 07/30/2006 8:38:48 PM PDT by cibco (Xin Loi! Saddam)
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To: eeevil conservative

I wish yoni was a freeper...it sounds like he needs a group to hang with that will cheer him up!


2,258 posted on 07/30/2006 8:39:32 PM PDT by Txsleuth ((((((((ISRAEL)))))))))
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To: ElisabethInCincy
My one question: Why did not the people of Kana leave when they were warned that their village would come under attack? There are rumors that the Hezbullah prevented the people from leaving. Is there any confirmation of that?
2,259 posted on 07/30/2006 8:39:33 PM PDT by jonrick46
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To: oceanview

I did not want to agree when you said this recently, but now I do.


2,260 posted on 07/30/2006 8:39:42 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Down with "Proportionality" ...YES to Israel, NO to terrorism)...(((AM YISRAEL CHAI!)))
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