Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 30 July 2006

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[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns; L. Paul Bremer, former head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq; Dr. Steven Rosenberg, chief surgeon at the National Cancer Institute.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Israeli U.N. Ambassador Dan Gillerman; Lebanese special envoy Nouhad Mahmoud.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora; Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Burns; Israeli Ambassador Daniel Ayalon; cyclist and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Burns; Syrian Cabinet Minister Bouthaina Shaaban; Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.

[Bulldaddy]

France and Lebanon will supposedly be the peacekeepers (BWAHAHAHA!!) according to this at Little Green Footballs:

The French and Lebanese armies will take part in the multinational peacekeeping force expected to take position along the southern Lebanese border, it was revealed following a meeting between US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem. http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=21835_I_Remember_Vichy&only

[edpc]

He [Mahmoud] spoke as if someone has a gun at his head.

He very likely does.....as do other members of the Lebanese government. It's a shame. They have to choose sides. They have chose unwisely.

[snugs]

Mine too, it is the first thing I do of a morning to check to see if I have a ping or a mail LOL

[kabar]

Kristol and many of the talking heads are portraying this as a defeat for Israel. It reminds me of the Tet offensive, an overwhelming victory, that the MSM called a defeat. Perception trumps reality. In fact, Hezbullah has suffered a major defeat and opened the door for a major intervention by a multinational force that will included Western countries with the probable writ to implement 1559.

Israel will benefit by having its northern border secured and the Lebanese military is strengthened to take greater control over the country.

[snugs]

Don't give him ideas by posting such comments you never know who is following the thread :0)

[eeevil conservative]

If it were not for FR, I would be wandering the streets muttering and slobbering- thinking I was insane.....

LOL!

I mean really- THANK GOD I have FR to come to and realize that I am not the only one seeing how backwards everything is....

I am still amazed at the amount of poeple just oblivious to what is going on in the world....

[johnny7]

Greasy Tim only reads what fits into the MSM/DNC agenda... all else is hearsay.

[snugs]

I heard that comment I assume it must have been Gillerman can't remember when it was as I on the computer at the time and not really listening to the telly.

[snugs]

Amen and has always done so in recent history.

[eeevil conservative]

isn't sending French troops in to "defend" or patrol anything kinda like sending in a troop of brownies?

[kabar]

Jokes aside, the French are well regarded in the Levant and can pull it off where most other countries couldn't. Israel's objective is a secure northern border free from incursions and rocket attacks. If that result is achieved, Israel is the victor.

[Peach]

Tom Friedman, author of the book From Beruit to Jerusalem, being interviewed on MTP now. It was a terrific book in terms of getting the feel and smell of the history of the Middle East, but I thought that Friedman left out some important points about how no matter how often Israel has tried to appease the PLO, the PLO wants all Jews dead and constantly violated agreements.

That is not a minor point and the book should only be read to get a feel for the history of the Arab/Israeli conflict.

[edpc]

They have chose unwisely.

Bah...great grammar on my part.

;-)

It should be either, they chose unwisely or they have chosen unwisely.

[MNJohnnie]

Anyone know where SC has been?

[snugs]

I agree wars cannot be fought PC and in the long run it makes the suffering worse.

We have seen it in Iraq and now in the Lebanon - get the media out and let the army do their job.

[Sal]

I'm glad Gillerman is holding the line. He stated it beautifully when he said every civilian death on the Lebanese side is a mistake and a tragedy for Israel. Every Israeli death is considered a victory for Hezbollah.

I'm glad he's holding the line on this, but I'm waiting for the day somebody comes on with enough guts to add, "...and every one of you who gives both sides moral equivalence is a terrorist sympathizer and an enemy of my country, your own country, and everything else that is good!"

[rodguy911]

Yeah I hear you, but I do get upset when I see the rats so ready to sell the country out time and time again simply for political gain.

I guess I am an old school kind of guy. When your country is at war I think you should support it unequivocally and the troops. Not wax philosophically on a variety of Monday morning quaterbacking schemes all designed for political gain.

[kabar]

It is all relative. In any event, the French are there as "honest brokers" who have the military capability and diplomatic skills to work with both sides. Better them than troops from Ghana or Bangladesh.

[Bahbah]

Tom Friedman says that Syria is a tough and brutal regime, but business can be done with them with the right approach from the Administration. I see, Friedman wants us to go back to the pre-9/11 approach to the ME. Give them enough to let you alone. Didn't work then and won't work now.

[eeevil conservative]

LOL! Glad to be in such GREAT COMPANY!

btw- I disagree on the Laura vs BOR thing- but I won't flame you for it! LOL!

;-)