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7/31 Middle East Live Thread
7/30 Middle East Live Thread ^ | 7/31/06 | BurbankKarl

Posted on 07/30/2006 9:06:00 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

U.N. PWNED


TOPICS: Breaking News; Israel
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; daralislam; dhimmis; dhimmitude; hezbollah; iran; islam; lebanon; muhammadsminions; muslimcaliphate
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Comment #1,321 Removed by Moderator

To: RDTF

Is that Fox news?


1,322 posted on 07/31/2006 4:48:11 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: Fitzcarraldo

Jennifer and Trace just mentioned Katusyhas again


1,323 posted on 07/31/2006 4:48:13 PM PDT by RDTF ("We love death. The US loves life. That is the big difference between us two.” Osama Bin laden)
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To: Fitzcarraldo

yes


1,324 posted on 07/31/2006 4:48:25 PM PDT by RDTF ("We love death. The US loves life. That is the big difference between us two.” Osama Bin laden)
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To: ScaniaBoy
but I can recall another just war, World War II, when Britain's Royal Air Force went to bomb the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, but the bombers missed and hit a children's hospital nearby, killing 83 Danish children inside

Selective memories are on the increase.

1,325 posted on 07/31/2006 4:48:32 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: Timeout
The nut, in Williams' mind, and the biggest unknown is: what is really going on in the so-called moderate Arab states? He says no one can find out what's being said between Washington and the Saudis or Egypt or the UAE. It's a news blackout.

I think he nails it..

I really don't think so.

He is right about the media missing the big picture but that big picture is all about Iran and the impact of this war on Iran's future plans. That is THE issue here.

If the Israelis resoundingly defeat Hezbollah then Iran will have lost a key and perhaps crucial strategic advantage: the ability to hold off an Israeli attack on their nuclear facilities by threatening Tel Aviv with missiles launched from Southern Lebanon. That will be gone, gone, gone and without it they have nothing to deter the Israelis and, worse for them, the Americans. We can bomb them with semi-impunity (not counting public opinion in the U.S. or the "Arab Street" of course).

Consider the alternative with Hezbollah in place, fully armed on the day when we either attack Iran or concede them their nuclear weapons. That day will come. What if Iran threatens Tel Aviv with chemical or biological WMDs? Would that restrain the U.S. or Israel. It just might. That is the reason Iran needs Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon and the reason we must let Israel eradicate them once and for all. It just might convince Iran that they need to back down and put their nuclear plans back on the shelf for awhile. If not, then it will free up Israel to go in and take them out with a little help from their friends.

1,326 posted on 07/31/2006 4:48:32 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: RDTF
Jennifer and Trace just mentioned Katusyhas again

Fox news?

1,327 posted on 07/31/2006 4:48:38 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: Laverne
Dr. Kessinger, in a very calm voice told Wolfie he is full of it, and this is nothing more than posturing for a position/say in the upcoming UN council session on the "peace plan". He is wonderful, really puts WOlfie in his place, and does it so subtly, that I doubt Wolfie even noticed it.

Thanks for that report!

I can just hear Ol'Henry giving Wolfie a short but erudite lecture on what's happening in the world!

LOL

1,329 posted on 07/31/2006 4:48:52 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: BurbankKarl

Syrian group claims it attacked Israel
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1675352/posts


1,330 posted on 07/31/2006 4:48:59 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Talk to those who kill their own children, by Jihad/PR ? Remember Beslan.)
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To: Fitzcarraldo

I'm not getting confirmation anywhere.


1,331 posted on 07/31/2006 4:49:14 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: Paul R.

us = human
them = not, and not even animal


1,333 posted on 07/31/2006 4:49:31 PM PDT by RDTF ("We love death. The US loves life. That is the big difference between us two.” Osama Bin laden)
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To: Fitzcarraldo

Jennifer saying that she thinks the outgoing is to support an expansion of the IDF into Lebanon.


1,334 posted on 07/31/2006 4:49:37 PM PDT by tsmith130
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

But where's Jerry Rivers in all this?


1,336 posted on 07/31/2006 4:50:30 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: AliVeritas

Expansion of ground troops into Lebanon right now. The high volume of shelling tonite is to provide cover for them (at least per FoxNews)


1,337 posted on 07/31/2006 4:50:51 PM PDT by Swanks
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To: Fitzcarraldo; All; Cindy

They just confirmed a 'battle' going on right now

(and you can hear it!)


1,338 posted on 07/31/2006 4:51:09 PM PDT by RDTF ("We love death. The US loves life. That is the big difference between us two.” Osama Bin laden)
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To: Fitzcarraldo

nothing on any of the news trackers...


1,339 posted on 07/31/2006 4:52:00 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: tsmith130; gettheUNout
...now everyone is mum but if there's a secret US program being used in the WOT then they're blabbing like two wash women.

Not that kind of blackout...the kind where the reporters CANNOT FIND OUT what's going on! (And that's a good thing.)

Williams' remarks caused me to realize there haven't been loud condemnations from other Arab capitals of the Qana incident. They've mostly been mum. Brian picked up on that...and it could be very significant.

Yes, they despise Israel, though I suspect they've noticed that Israel hasn't attacked any of them lately. Perhaps they really have come to realize the biggest threat they face is from the nutjobs like the Hezbians, Iran and Al Queda. If so, that would surely upset the applecart in the ME.

I always try to remember what President Bush told us on September 20th, 2001: [paraphrasing] "This will be a long war...there will be victories you will not hear about." I'm just saying it's most likely there's a lot more going on behind the scenes than we know about.

1,340 posted on 07/31/2006 4:52:41 PM PDT by Timeout (I hate MediaCrats!)
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