Posted on 07/31/2006 9:38:15 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
The wife and father of kidnapped Israeli soldier Ehud Goldwasser, Karnit, holding a wedding photograph, and Shlomo Goldwasser arrive at Heathrow Airport in London, Monday July 31, 2006. Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers on July 12, triggering an Israeli offensive against Lebanon that has killed hundreds of people, mostly civilians.
I go more for the Bush "strategery" angle. The world is now littered with Dems and others who woo the day they misunderstimated Bush because they didn't pay attention. World opionion ran off in one completely wrong direction while GWB was getting his ducks in a row. What some saw as Condi's inconsistent behavior, I suspected was a decoy, a classic delaying tactic.
When will they learn that GWB doesn't give a fig what they say about him? He keeps his eye on the prize. He saw the "opportunity" side of this while everyone else was yelling "ceasefire!".
True enough..and we do have press conferences!
You post calls for this...I am sorry, but I just have to do it.
"Jane you ignorant slut!"....LOL
I believe you mean "rue the day" but other than that, I agree with you!
Either I mis-heard or it was made up gobblydegook.
If you go back and read my posts, you will find that I have been predicting exactly what would happen. I even told posters why it was going to happen.
The problems with attacking any Guerrilla force is they can melt into the civilian population and uniformed troops are left at a terrible disadvantage. The IRAQI problem compounded. There is no way the Israel prime minister could not be aware of this huge problem.
The first question the Israelis had to answer was how do we separate the Hezbollah from the civilians. The first attempt was to issue warnings and drop fliers telling civilians to get out. When that didn't work they had to depend on Hezbollah being stupid enough to accuse Israel of killing innocent GASP civilians. Did it occur to you to ask why ISRAEL immediately took the BLAME FOR KILLING GASP civilians? The object was to first apologize and then give them two days to get the civilians out of Southern Lebanon.
Once that was done. It was just a matter of committing the troops and announcing the goal of taking and holding Southern Lebanon.
What I don't understand is how anyone could look at the scene unfolding and not figure it out. It was as plain as night and day.
jhp.. I take it you are still in the Dark.
Oh..you are up to your armpits in kiddos, also??
LOL
I think I'll take a break ...
before repeating dumb media stuff again.
:(
you listening to FOX? They're talking about this now being a two-front war for Hiz...they are going to be weakened..fighting on the south and the north..
Mel Gibson is all over the news...non-stop. But a Muzzie kills a Jewish woman and shoots 6 others and this doesn't rate a mention. Sometimes, all I can do is shake my head.
Yes, I'm going to take a LOOOONGG break.
Sigh. I got my "whos" and "rues" mangled together!
04.00: He correspondent> Ambassador> that the helicopters were still carrying out raids in the area surrounding the hospital Wisdom in Baalbek The third hour after dawn, while the air fighters waging mock attacks. After four hours of the start of the process had been the voices of the explosions are still heard in the area. He denied official party God To be a member of the party's Shura Sheikh Mohammed Yazbek has targeted in an attempt to landing.
03.45 : Lebanese sources : Israeli combat unit penetrate seconds in the vicinity of Baalbek
03.30 : Lebanon received 5,4 million euros from the Netherlands and 7 tons of medicine, food from Spain
03.26 : sending planes to assist Yemen to Gaza, Beirut
03.20 : Annan is expected features definitive solution of the Israeli Lebanese soon
03.10 : Israeli air raids on villages near the hospital aesthetic House of Wisdom in Baalbek and news about injuries
02.30 : Lebanese sources confirmed an Israeli unit surrounded by Hizbullah near Baalbek
02.15 : Hizbullah denied that the Israeli army had come to the abduction of a person from the hospital
01.55 : Shimon Peres : Israeli operations will continue for weeks rather than months
01.50 : Hezbollah : Alkomends Israeli isolated in a hospital Wisdom
01.47 : Lebanese army blocking a landing attempt in the area of Ain Bordhai near Baalbek
01.45 : Reuters : Rice declared that the cease-fire in Lebanon, a matter of days rather than weeks
01.36 : heavy shelling and helicopters circling in the vicinity of Wisdom in Baalbek Hospital
01.35 : The outbreak of a fire in a hospital Wisdom in Baalbek
01.30 : Israeli sources : the Hospital wisdom to the kidnapping of Sheikh Yazbek member of the Shura Council of Hizbullah
01.11 : violent battles revolve around the wisdom Hospital in Baalbek
00.54 : Hezbollah raids Israeli soldiers inside the hospital in Baalbeck
00.53 : Hizbullah announced that it had struck three soldiers from the helicopter crew as Israeli Baalbek
00.43 : Hezbollah says it had surrounded the crew of an Israeli helicopter Mjokulah South Baalbek
00.29 : Internal Security Forces : Israeli helicopters flew at low altitude over Baalbeck road Homs and burned three petrol stations
00.26 : Jazeera correspondent : targeted Hospital Zen wisdom that Israel is infected Chkhsabh task of Hezbollah
00.22 : Jazeera correspondent : violent clashes between Hezbollah and Israeli soldiers as worst landing
00.05 : Fire in Baalbek after the bombing near a hospital Wisdom
Fog of war happens with all of this. Cowan says the Israelis won't have any trouble taking and holding Baalbeck. (Which is a creepy name because it reminds me of the god Baal and all of that Old Testament stuff.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....NEVER MIND....
Oh, look! A shiny thing!
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