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8/11 Middle East Live Thread
Middle East Live Thread ^ | 8.11.06 | BurbankKarl

Posted on 08/10/2006 8:58:48 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

Love is a Battlefield

IDF soldier received heart shaped cookie somewhere near the Lebanon border...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Israel
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; israel; middleeast; unres1701; waronmilitantislam
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To: Txsleuth

Disinformation and wishful thinking
mixed in with all the koolade they're drinking,
A great big dollop of Orwell's 1984
Doublespeak and poof there's no more war
through the rocket's red glare
streaking bright through the air,
good is bad and bad is good,
just another day in the neighborhood...


1,281 posted on 08/11/2006 1:21:46 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Txsleuth

Interesting to see that the American CNN is following a different line of questioning than Hala Gorani (which is Lebanese I think or Syrian) at CNN International did.

Has Beckett woken up by now?


1,282 posted on 08/11/2006 1:22:32 PM PDT by Eurotwit (WI)
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To: Txsleuth

LOLOL... Beck/Notbright. I thought exactly the same thing.


1,283 posted on 08/11/2006 1:23:01 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Talk to those who kill their own children, by Jihad/PR ? Remember Beslan.)
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To: goldstategop

I don't see it. they had weeks to mount a major ground operation - and now we expect it will happen right now, at the same exact moment as the move at the UN?

the operation underway now looks to me to be a "ceasefire from a position of strength" move.


1,284 posted on 08/11/2006 1:23:02 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: Eurotwit
It all depends on how each side's lawyers sees it. There are loopholes big enough to keep both sides fighting. What's diplomacy? Its an exercise in creative farting!

(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)

1,286 posted on 08/11/2006 1:23:22 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

BRAVO,,,,,LOL,,,


1,287 posted on 08/11/2006 1:23:30 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: Lizarde

what about air power...will they still be able to use it even after they withdraw boots on the ground?


1,288 posted on 08/11/2006 1:24:01 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: Eurotwit

I listened to Beckett with Wolf Blitzer. honestly, I don't know what the hell she even said.


1,289 posted on 08/11/2006 1:24:12 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: Lizarde

it's like there is nobody in charge!


1,290 posted on 08/11/2006 1:24:12 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: oceanview

Bolton LIVE now.


1,291 posted on 08/11/2006 1:24:37 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: goldstategop


23:19 Death toll from IAF strikes Friday across Lebanon rises to 17 (Reuters)
23:17 Iranian president blames U.S., U.K. for delay in reaching cease-fire (AP)
22:43 IDF sources: Despite UN talks, IDF operations proceeding `with full force` (Haaretz)
22:40 Witnesses: IAF strike on car convoy in S. Lebanon kills 2, wounds 8 (Reuters)


1,293 posted on 08/11/2006 1:24:52 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: oceanview

and he leaves, saying next to nothing and taking no questions.

Condi speaks at 6:30PM.


1,294 posted on 08/11/2006 1:25:18 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: oceanview
The UN's failure has given Israel the perfect alibi. And for Hezbollah, they played their ceasefire card and can get back to the jihad.

(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)

1,295 posted on 08/11/2006 1:25:43 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: oceanview

what next to nothing did he say?


1,296 posted on 08/11/2006 1:26:04 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Lizarde

ROFL


1,297 posted on 08/11/2006 1:26:05 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Talk to those who kill their own children, by Jihad/PR ? Remember Beslan.)
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To: Lizarde

"either get in my belly or apply some headon!"

LOL! I just switched to another channel on TV because the headon came on and was giving me a headache. Not as big a one as I'm getting over this U.N. "resolution" which is a turncoat on Israel by our gov't, bigtime.


1,298 posted on 08/11/2006 1:26:18 PM PDT by flaglady47
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To: pinz-n-needlez
I doubt that we know what half of the chess pieces even look like.

That much I can gaurentee. There is a lot going on. The mear fact that we, the public are getting wind of these things is telling of just how big of scope we are dealing with right now. Couple that with the fact that this is all comming together so rapidly and simultaneously tells me that something very big is going on. (I dont believe in coinsidence) Everyone stay safe out there. I'll be back later tonight.

1,299 posted on 08/11/2006 1:26:21 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (There are no trophies for winning wars. Only consequences for losing them.)
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To: Eurotwit
Seems like there might be some differences in interpreting the timing in the proposed resolution.

The oldest trick in the Diplomat's Famous Bag of Tricks: you write the language so that both sides can interpret it in a way that is favorable to their side even when the two sides are 180 degrees apart. That takes real skill. Of course the end result is a disaster but the diplomacy "worked" and that is what counts.

1,300 posted on 08/11/2006 1:26:51 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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