Egeland: Mideast anger worst in 20 years

AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/11/06 | Alexander G. Higgins - ap

[rlmorel]

Boy...you and I posted that seconds apart!!!! We both picked that same line out!

[familyop]

Good. Keep the Islamo-fascists in a state of perpetual excitement, and they'll be easier to push over.

[NormsRevenge]

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, seen here with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, called on Iran and Syria to respect the terms of a resolution adopted by the UN Security Council in a bid to end a month of fighting between their ally Hezbollah and Israel.(AFP/HO-UN/Mark Garten)

[paudio]

IIRC, this is the guy who criticized the US for 'not giving enough money' during the Southeast Asia Tsunami in 2004.

[GeronL]

Jan Boy. You is dumb

[familyop]

"Egeland said the tensions were the worst he had seen in the more than 20 years he has been working to promote peace and human rights in the Middle East, including a stint as a soldier..."

LOL!

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

"....in the last 20 years including 1978...."

Got it. I vote for an immediate UN resolution that you go and take some remedial math lessons.

[NicknamedBob]

"Egeland said the tensions were the worst he had seen in the more than 20 years he has been working to promote peace and human rights in the Middle East ..."

... but in all that time it has never occurred to him that he might be using the wrong techniques.

[My2Cents]

No doubt. They all need to convert to Jesus and discover real peace.

[Mike Darancette]

"People were enraged collectively in Lebanon, everybody against the Israeli indiscriminate onslaught," he said in an interview with The Associated Press.

Glad to see that the UN big wigs do not come with any preordained conclusions.

[My2Cents]

Never noticed the Kofi can look at two cameras at the same time.

[SeaBiscuit]

Just proves how useless the UN is and how Islam is anything but peaceful.

[NormsRevenge]

His crowning achievement was the Oslo Accord.

He should have been dethroned a long time ago for that one, imo.

Instead, the UN rewards incompetence and mediocrity.

[Mo1]

... but in all that time it has never occurred to him that he might be using the wrong techniques.

Naaaaa .. they are dumber then a box of rocks

[ClaireSolt]

It is really a great life those UN humanitarian do-gooders bring. I remember they protested the Afghan invasion because they wanted to deliver food. Later I heard a report that they drop off a sack of flour and a bag of beans for 3 months. Can you imagine hanging out in one of those mud houses in a sandstorm waiting for the UN to come every 3 months? That's life?

They always boogie at the first hint of trouble.

Too bad, Jan. This time we will have a better plan, and if that means that your overpaid humanitarians and peacekeepers have to get real jobs, that's fine by me.

[CWOJackson]

"Israel was outraged when I said that it was clearly excessive, clearly disproportionate, and I said a war where you kill more children than armed men — there is something wrong with the way of waging hostilities. Hezbollah was outraged when I said that they are blending in to the civilian population, and it's cowardly to blend in among women and children. It's tough."

Seems like he pretty much exposes just how freaking silly he is with that one statement alone.

[kingu]

Put some teeth into the resolution by the United Nations to disarm Hezbollah, since it's been more than a half a decade since it's been passed?

Oh, yeah, that's right, that's Israel. Can't disarm her enemies. Lebanon is in the situation it is in by the specific reason of Lebanon not following that UN resolution. The lack of peace and security can almost always be traced to a number of UN resolutions that have been ignored by Israel's enemies.

[rlmorel]

No Kidding.

This guy is an international political drama queen.

[Personal Responsibility]

You are 100% right. Its not about breaking the military, especially in this war. Its about breaking the will. They either have to learn to love us or learn to fear us. We can safely assume love is out of the question.

Surgical strikes do not inspire fear. They do nothing to break the will of the people supporting the terrorists. The smart bomb is horrible invention in that regard. Wars end because of how awful they are. When we try to clean war up, we get exactly what we see now. Wars that do not end.

Love of fear. We currently have neither but either will suffice.

[claudiustg]

---called on Iran and Syria to respect the terms of a resolution---

Yeah, I'm sure they were just waiting to have someone set them straight...