Posted on 07/23/2006 10:22:28 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
Hezbollah terrorists fire a missile from the southern Lebanese city of Tyre.
He has a PLAN, dontcha know?
Right: How about funneling the U.S. aid in through Israel?
Heeheehee...
Back to work, maybe I can be back later...
Yeah, the media can really screw up someyimes.
How about just using the Darth Vader theme from Star Wars?
It is so hot, I am missing lots of stuff.
;^)
...not only does the enemy stash missiles in civilian homes, they pay the rent just for that purpose.
Haven't heard that. You got a link? I'd like to read more about that.
For orange shirts, you can buy some "Club Gitmo" gear from Rush Limbaugh - they are reallllyyyy orange!
Great post...exactly correct...he is a member of the Foreign Relations Committee..and I don't recall him saying anything.
BTW..do you remember after 9/11, when he was running around telling everyone how HE was the one that figured out the terrorist problems, and warned Congress and the USA??
The man is delusional.
Thanks, refreshed my struggling memory there...
Sad.
Just heard it by a FOX commentator (female brunette fox).
yitbos
I am so glad you said that about "disporportionate"..I cringe when I hear it.
LOL...you got it.
For once I actually posted an understatement.
LOL...yes, that needs an acroynm.
BTW..James Rosen of Fox just said that "privately the Bush Administration is expressing frustration at the PACE of Israelis progress.."
WHY did he have to report that, IF it is true?
I guess it depends on the military and political situation once the operations in the Bint Jubayl district is over. Are there still rockets coming in? Is there a growing anti-Hezbullah coalition in Beirut? Have the UN/EU/Lebanese govt come up with a sensible peace plan? (The latter is highly unlikely.)
It is a high-stakes game on all sides, but a slow but steady progression by the IDF, and no willingness by Hezbollah to hand in their weapons, and a stalemate on the peace-making front (I don't really mean stalemate, more dearth of ideas) could give the IDF green light to continue into the Bekaa.
There are some good signs - all the pundits have been saying that an Israeli invasion would breed more terrorists. Not so sure. Rake posted this to me:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1671099/posts - talking about Hizbullah.
The unit has been able to recruit reserves, but MI has noticed that it has run into difficulty convincing members of the terror group who reside in northern Lebanon to travel south to participate in the fighting.
All the terrorists up north have heard how it's going in the south and now they suddenly have "car trouble."
Maybe a real bloody loss for Hezbollah will change the correlation of forces in Lebanon drastically.
(Personally I think the chances of that happening would be enhanced if the IDF followed the advice of olde north church and put the heads of slain Hezbollah terrorists on spikes, but that will of course never happen, or pyramids of their skulls like the Mongols did wit their vanquished enemies.)
OK, let back from fancy flights; I am well aware that the whole story may end up in the way you fear - with a sudden cessation of fighting, leaving Hezbollah safe in Beirut and the Bekaa, and with another weenie UN/EU force to "enforce" the cease-fire.
A golden opportunity would then have been lost.
GREAT idea....those would work for TWO purposes...I will do that, thanks.
Wasn't it presidential candidate John Kerry who considered terrorists and terrorism to be little more than a nuisance?
Ridicule is a better weapon in this case, I think. :-)
Israel will fight on her own schedule and no one else's
I had that problem when I lived in Miami - lizards eeek! Now that I've moved up to Ocala, I don't see any lizards but I'm even more freaked out by the many wasps and big spiders. Both of which manage to get into the house where I kill them with extreme prejudice. There was a snake in the yard yesterday...so now I'm paranoid about working in the yard. Guess I'm not good with wildlife!
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