Posted on 11/23/2006 8:42:55 AM PST by TexKat
They don't know how to stop, they only know how to kill some more.
Regards, Ivan
SANA: Syrian National News Agency Inquires About Pierre Gemayel's Assassination 55 mins Before it Occurs!!
Al Seyassah daily learned from authoritative sources in Beirut, that one of the editors of the Syrian National News Agency (SANA) placed a phone call to a pro-Syrian Lebanese newspaper at 3:05 pm on Tuesday. The caller inquired about the details of the assassination of Lebanese Minister for Industry Pierre Gemayel, raising eyebrows at the Lebanese newpaper. The timing of phone call was 55 minutes before the assassination was carried out.
"Sometimes, no matter your true political leanings, you just can't deny or spin the truth!"
Doesn't stop them from trying though!
They'll need lots of ammo, and very likely lots of help. And they aren't going to get it.
It took a Syrian invasion to end the (Syrian / PLO caused) civil war in the 1970s, and there hasn't been an independent Lebanon since. The US did basically nothing when the terrorists and Moslem militias under Syrian influence destroyed the brokered solution and murdered the president in his palace.
Jumblatt, leader of the Druze, is against Syrian domination, but as long as they leave him some autonomy (prior to his eventual assassination by them or their proxies) he will not lift a finger to fight anyone unless directly attacked.
Are you equating the Christians of Lebanon with their Shiite killers?
...from my post above. But since you asked, of course not.
5.56mm
They live in a different world, and a different time. They are unreachable by normal means of relationship and communication. This has been amply demonstrated by forty years of futility sometimes known as "the peace process." There has never been a "process"--Nixon and Kissinger with his "shuttle diplomacy" yielded zilch. GHW Bush, nada. Clinton, eight years of sucking up to Yassir, yielded squat. Zinni, a blessedly shortlived joke. Condi, succeeding only in making herself look foolish. The "euro-3" and "the quartet," autistic exercises in self delusion. "Oslo" and the "roadmap," hollow shells. Only the occasional visionary, like Anwar Sadat willing to give his life for the sake of a rare glimpse of sanity.
Glad you get the point. The lebanese government is a f*ing joke, and it's the fault of no one but the Lebanese themselves.
Lebanon could have some good allies- IF they'd only recognize Israel's right to exist as well as respect them- Syria is going to crush lebanon & there is nothing they can do about it as Iran will be helping Syria for sure. Lebanon wants to play the game? Then they can suffer the conseqyences! http://sacredscoop.com
There is alot of weapons in lebanon, most families tend to have mini arsenals of weapons...After the disbanding of the militias at the end of the civil war most people kept their weapons instead of handing them over..
The syrian invasion happened unofficially in 1975, they were officially asked to help in 1976 which was probably the biggest mistake lebanon ever made. We saw them entering as friends only to find out that they would be the major factor in the war lasting that long. They did help against the palestinians in the beginning only to begin siding with pretty much every side there was only to create more turmoil. They werent with anyone but themselves and they spent the whole time pitting every lebanese against the other.
The christians at the time were fighting against the palestinians. all that is heard about the palestinians is the sabra and chatila massacres. They never mention any massacres they did to us christians because it doesnt matter to the west when the oppressed people are christian.
http://www.gotc.org/black_page/chronology.htm
Thats just a small list of the civilians murdered by the syrians and palestinians.
You can also find pictures(warning some are pretty graphic)
Jumblatt during the war was a puppet of syria, he will suck up to whoever the biggest power broker is to ensure that his tiny druze community gets treated well.
The lebanese government is paralysed at the moment. The president is a puppet of syria and until he is taken down nothing will move forward. The parliament has limited power as he simply can veto anything they do.
The president is not looking out for his country he is just trying to save his as*.
And please dont try and lump the blame on lebanese. Who the hell do you think the christians were fighting for 15 or so years? The palestinians and syrians. And what did the world do to help us? We are a small country, and the christians are only roughly 40% of lebanon, yet we fought against both the palestinians and the syrians. It is understandable that the lebanese will lose without support against enemies like that. Look at what is happening in iraq, us troops are getting killed everyday..this is what happens when you deal with terrorists, they will not stop trying to fight. So if the US,whose army is by far the greatest in the world, cant deal with terrorists in iraq, you expect the lebanese to successfully battle against syria,hezbollah and their backers iran?
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