We shall pay for concern for appearances.

Also, I often wonder about all those “innocent civilian” deaths from Israeli soldiers. I wonder just how many of those “innocents” were human shields and Israeli troops had enough of it and popped their asses.

From the tone of the coverage, I almost felt sorry for the poor “Palestinian” “fighters”.

If the Israelis had warned the “human shield’ women, and then openned up on them with .50 cals when they didn’t move, I’d've been out of my chair cheering.

I don’t have a lot of use for the Israelis, particularly in regards to their almost amateurish showing of a few months ago against the Bozos up in Lebanon — troops running out of water?! — they *DO* know how to throw a party. They *do* have to look to DC for continued good will from there, and, as has been proven time and again, DC will buckle if things “look bad”…designer dead babies on display, women keening at annoyingly shrill and high volume, holes in the walls of residential structures, some informed sounding mug waffling on about Israeli “miss-aisles”…it’s heavy-handed propagandizing, but the American MSM eat it up.

These are people who danced in the streets on 9/11…their “moderates” announced intentions would make Klaus Barbie look like an aroma therapist…they wax all indignant that their religious buildings are struck, but hide in churches and mosques at the drop of a head-rag. The only reason that they come off poorly in these dust-ups isn’t because the Israelis hold all the cards, have all the nifty weapons, etc. The “Palestinians” are just bloody *STUPID*. If they weren’t, they’d find a better way of proceeding, one more profitable than sending their young *WOMEN* now off to blow themselves up…which, if the one in the clip is the case I read about recently, wasn’t even very efficient. She killed herself and only wounded her targets.

If these medieval troglodytes continue to chant “Death to the West”, get worked-up into homicidal frenzies over *CARTOONS*, and continue this “hit American targets” bluster…I let slip the Israeli leash. Let it run red. They want “martyrs”, give ‘em martyrs. If that means those “plain-brown wrapper” women of theirs, that much better. Don’t forget to whack their pets, and piddle in their aquariums on the way back to the kibbutz.

If the Palestinians weren’t so transcendentally stupid, they’d be a *REAL* threat…they recruit for “fighters” against our guys in Iraq, and are the focus of outrage by forces and countries which actually *CAN* do nasty things. They need to pull in their horns and act like grown-ups…or suffer the consequences.

The problem isn’t with these mad-dogs. You count upon a suicidal idiot to be a suicidal idiot. The problem is with the Beeb, and with all the other uncritical observers allowed in to film them (cutting CNN-like deals, are we?). It’s not even that they try make these “fighters” look noble — can you say “lipstick on a pig”? — it’s that they make those who stand up to them look like Nazis.

…fine…if you’re going to look like a Nazi, *LOOK* like a Nazi…clean their clocks…and, if you can “Rachel Corrie”-ify a few Beeb-ites along with ‘em, so much the better.

I agree — after my own fashion — with that insipid quote on that disgusting Arizonal 9/11 “memorial”…you don’t win the battle against terror with more battles. You win it with *TERROR*…the guys who’re arrayed against you need to pee themselves at the very notion that you might’ve twitched a whisker in pique at their existence. You win it with bombings, door-bashing and lots of ball ammo…applied liberally, to surgically designated parts of their collective organizational anatomy.

If they stand up with a clenched fist and a slogan, posing for the cover of the next issue of “Martyr Monthly”, let ‘em have it…and *ANYONE* who stands within the burst radius. Make ‘em pay for this continual and decades long dirge of “Death to…”. Let ‘em see sort of death “Death to…” buys you.

You can’t talk with ‘em, because they can’t be trusted. They aren’t going away. They teach their children to die in their turn, so it’s a self-perpetuating cycle of suicide.

So…give ‘em the martyrdom they’re crying out for…when there’re no two bricks lying one-atop-the-other, their family’s been rendered into their major component parts and everybody’s ears are ringing, they might just see sense.

…if not…continue prescription until the disease or the patient is no longer a problem.

(I don’t apologize for *ANY* of the above. It’s not nice, but this is not a nice state of affairs.)

A: You can’t tell either?

I think we all know what would happen. Next question, how would the media report it?

Yes, I concur.

First film them to show they are not “innocents”, then take them out. Also, quickly put out the footage on YouTube to mitigate somewhat the backlash.

This escape tactic of the enemy must be destroyed and discredited.

We can see how these anilmals value the lives of their women. I suppose the N.O.W. sees this as an example of “strong women”.

are you SURE they were all “women?” or could they have been the militants in disguise?

Drawing on ideas from several recent stories, we should extend the jurisdiction of New York’s human-rights-whatever ordinance to encompass the whole world and declare the human shields to be men. Problem solved.

Whatever happened to equality, anyway?

Since I am unable to view the video (can’t figure out why), can you answer this: are you SURE they were all “women?” or could they have been the militants in disguise?

They mention in the video that disguising the fighters in women’s clothing was an option that they were considering if they had to. The reporters later caught up with one of the injured fighters in the hospital and he denied using women’s clothing to escape. Make of that what you will.

I’m not so stuck on loyalty that I’d agree with a war strategy that isn’t working well. (It’s working, just slower than the American political cycle gives time for, which is to say it isn’t working.)

Likewise, when a liberal whom I despise as a baby-murdering bastard says something smart, I’ll go along.

Bill Clinton was in my Canadian city on November 10th and he met with my Provincial Premier, Gordon Campbell, whom I’ve met in person and admire greatly. He’s probably the best Provincial Premier we’ve had in decades. The first one to actually serve two terms, anyway, and he isn’t being investigated by the cops.

Before he took office, we had a massive exodus of young people to Alberta, the nearest province, because no one could get a job here. Campbell instituted a very conservative program of income tax cuts (virtually identical to the Bush tax cuts) and relaxed regulations.

He turned the province around. Now we have our largest surplusses ever (before a sea of red ink) and people are moving here again. I don’t have to listen to all my friends tell me about their plans to leave the province as soon as they can. Trust me, that was annoying. It was reason enough to vote for the man and I wish I’d remembered to tell him so.

So Campbell’s a fiscal conservative who leads the misnamed BC Liberal Party (long story, don’t sweat it). And Bill Clinton was thanking Canada for our military commitment to Afghanistan, complimenting Canadian soldiers, and reminding everyone that while hard, the work we were doing was very important and good (his choice of word) work we should feel proud of.

Clinton also called for other NATO countries to come forward with more troops and for America to aid Canada with more solidiers in Afghanistan where our forces are bearing the brunt of the land combat.

So I agree with Clinton here and these two men — on opposite sides of the political spectrum on most subjects — agreed with each other.

Complimenting Bill Clinton when he’s right doesn’t make me his supporter any more than criticizing George W. Bush when I think he’s wrong makes me his enemy.

Let me think on your invitation to snuggle.

I’m just saying the above because it’s relevant and on topic (broadly) and also to clarify for you my position.

Since I am unable to view the video (can’t figure out why), can you answer this: are you SURE they were all “women?” or could they have been the militants in disguise?

pullingmyhairout on November 12, 2006 at 1:41 PM

Pullingmyhairout, although it doesn’t happen often, male terrorists have disguised themselves as women in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.

I haven’t watched this video yet either, but in other news reports about this, I remember reading that the Palestinian women were bringing in extra burkas for the explicit purpose of disguising some of the male terrorist to get them past the Israelis.