No one wants to hear your anti-semitic rants here.

emailnuevo on May 14, 2008 at 8:15 PM

I remember reading that he never lost a moment of sleep for what he did – said (basically the quote that you put) that given the evidence he had, it was definitely the way to go so he had no need to feel guilty and would do it again given the same evidence.

A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention, updated throughout the day…so check back often….

the poll was taken while Israel was inside Lebanon in July 06 responding to Hezbollah’s kidnap of of two Israeli soldiers

Yes, last time I brought up the issue I did mention that. It is not a secret, and only makes an additional point.
First of all, support for Hezbollah has not decreased since the war.
Second, apologists in this country like to paint the Israel role in that war as a rational response to Hezbollah’s aggression. This is insane, and is shown in the poll results. If anyone in Lebanon believed that Hezbollah was to blame for the war, they would not have received the widespread support from all sectors like they did. They got this unbelievable support from all sectors because everyone in Lebanon, regardless of whether they are Shiite, Sunni, Christian, or Druze, realizes that Israel was and always is the aggressor, and their wars are always about expansion. When a group within a country stops an outside power from taking over their country, they will receive the support of the people, regardless of sectarion lines. This is what happenned. This is why Hezbollah received such overwhelming support two years ago, and why that support is growing. This is also why Hezbollah only wants a more democratic representation in the Lebanese government. They want this because of their popularity. Of course, Usrael does not want democracy in Lebanon, precisely because of Hezbollah’s popularity. Instead, Usrael will militarily support people with little popular support such as Hariri and Jumblatt. Usrael only supports democracy if the people choose the “correct” leaders. If the people support leaders that resist occupation, democracy is no longer attractive.

It can get worst than that by your bogus poll. Why don’t you tell folks when you post that shit that the poll was taken while Israel was inside Lebanon in July 06 responding to Hezbollah’s kidnap of of two Israeli soldiers.

There was a dave at captain’s quarters you remind me of.

Exit question: What do we do now? Start sending weapons to the other sects to keep Hezbollah in check or hang back, dare them to take over the country, and wait for Israel to come up with a brilliant idea?

Clearly, AP, you are giving this issue far more analytical treatment than anyone in the Bush Administration can apparently be bothered to do. After all, the Prez had a wedding to attend last weekend.

The President’s compartmentalized insouciance about major disasters in areas (e.g., Darfur, Zimbabwe, Beirut) he deems unworthy of our focussed attention (in contrast to, well, Israel’s counter-attacks on Hezbollah two summers ago, for instance) truly bothers me.

No joke.

More precisely…. The futility of any additional effort.

There’s a joke in there somewhere.

- The Cat

MirCat on May 14, 2008 at 10:29 PM

Aliens

Cheer up.

pull out…then nukem’ from orbit.

jerrytbg on May 14, 2008 at 10:25 PM

There’s a joke in there somewhere.

- The Cat

The World: Yawn.

Abu Kais says hatred of the Shiites in non-Shiite areas is worse than it’s ever been

Really? Even worse than when “87 percent of Sunnis, 80 percent of Christians, and 80 percent of Druze” supported Hezbollah? How can it get worse than that?

Right after they condemn Israel for something or other.

Priorities, priorities..

we have a stake in the outcome. it is unconscionable to ignore our allies here. the christian militias need our support. so do the druze.

the Druze were begging for our aid this weekend. they wanted weapons. i know our military has been in touch with the christian militias for a while now.

“It’s over.”

There’s no there in Lebanon. When the Prime Minister gives a speech after four days during which an armed group takes over a city terrorizing the residents and his first utterances are to apologize to the insurgents–it’s over.

I don’t care how many folks march up and down the town square today’s short speech says it all.

This from the government we supposedly support spoken by the Prime Minister today:

“Siniora: Did we have a problem with Hezbollah? Yes, we had a real problem with Hezbollah… Has the Lebanese government ever said it wanted to forcefully disarm Hezbollah? Never. Never. We have said that openly and before the international community.

Siniora: Is our problem with Hezbollah that we diverge on who the enemy is? Not at all, for Israel is our enemy and Syria was and will remain our sister… built on mutual respect.

Siniora: Did the government declare war on Hezbollah and think of targeting a sect? We did not and will not declare war on Hezbollah. We have all partners been in building the country and will remain. The problem is that Hezbollah decided what the fate and future of Lebanon will be.”

http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=42085

Now on May 14th with all that has happened, Bush wants to give the Leb army more money! For what? So they can give it to Hezbollah?

This is extremely distressing news. I hope Israel hasn’t lost any chutzpah.

I hope Hezbollah does something stupid at the the Israeli border so it’ll give Israel the pretext to finally wipe them out for good.

And if that doesn’t work, launch “Operation Tibbits”.

Tony737 on May 14, 2008 at 8:11 PM

Did you know he passed away last year? I didn’t. Best line ever:

“If you give me the same circumstances, hell yeah, I’d do it again.”

And then next time Israel needs to deliver the smackdown, we don’t let Rice run in there and say, ‘Stop! let the UN handle it!’ That’d be the best first step.

Spirit of 1776 on May 14, 2008 at 7:55 PM

Please tell me you’re a 35-year-old natural born citizen.

This story is painful. God be with the Lebanese.

And if that doesn’t work, launch “Operation Tibbits”.