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| 2006-07-17 |
| You just have to read this whole post "Surprised" at the link. [..] And then you read something like Hal's latest rant and you ponder the arab mentality. We are the only people in the world who talk about dignity and honor when it comes to military conflict, and who will continue fighting losing wars, unprepared and undermilitarized, because of reasons such as "our pride and dignity" and then wonder why the fuck we lose. I mean, can you imagine if the americans acted the same way? They would never have left Vietnam. They would stay in Iraq forever. You don't see a single american saying "we should stay in Iraq because our national pride and dignity are wounded by the insurgents attacks". Only we would use some half assed justification to keep fighting wars we can't win, where we keep getting our asses kicked, and some how don't see the folly in it at all. And all of this talk about Israel targeting civillians really pisses me off. Let me clear it up for you once and for all: Hamas and Hezbollah don't have military bases: they plan, operate and attack from homes, where their families are. The Israelis, in order to retaliate, they have to attack those homes, which always lead to those women and children, who live in those houses, to die. If Hamas and Hezbollah don;t want civillians to die, don;t fuckin plan your attacks or launch your attacks near civillians. But you know they do this on purpose, so it would look bad on the Israeli if they attacked. Dude, they called the airport 1 hour before they hit it to have it evacuated, they warned all of southern Beirut yesterday to take cover because they don't want to kill them. Not hezbollah. Hezbollah doesn't give a shit who their missiles hit. And somehow, they remain blameless in the arab mind: after all, they are not jews. Listen, you can not talk shit about how you will beat and destory Israel, and then scream "Humanatarian crisis" when they hit you back. Either suffer the consequences of your actions or SHUT THE FUCK UP. I am sick and tired of your fuckin POSING! I keep thinking that this is the opprutune time for the lebanese army to go in and disarm hezbollah, and end this once and for all. But they won't. Not because they are above it or because of some notions of nationalism or shit like that: they hate Hezbollah more than Israel does. They simply won;t do it because their army is on permenant vacation and can not be botherd to actually fight, well, anyone. [..] |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #4 Rip their ass SandMonkey! |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-07-17 19:52 |
| #3 The second highest ranking VietCong ever, who later defected to France, clearly stated in his memoirs that the NVA deliberately use Tet as a means of exterminating the nationalist elements of the VC. The NVA was stunned by the media backstabbing on the US military, and then pushed Tet for all the political hay they could make. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2006-07-17 03:38 |
| #2 Lebanon = Paleos > a true nation-state is one that is capable of not only defending territory from all comers but also capable of controlling the most anarchistic or violent stratums/ segments/elements of their own society. Iff Lebanon and Lebanese people(s) can't = won't do that, they have no nationa-state hence better for the country to be divided or given to those whom can. LEBANON RIGHT NOW IS AT RISK OF BEING ANOTHER POLAND OR SUDETENLAND, ETC. And iff one believes that North Vietnam wanted or had an interest in the southern Vietcong being wiped out by America during Tet 1968, SUNNI MUSLIMS = TET VIETCONG, as vv the Radical Shias and Tehran. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-07-17 02:56 |
| #1 Not sure about his closing thing, but he sure as hell has a handle on the players and pulls no punches. I'll be watching this one - Thanks, 3dc. |
| Posted by: Elmo Chains8844 2006-07-17 00:31 |