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| Block aid to Lebanese army: Top US lawmaker |
| 2010-08-10 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] The U.S. Congress should block roughly $100 million in aid to Lebanon's military until it can be sure the country's armed forces are not working with Hezbollah, a top lawmaker said Monday. Pointing to last week's deadly clash between Israeli and Lebanese troops along the countries' shared border, Representative Eric Cantor warned the lines between the Shiite movement and Lebanon's armed forces had become "blurred." "The days of ignoring the LAF's (Lebanese Armed Forces') provocations against Israel and protection of Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon are over," said Cantor, the number two Republican in the House of Representatives. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 #1: How about a $100 million in pennies drooped from air onto LAF headquarters? Posted by: g(r)omgoru I once suggested the US do that in Vietnam - drop pennies, but not necessarily $100 million worth. A penny dropped from 40,000 feet reaches terminal velocity of 768 feet/second, and will penetrate 12 inches of concrete. They also don't fall straight down - they spin, flatten out and 'sail', and do all kinds of other weird things. Fill up the bomb bay of a B-52 or B-1 and drop them over the south half of Beirut. The area where they strike will probably have to be abandoned as they slice into water mains, knock down power lines, take out windows, and riddle buildings with holes - not to mention what they do to "soft" things like human bodies. Dropping pennies would definitely be an act of war. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2010-08-10 23:15 |
| #1 How about a $100 million in pennies drooped from air onto LAF headquarters? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-08-10 08:48 |