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2005-05-22 Israel-Palestine

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-05-22 00:04|| || Front Page|| [11137 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Gaza. The new ~~kill~~ flypaper zone.

Posted by .com 2005-05-22 01:04|| 2005-05-22 01:04|| Front Page Top

#2 AL-QAEDA has established a foothold in Palestine...

That's like saying there are weeds in my front lawn.

Posted by Raj 2005-05-22 10:20|| 2005-05-22 10:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Coal to Newcastle?

Posted by gromgoru 2005-05-22 13:40|| 2005-05-22 13:40|| Front Page Top

#4 well if Al Q declared itself it would be an interesting thing

in contradistinction to Hamas and IJ, Al Q opposes elections, opposes rule by secular moslems (I think most of the Palestinian Parliment is secular - you can tell because they wear western style suits or a mix of suits and arab clothes).

Posted by mhw 2005-05-22 14:02|| 2005-05-22 14:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Finish the security fence, declare the P.A. and independent nation, and the next time one of the terror groups does something (doesn't really matter which one, they are just different flavours of ice cream), announce that as an act of war and wipe them out.

(Sorry, I pulled something in my back while working in the garden, and now I'm cranky. .com, will you please make me a cup of tea, and say there, there to me?)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-22 19:33|| 2005-05-22 19:33|| Front Page Top

#6 tw - Of course, dear. You need but ask. :-)

Meanwhile, while the aspirin is kicking in with the tea's assistance, I'll second that wipe them out sentiment...

I firmly believe that it is intuitively obvious to the casual observer that the point of contact between the civilized world and Islam that will never ever have peace - until there is only one left alive, is Israel - PaleoLand. The Hate Machine was perfected, if not invented, there. It has reached such levels of barbarity and insanity as to boggle the modern mind. There will be no peace until there is no more Islam in contact with Israel.

And the remote versions of the Paleo Hate Machine, such as the MM's, must be dealt with in the same no quarter manner - or else Israel will cease to exist. Just one nuke of sufficient size and placed right to take advantage of prevailing winds, etc, could do it. There is no second chance in this "game", so I say pre-empt the bitch and take care of business now, while there is still a civilization in Israel to save.

And, when the smoke clears and the other Hate Machines see that Israel has been spared again, and blame the US for it, they'll go into overdrive to commit suicide, too. Will they learn from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran? Lol - are you kidding me? 1400 yrs says no, don't waste your time.

So taking the showdown of the Hate Machine in Paleoland, now joined by the Professional Wahhabi Hate Machine: AlQ, and the growing remote-kill capability of the MM Hate Machine, all converging upon a nexus in time, is it really difficult to see the moment of truth come, the correct actions taken, and the cascade begin? I have little difficulty seeing Saudi and the rest of the GCC falling into the mess - and losing forever. How did I get to "fry 'em up"? F**kin Duh. They'll make the choice for us.

Afterwards, we'll prolly (they may not want to miss out on the fun) still have PakiWakiLand to deal with. They'll be apoplectic, no? They can nuke their neighbors, no? How far beyond that? Not far enough, methinks. So they'll be spittin and screaming and trying to figure out how to shoehorn a nuke the size of a VW into a tanker or something. But we'll know that, and we've heard that there are US personnel in a position to, um, prevent a PakiWaki spasm of nuko-o-mania. But should they gear up and start flinging feces, well, if you were India would you take the chance none were coming your way? Nah, me neither. So PakiWakiLand, unless sanity suddenly breaks out, will likely solve itself by being defanged or turned into smokin' holes. I favor the latter - another reservoir of insanity wiped out sounds good to me.

Indo/Malay/African Islam? Small potatoes who blow up hotels and bars and each other - but they'll need to go, too. They're only murderers and thugs and we need no vectors for this pathogen left alive - anywhere.

No, to safeguard against the day when they start exporting, and exploding, again, it would be better to finish the goddamned job and get it over with. No point in handing it off to our grandchildren to do over again.

But that's just me. No strong feelings about it. ;-)

How're you feeling, tw? Better, yet?

Posted by .com 2005-05-22 20:45|| 2005-05-22 20:45|| Front Page Top

#7 You're a dear, .com. In your own warped and twisted way.

I am honestly terrified that Israel will spend too much time looking for those 100 good men, and not go to full out war until it is too late. I am furious that these selfish, vicious romantics (in love with the romance of rebellion and violence), drunk on the words of their religion, drugged on a twisted vision of Paradise, are going to force us to fry 'em up. I think that if it comes to that point, I will feel no more guilt than about the firebombing of Dresden, et al or the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Because if we do so, it will be because it was the most efficient option to end this unwanted war.

I guess I'm a Jacksonian after all. And a furious one. Which doesn't go with the ladylike calm I strive for. Oh, dear, I think I broke the cup. Next time it might be wiser to give me a sturdy titanium mug rather than the pretty porcelain when I'm in a mood.

I do apologize. You all are so nice to me, and I'm dumping like this. *wipes eyes* But at least my back feels a bit better, and the garden is less obviously full of weeds, at least for the moment. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-22 21:36|| 2005-05-22 21:36|| Front Page Top

#8 Lol! Old Warped and Twisted, that's me.

I'd send you a nice titanium mug for your tea, but doesn't it have a problem with leeching? I think one of the inert plastics or a porcelin-lined steel is your best bet, though far less elegant and befitting of a lady, sorry. ;-)

BTW, you may enjoy this... it salves my wounded pride, heh:

"Truth is good manners; manners are a fiction."
-Twain

Posted by .com 2005-05-22 21:52|| 2005-05-22 21:52|| Front Page Top

#9 What TW said. Every word.

I've had a feeling lately, growing steadily in the past several weeks: a stomach-gnawing, sick-making premonition that Islam will prove to be incorrigible.

I suppose we'll continue this "Middle East Democracy" thing of Bush's until his term is over; but after that, I think the idea will die.

And if Islam then manages to pull off another mass-casualty terrorist attack on U.S. soil... [SHUDDER]

Posted by Dave D. 2005-05-22 22:06|| 2005-05-22 22:06|| Front Page Top

#10 I haven't any idea about titanium leeching -- my last au pair had a titanium plate bolted to her arm bone after she broke it so decisively while skiing. But, it being Germany, it was only on loan, and she had to go back a year later to return it. ;-) They also offered her a nursing job.

But if you say the other would be better, I certainly don't have the knowledge to argue.

As for Twain and manners, he lived at a time when manners were used as a tool of class warfare. In such a context his statement is perfectly true. But where manners are used to make life go more smoothly and comfortably, and as a tool for self discipline, much like your own Eight Rules, .com, I see no harm in them, and much that is good. And I would contend that using manners as an excuse for the outright lie is rarely good manners.

But it's clear that you are perfectly capable of good manners when you choose. And if that ex-wife of yours taught you otherwise, just because yours differ on the details from hers, she should be ashamed.

Dave, that is the difference between -- in my opinion -- civilized and uncivilized. Except that I hope your back doesn't hyrt. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-22 22:11|| 2005-05-22 22:11|| Front Page Top

#11 Or hurt, either.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-22 22:13|| 2005-05-22 22:13|| Front Page Top

#12 My back? Hurt? Never-- except during flareups every few days, of course...

Posted by Dave D. 2005-05-22 22:17|| 2005-05-22 22:17|| Front Page Top

#13 "Every word."

Ouch! Okay, that does it, you're ganging up on me, I'm outta here, lol!

I'll go watch some more Cowboy Bebop episodes. Waaay Cool. And maybe Suicide Circle later, if my mood can take it, lol!

Posted by .com 2005-05-22 22:21|| 2005-05-22 22:21|| Front Page Top

#14 LOL... G'nite, Ol' Warped 'n Twisted...

Posted by Dave D. 2005-05-22 22:41|| 2005-05-22 22:41|| Front Page Top

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