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2006-07-31 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Four IDF soldiers lightly wounded in s. Lebanon

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Posted by Fred 2006-07-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sent an order in to PizzaIDF.org tonight. I really hate the way the world treats Israel. If someone in Mexico was launching rockets at the US, you know we'd be hammering them flat and telling the world to screw itself.

Posted by Silentbrick">Silentbrick 2006-07-31 03:27|| www.pizzaidf.org]">[www.pizzaidf.org] 2006-07-31 03:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Silentbrick, We can tell "the World" to go fuck itself, we can't tell USA to go fuck itself.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-07-31 10:40|| 2006-07-31 10:40|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't think you need to, gromgoru - Bush just gave a speech about 40 min ago in Miami and reiterated full support for Israel being allowed to defend herself, to not be forced into an unsustainable ceasefire, that the Lebanese must be sovereign over their own territory and that can't happen with an armed Hezbollah. He paid lip-service to Qana, deploring the incident, but said it does not change the situation or the support of the US for Israel. I was surprised how he dismissed Qana. I'm sure the MSM will go bonkers over it and that pleases me immensely.

When I hear him speak directly, with no MSM filters applied, the message is very different from what we're seeing here. We're being subjected to endless editorial spin and selective quotes. Hearing it from George directly was very encouraging and puts the lie to all of the back-peddling articles we've seen over the last few days.

Posted by Cleash Uniger9103 2006-07-31 11:00|| 2006-07-31 11:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Gromgoru,
are you Israeli ??
EOZ

Posted by Elder of Zion 2006-07-31 11:14|| 2006-07-31 11:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Cleash Uniger9103.
I should've added, and USA can't/doesn't want to tell the reat of the World (especially friend Tony)[1] to go fuck themselves.
[1] Are you happy with how the WOT is going?

Posted by gromgoru 2006-07-31 11:46|| 2006-07-31 11:46|| Front Page Top

#6 EOZ, I'm actually a robot from Aldebaran 6, but I've been pretending to be an Israeli since the age of 13.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-07-31 11:48|| 2006-07-31 11:48|| Front Page Top

#7 gromgoru - LOL. Is anyone ever happy with the progress of anything run by a government?

I try, very very hard, not to be an idiot regards bitching about the government not meeting my personal schedule. That's a foolish position to take. Instead, if events are leading where I'd like to see them go, I take the positive signs from that fact. It's hard, LOL, but I try to keep reality in mind when composing my comments.

I have few illusions about the "root causes" of terrorism: Iran and Saudi Arabia.

I am happy that, increasingly, Iran is taking a front-burner position - and they're doing it to themselves. The "wipe Israel off the map" comments, the nuke program and obvious stalling - making fools of the EU3, the Hezbollah attacks and supplied weapons, etc - they are making some serious mistakes unless they can deliver a nuke - and I mean now.

Bush made a clear point today in that speech that Iran is behind the current situation. I don't know how such things are taken in the Israeli press, but here that is a very good signal that Bush is educating the public - preparing the ground for what's to come. Fast enough to make me "happy"? LOL. Never quite.

Does that answer your question? I am amused by the knee-jerk crowd who're not satisfied unless their personal wishes are immediately adopted and executed, which never has and never will occur, except by a fluke of history.

Iran is center-stage and the spotlight is getting brighter every day. They will fall. That will produce several orphans who can then be dealt with much more directly.

Posted by Cleash Uniger9103 2006-07-31 12:26|| 2006-07-31 12:26|| Front Page Top

#8 Cleash Uniger9103, interesting.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-07-31 14:23|| 2006-07-31 14:23|| Front Page Top

#9 I think even Iran is smart enough not to use a nuke. I almost wish they would, it would make the current ME situation evolve much more rapidly then we've seen to date. Many, Many people will die, it is only a question of the exact number on each side and the rate at which it happens and by what means. Hard not to be depressed about it but that is the way I see it.

Posted by Unique Battle 2006-07-31 14:43|| 2006-07-31 14:43|| Front Page Top

#10 So! Gromgoru is an admitted robot and/or Israeli. He should be barred from commenting on the ME and electronics. I've suspected this for years.

Posted by 6 2006-07-31 17:57|| 2006-07-31 17:57|| Front Page Top

#11 What you don't know 6 is that everyone else here is an AI (Artifical Intelegence) unit running on a bunch (ok... several thousand) of old Commodore 64 computers. This is just an elabrate Turing Test to see if anyone can figure it out. So far noone has.
The hardest part was getting the spelling mistakes *just*right*. And then there's Joe M....

mums the word.....

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-07-31 18:30|| 2006-07-31 18:30|| Front Page Top

#12 Commodore 64? I'm an Osborne, baby!

Posted by Pappy 2006-07-31 21:51|| 2006-07-31 21:51|| Front Page Top

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