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2006-11-13 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-11-13 11:02|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Does that mean we can finally start with the real air attacks?

Posted by Excalibur 2006-11-13 11:33|| 2006-11-13 11:33|| Front Page Top

#2 I see France has formally chosen sides for this war. I wonder which side England will wind up on.

Posted by anon 2006-11-13 11:39|| 2006-11-13 11:39|| Front Page Top

#3 The fools were given a clear message but think they repelled an attack.

Posted by Darrell 2006-11-13 12:35|| 2006-11-13 12:35|| Front Page Top

#4 stopped mock air attacks

So we are back to simple mockery?

Posted by SteveS 2006-11-13 12:44|| 2006-11-13 12:44|| Front Page Top

#5 The French and the rest of the UNIFIL forces or whatever they call them are active or tacit allies of Hizb'Allah, who are rebuilding their position in Lebanon. The French are going to be in the way when the war starts again. When the rockets start firing south, Israel will have to tell the French to leave or be willing to accept collateral damage to French positions. The French are playing a big game of chicken. The Israelis are in this position because of the terrible mistakes of the Olmert government. Israel has some serious issues to ponder.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-11-13 14:17|| 2006-11-13 14:17|| Front Page Top

#6 "come back and I shall mock u a seconnnd time"

Blackvenom-2001

Posted by Blackvenom-2001 2006-11-13 14:57|| 2006-11-13 14:57|| Front Page Top

#7 EUrope has sided with those who want to wipe the Jews off the face of the earth. We need to make sure the US Democrat party don't join in. They have been making noises like that. Anti-Israel statements and attitudes are quite common in the main stream left, left faction of the party. The part of the party that makes Chomsky out to be a "truthy" hero.

There are not enough French to stop Israel if it decided to attack. They would be a bug squashed with little effort. What would they do then go nuclear?

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-11-13 16:16|| www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]">[www.sockpuppetofdoom.com] 2006-11-13 16:16|| Front Page Top

#8 I wouldn't put it past the French to threaten Israel with nukes. That would divide and weaken Israel's forces, perhaps beyond the point where they couldn't threaten Iran. Win influence in the ME, and France could do it with no real intention of following thru.
Somebody please tell me it's impossible.

Posted by Grunter 2006-11-13 16:27|| 2006-11-13 16:27|| Front Page Top

#9 IAF didn't want to leave their game on the practice field.

Posted by Shipman 2006-11-13 16:36|| 2006-11-13 16:36|| Front Page Top

#10 "French peacekeepers came within seconds of shooting down Israeli warplanes"

Right! a UN position manned by cheese eating surrender monkeys armed with nothing more than FAMAS was repeatedly overflown by IAF recce planes and they whined to the us media.

Shot down my gerbils shaved genitals.

Posted by pihkalbadger 2006-11-13 18:09|| 2006-11-13 18:09|| Front Page Top

#11 Take it someone finally managed to explain to the frenchies what the overflights are for and that "mock attacks" were flights of fancy of idiotic francais. If they'd like to move their little shack away from the hezbo tunnel entrance they step over on the way to and from said shack, they'd feel a little less "attacked" at recon overflights.

Still haven't the vaguest idea what they are there for. Useless dramatic twits.

Posted by Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-11-13 19:08|| 2006-11-13 19:08|| Front Page Top

#12 French peacekeepers came within seconds of shooting down Israeli warplanes

Shooting at Israeli warplanes, Froggy.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-11-13 21:47|| 2006-11-13 21:47|| Front Page Top

#13 Have the French actually shot down an airplane since 1918?

Posted by Penguin 2006-11-13 22:45|| 2006-11-13 22:45|| Front Page Top

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