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France Calls for Israel to Stop Worrying

Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 7:19:04 am PDT

France says there’s no need for Israel to worry about Hizballah re-arming themselves, now that the blue helmets are on the scene: France calls for end to Lebanon blockade.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - The French foreign minister on Wednesday called for Israel to lift its air, naval and land blockade of Lebanon, saying it was unnecessary with the U.N.-imposed cease-fire holding.

Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy was in Beirut with his Turkish counterpart to discuss the deployment of a 15,000-strong international force to south Lebanon, amid doubt over whether Hezbollah would lay down its arms or even withdraw them from the border with Israel. ...

The blockade was instituted shortly after fighting began July 12, when Israel bombed the Beirut international airport, blocked seaports and began destroying road links to Syria.

“The blockade imposed on the airport and Lebanese ports should be lifted. We ask Israeli authorities to lift the land and sea siege on Lebanon. And we ask the Lebanese government to strengthen monitoring” of points of entry to insure Hezbollah weapons are banned, Douste-Blazy said.

“There is no longer a reason for Israel to continue the blockade,” he added.

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1 GunsmithKat  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:20:21am

Yeah, Like the fwench are gonna do something about it!

2 JammieWearingFool  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:21:00am

Will the French "peacekeepers" be raping young girls during this deployment?

3 harley2002  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:21:48am

Sure lift the blockade. Your safe the French and the UN will protect you. Bwahahahaha...

4 Dr. Shalit  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:22:31am

Blockade to Quarantine - reserve the right to stop and board - OK with you Paris?

-S-

5 Dave the.....  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:22:35am

LGF in the Milwaukee paper today. Part of story pasted below.

[Link: www.jsonline.com...]

Janesville man spotted doctoring of photo from war in Middle East

He initiated uproar that exposed ethics breach

The furor over a photograph began in such a quiet, ordinary way.

Mike Thorson, a Janesville artist and part owner of a tool distribution company, was sitting at his computer on a Saturday, checking a few news sites after looking at his e-mail. On Yahoo, he came across a Reuters photograph purporting to show the smoky aftermath of an Israeli air raid on the Beirut suburbs.

"As soon as I saw it something looked very strange," said Thorson, 39.
Within minutes Thorson went to the political blog Little Green Footballs and sent a comment about his suspicions that the photo had been doctored. He thought of the blog because it had been among those questioning the authenticity of the documents "60 Minutes II" used in a report on President George W. Bush's record in the Texas Air National Guard.

The very next morning, Aug. 6, Thorson saw his suspicions posted on Little Green Footballs, and the story soon caught fire.
"I was really surprised that the story got to be as big as it did," Thorson said. "I certainly didn't mean for anybody to lose their job or anything like that. I am glad that it was exposed.

"I think people do need to have some sort of skepticism about the news: What's being presented? Who's presenting it? Do they have an agenda? What's being left out?"

6 Occasional Reader  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:22:50am
And we ask the Lebanese government to strengthen monitoring

Well, there you go. We asked them. What more do you want? Silly joos!

7 canadianconservative  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:22:59am

No.they'll allow themselves to be raped by Hezbollah operatives.... after all Blue helmets will be all the Hezis have until the day or martyrdom for idol Allah.

8 NoSubmission  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:23:01am

France insists that Hizbollah disarm ahead of troop move
By Martin Arnold in Paris, Roula Khalaf in London and Harvey,Morris in Jerusalem
Published: August 16 2006 03:00

French officials yesterday in-sisted Paris would resist leading a bolstered international force in southern Lebanon without Lebanese government assurances that Hizbollah, the militant Shia group, would be disarmed.

The requirements were spelled out on the eve of today's visit by Philippe Douste-Blazy, French foreign minister, to Beirut - a visit likely to prove pivotal in deciding the fate of the multi-national United Nations force proposed to police the ceasefire between Hizbollah and Israel.

[Link: www.ft.com...]

9 ruexperienced  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:23:27am

Sure, Israel. Nothing to worry about. But hey, isn't that what the French generals said about the Maginot Line and the Panzers ability to navigate the "impassable" Ardennes ?

Yep.

Move along. Nothing to see here.

RU

10 mojo9  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:23:58am

"we ask the Lebanese government to strengthen monitoring” of points of entry to insure Hezbollah weapons are banned, Douste-Blazy said". yeah, that's going to happen.

11 Ward Cleaver  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:24:15am

"Stop worrying, Jews."

What does this remind me of what the Nazis said to the Jews as they got off of trains at Auschwitz?

12 canadianconservative  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:24:21am

Jews have been told "nothing to worry about" too many times in history.

13 Pooh  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:24:46am

Vichy lives!

14 ddd  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:25:06am

Muslim are all peaceful people it is all USA , Israel fault of course this done not explain why Muslim are killing ethnic Chinese, Buddhist, Hindu, Russian, Christian in Sudan, darker Muslim in Sudan, etc, etc.

15 canadianconservative  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:26:05am

311 wardcleaver... I was thinking teh same thing.... as they were greeted by the little chamber music orchestras.....

Jews will ALWAYS have something to worry about. at least until Jesus comes back.

16 freedom rings  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:27:31am

Brilliant idea! Why didn't Israel think of that?

/slaps head

17 JammieWearingFool  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:28:05am

First the children are held as human shields. Now they'll be subjected to the French

So charming, so sophisticated. LLL's want us to be more like them.

And it's not just the French.

* A French U.N. logistics expert in the Congo shot pornographic videos in his home, in which he had converted his bedroom into a photo studio for videotaping his sexual abuse of young girls. When police raided his home, the man was allegedly about to rape a 12-year-old girl sent to him in a law enforcement sting operation. As the Times reported, a senior Congolese police officer confirmed the bed was surrounded by large mirrors on three sides, with a remote control camera on the fourth side.

* U.N. officials are worried that the scandal, which already has netted 150 allegations of sex crimes by U.N. staffers, will explode if the pornographic videos and photos, now on sale in Congo, becoming public

"It would be a pretty big problem for the U.N. if these pictures come out," one senior official told the Times.

* Two Russian pilots paid young girls with jars of mayonnaise and jam to have sex with them, the report adds.

* U.N. "peacekeepers" from Morocco based in Kisangani – a secluded town on the Congo River – are notorious for impregnating local women and girls. In March, an international group probing the scandal found 82 women and girls had been made pregnant by Moroccan U.N. staffers and 59 others by Uruguayan staffers. One U.N. soldier accused of rape was apparently hidden in the barracks for a year.

Congo's Minister of Defense Maj.-Gen. Jean Pierre Ondekane told a top U.N. official that all U.N. "peacekeepers" in Kisangani would be remember for would be "for running after little girls," the Times reported.

18 BabbaZee  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:28:26am
19 The Other Les  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:28:28am

# 8 NoSubmission

"No, no. You must drop your rifles first!"

20 Buck  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:28:31am
“There is no longer a reason for Israel to continue the blockade,”

The reason was to stop the hostages from being shipped to Iran.

Get Hezbolla to hand over the hostages, and poof... no more reason for a blockade.

21 Ak oilfield worker  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:28:34am

Have no fear, the cheese eating surrender monkeys are here! If only the Fwench would train the Hezbos's how to fight, then Israel would have nothing to worry about.

22 FlyingTigress  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:29:58am
BEIRUT, Lebanon - The French foreign minister on Wednesday called for Israel to lift its air, naval and land blockade of Lebanon, saying it was unnecessary with the U.N.-imposed cease-fire holding.

I see that Joe Isuzu has a new career as the Fwench foreign ministry.

Cool... "Trust me"

23 steve  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:30:12am

Trust us, we come in peace.
Bang, bang.....

24 vapig  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:30:17am

The french really must think the Israelis are idiots! I'm so sick of the french - they should just surrender their country to islam and stop pretending their still - well . . . french.

25 miguelj  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:30:35am

How about release the Israeli soldiers first, then Israel lifts the blockade? Think you can broker that, crapauds?

OT, but lest it be forgot: America's first combat deaths in WW2 were in fighting against the Vichy French in North Africa. 3000 US casualties in the three days before the French caved in. Remember Oran!

26 BabbaZee  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:30:55am

Lebanese Ceasefire Plan in Jeopardy

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

The U.N. ceasefire plan is falling apart, leaving the possibility Hizbullah will re-arm itself while Israel's hands are tied by international pressure.


Foreign Minister Tzippy Livni told CNN Tuesday that the government has evidence that Iran and Syria already are supplying Hizbullah terrorists with more arms via Syria. The government is relying on United Nations Security Council resolution 1701 - the ceasefire - to solve the problem, but the agreement appears to have been followed by more problems than solutions.

France has provided the latest hitch in the deployment of the proposed international United Nations force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The French General in charge of UNIFIL was quoted in a French newspaper as saying that it could take up to a year to deploy the forces.

Paris has promised to send thousands of troops to lead the international force to carry out the ceasefire resolution, which requires "the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon, so that... there will be no weapons or authority in Lebanon other than that of the Lebanese State."

However, the resolution also calls for "no foreign forces in Lebanon without the consent of its government," and Lebanon already has said it will not force Hizbullah give up its arms. The French defense minister also has said its forces will not take away arms from Hizbullah terrorist guerillas.

Thousands of French soldiers are on ships ready to sail to Lebanon, but the government now is backtracking, wanting a clear definition of its mandate and when soldiers can open fire, according to the The Associated Press.

In a classic "chicken and egg" situation, the French government has said it does not want to commit how many soldiers it will send until other countries commit themselves. However, most nations have said they will act only after France takes the lead. Germany, a major European Union power, still is hesitating. The government has agreed in principle to send troops, but they may be deployed in non-sensitive areas to prevent the unwanted situation of German soldiers firing on Israeli troops or vice-versa.

[SNIP]

[Link: www.israelnn.com...]

27 Anat  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:31:21am

As an Israeli, what worries me most is our apparently incompetent government and the abysmal chance of replacing it due to a useless electoral system.

28 Earth2moonbat  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:31:34am
29 alkmyst  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:31:54am

Hey fwance:

I don't worry. And I don't turn my back to you, either.

What does concern me is that I'll have to go and find a new cellphone company, because mine just went down the can

George Soros up 10% on $8.7m investment in Partner
Soros purchased some 1.05 million shares in the company during the second quarter of 2006.
Yuval Mendelson 16 Aug 06 13:11
American investor George Soros bought shares in Partner Communications (Nasdaq: PTNR; TASE: PTNR; LSE:PCCD) during the second quarter of 2006, for $8.7 million. The purchase comprised 1.05 million shares bought at between $7.43 and $8.83 per share. This is Soros's first investment in the company.

Partner shares currently trade on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange at $9.18, which means an "on paper" gain of some 10% on Soros's investment in the second quarter.

30 canadianconservative  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:32:29am

Jammie wearing fool....UN slimebags impregnationg young african girls?
No wonder the UN is so aggressive on pushing abortion... covers up the evidence.

31 mingjaiyo  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:32:57am

This really pisses me off.Talk about being hypocritical! Believe it or not,fellow lizards,France has some of the most draconian anti-terror laws on it's books of any country in the Western world,a result of their having to deal with terror,mostly coming from the former African colonies.Recently passed laws include the outlawing of polygymy.Any male entering the country (a thing allowed under deals brokered as France relinquished it's colonies to independence-"we are all French so come on in") may now only enter alone.He may not bring in the 3 wives and 20 children,all of whom immediately go on the dole.They have laws on the books applying to suspected terrorists that would drive the ACLU apoplectic.And yet,in this situation between the forces of hizbollah and Israel,they demand that Israel drop every effort at self-protection and containment that Israel has instituted.Hypocrites all in the Chirac government.SPIT!

32 Stuck in california  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:34:28am

Mighty Mouse is on the wayyyyy!

33 Earl  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:34:51am

Lizards:

Never forget to boycott all french goods and services. It is easy. Below, a handy primer:

[Link: www.boycottwatch.org...]

Nothing french. Ever. Rien.

34 SteveC  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:34:53am

OT -- Trouble on a United flight from England, it's being diverted from Dulles to Boston.

No link yet.

35 Geepers  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:35:11am
And we ask the Lebanese government to strengthen monitoring

Um, isn't one of the whole arguments legitimizing hisbollah that they have seats in government and cabinet?

36 ibrodsky  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:35:39am

There is still time for Israel to renounce the UN's Hezb'allah Preservation Act and achieve military victory.

But once the full complement of UNIFIL forces are in place, it will be too late. Then Israel would need to attack the UN to get at Hezb'allah. And that is what the cease-fire is all about.

37 observer  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:35:40am

Not to worry, mon amis and Jeweeesh friends. Ze French will become a new Maginot Line along ze Zionist entity-Lebanon border and nothing can penetrate zat. (As we know from ze experience, no?) As always, we French will stand firm. Well, at least for a little while.

38 dottcomm1  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:36:15am

reminds me of an old joke from after wwII:

q: why are the streets in paris lined with trees?
a: so the nazis can march in the shade.

i'd be surprised if france wasn't funneling money to any of the terror groups.

39 least  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:36:16am

A fwenchified quote:
"arafat, we are here!"

(Original was Pershing?)

40 mj  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:38:13am

The French are still collaborating with those who seek the genocide of the Jewish people.

41 Mike C.  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:38:26am

OT, but crikey - 6600 people on line ? Charles ? Could you please stop being so popular ? Thank you.

42 Manker  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:38:45am

OT:

An interesting point from Pipes

Strange war logic

And Israel, both as a regional power in its own right and as a close ally of Washington, enjoys a parallel preponderance vis- -vis Hizbullah.

Such power implies that, when West fights non-West, the outcome on the battlefield is a given. That settled in advance, the fighting is seen more like a police raid than traditional warfare. As in a police raid, modern wars are judged by their legality, the duration of hostilities, the proportionality of force, the severity of casualties, and the extent of economic and environmental damage.

The fact is that people perceive the US and Israeli might more as police action. That this is going to be a simple raid.

I guess they don't get the fact that the US army isn't the worlds largest police force and that US special forces aren't swat teams for the world.

It's war, I guess that europeans have forgotten what war is.

43 beblebrox  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:38:56am

With the Arabs on one side, who want them dead, and the Israeli's on the other; which direction can they retreat to?

44 Khoffee_Onan  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:39:27am

France does a Neville Chamberlain, the public shows apathy and /or ignorance, Israelis are not allowed inside stores.
Things start to look like the 1930's.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3291342, 00.html

45 ronaldusmagnus  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:39:28am

Would the frogistanis kindly inform us what about Hezbollah's attitude toward it's neighbor to the south has changed in the past 30 days that would make it not ship replacement weapons, ammunition, missiles, etc., over the border?

Lift the embargo my ass.

46 Geepers  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:40:10am

BabbaZee (#26),

From your link:

The French General in charge of UNIFIL was quoted in a French newspaper as saying that it could take up to a year to deploy the forces.

And that's their rapid reaction force.

47 JammieWearingFool  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:40:46am
4 SteveC 8/16/2006 07:34AM PDT

OT -- Trouble on a United flight from England, it's being diverted from Dulles to Boston.

No link yet.

Today was the scheduled day for the 10 planes to be blown up.

48 SteveC  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:41:14am

I still can't find a link, but CNN, FOX, and MSNBC have coverage.

Flight is United Air 923, and the plane has landed safely. Video shows passangers walking off the plane.

49 ORD neighbor  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:42:03am

To a degree, it's correct. Israel should stop worrying and start acting correctly.

50 big L  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:42:04am

test

51 MacGregor  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:42:16am

SteveC

Today is the day the attack was planned right? Last week was a test run. They had today's tickets in the raided appartments.

The euro-cowards only care about themselves.

52 Edouard  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:42:18am

"Remember the Maginot."

53 Earth2moonbat  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:43:16am

#41 Mike C.

Wierd thing is, the site's behaving, at least for me. I'm not having any trouble at all, for the moment.

54 mama winger  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:43:27am

Breaking: United flight from London diverted to Boston after trouble with passengers on the plane.

My sister is a United Flight Attendant, flying from London today. I hope she calls soon.

55 Ben Hur  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:43:29am

Right. We shouldn't worry. We should just sit back and what Saturday Morning Cartoons, like they do in Iran (and probably France.

56 big L  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:43:40am

46 Geepers--French rifles for sale:
Fired once, dropped once.

57 mama winger  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:44:07am

They are saying it was a confrontation with the flight crew. My.

58 Lawrence Schmerel  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:44:28am

It is 1938 all over again and France has not changed.

59 blue_like_jazz  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:44:44am
Indonesia is ready to send 1,000 troops as part of the U.N. force for Lebanon, officials in Jakarta said.


can you even believe that reuters isn't telling us that they are all muslim, hate-filled jihadis?

/sarc for real

(this quotation is from the yahoo article noted on charles' right sidebar "israel to halt pullout unless lebanon army deploys".)

60 freedom rings  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:44:45am

United flight: Fox reporting 3 suspicious men and some kind of altercation with crew, pilot declared emergency because of "passenger disturbance"

passengers deplaning now
Fox says Logan spokesman says 3 passengers had altercation with crew, state police (?) took control of plane

61 Spiny Norman  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:45:09am

#53 Earth2moonbat

#41 Mike C.

Wierd thing is, the site's behaving, at least for me. I'm not having any trouble at all, for the moment.

Charles is still using the streamlined low-bandwidth version.

62 canadianconservative  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:45:09am

Manker #42...
"It's war, I guess that europeans have forgotten what war is."


Let's not lump all Europeans in this together.... Poland and some of the formr east Bloc also subscribe to the maxim of "never again!"

63 flawed_skull  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:45:14am

Guys, I just heard that Indonesia and Malaysia want to contribute troops to the UNIFIL too. We've been watching the eagerness of Indonesian jihadis to join Hezbollah - thousands of them. CLEARLY, someone in Israel must connect the dots? They can easily be embedded in the Indonesian force and actively assist Hezbollah in their designs.

Nebody else think of that?

64 dead sea squirrel  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:46:22am
...amid doubt over whether Hezbollah would lay down its arms or even withdraw them from the border with Israel.

Let's dispel some of those doubts:

Hizbollah: We won't disarm, withdraw north of Litani

There. Now there are no doubts about what they'll do.

65 Occasional Reader  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:46:28am

#46 Geepers: Yes, in fact the Lebanese are doubtless putting one of their best Hizballah ministers in charge of the "Special Hizballah Disarmament Monitoring Task Force". Problem solved!

66 got milk?  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:46:51am
67 Silhouette  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:47:00am

#33 Earl

Never forget to boycott all french goods and services

Some highlights form your link.

BIC(Oh no), Allegra, BF Goodrich, Dior, Club Med, Dannon, DKNY, Evian, Krups, Lancome, Le Creuset, L'Oreal, Vuitton, Maybelline, Michelin, Mikasa (thought it was Japanese), Motel 6 (really? wow), Red Roof (figures), RCA, T-fal, Fina, Yoplait, various alchols and bottled waters.

Biggest surprise? Wild Turkey Bourbon.

68 Mike C.  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:47:01am

# 53 E2m

Actually working well from here, too. And that's on dial-up.

69 Earth2moonbat  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:47:04am

#42 Manker

A big part of the reason why that is is that Israel has fought both Hamas and Hezbollah with less than 100% force. Israel needs to use the Powell doctrine, or risks looking like they're fighting "a nusance, like prostitution" (- J. Kerry).

70 tangonine  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:47:07am

How does Israel expect Hezbullah to rearm right under the noses of the French with a blockade up?

sheesh!

71 BabbaZee  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:47:10am

63 flawed_skull

ha... I've been thinking of nothing but that all morning.....
lets get all the most anti-semeitc nations we can to put troops there.
uhuh

72 canadianconservative  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:47:47am

The only solution is to get rid of Olmert and replace him with someone who gets it.

73 mama winger  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:48:06am

#66 got milk

I'm afraid my sister is on that plane.

74 BabbaZee  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:48:19am

#46 Geepers
Unfrigginreal......

75 MacGregor  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:48:53am

54 mama winger

My wife and father-in-law are flying out of heathrow to NY today.

Needless to say I'm a little edgy.

76 BabbaZee  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:48:56am

#73 mama winger
Prayin gor her now baby doll you hang in there
keep us updated

77 bweep  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:49:03am

It'll be handy having the French there. They'll be able to keep track of the bill for clearing up Hezbollah's mess and send it straight to the UN for the USA to pay.

78 Earth2moonbat  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:49:16am

#61 Spiny Norman

I understand, but I've had on-and-off problems with as few as 4000 online even with the bandwidth turned down. There's another variable in the mix, I just don't know what it is.

79 Dave the.....  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:49:32am
Motel 6 (really? wow)

French company owns it but they are locally run. This is a company I would not boycott as you'd be hurting the local businessman who runs it.

Stick to products/imports.

80 got milk?  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:49:45am

mama winger

At least she is off of the plane now. It must have been scary. If she was on that plane, give us an update when you can.

81 freedom rings  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:50:04am

United flight:

Now MSNBC reports woman passenger became agitated and emotional, 2 other passengers tried to restrain her. Pilot thought it was out of hand and decided to divert & land. No info about suspicious carryon items. "Never any threat to plane." No terrorism threat.

82 Praxeus  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:50:38am

Well at least the media coverage will improve: More Media Icons Join Struggle to Reform News

83 BabbaZee  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:51:00am

woman passenger became agitated and emotional

LOL
there are too many jokes in that

84 big L  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:51:09am

Cease fire applies to Lebanon. But the Israelis could take a page out of the Viet Cong book. They used the Laotian/Cambodian border areas to manuever.
Thus as Syria brackets Leb. then the Israelis could go thru Syria to north of Litani R. and kick Hezb in the behind, from behind.
/I know, armchair dueler.

85 canadianconservative  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:51:09am

Freedom rings.... We'll see about that. Smells like cover up... but perhaps someone who was on the plane can enlighten us through the blogosphere.

86 xyan  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:51:17am

French and Turkish troops in Lebanon, US and British in Iraq, NATO in Afghanistan plus the IDF. Ahmedinejad sucks at playing RISK.

87 mama winger  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:51:49am

Thank you BabbaZee, I will do that.

MacGregor - I will pray for their safety and peace of mind as well.


The thing about being a flight attendant, as my sister is, they are really on the front lines up there with very little in the way of defense, and the added responsibility of keeping the other passengers calm.

88 beblebrox  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:51:58am

keep the updates on the united flight coming, guys. no tv here in the IT dungeon that the server room is.

89 Junior  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:52:04am

“There is no longer a reason for Israel to continue the blockade,” he added.

PEACE IN OUR TIME! PEACE IN OUR TIME!

idiots

90 big L  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:52:29am

11 ward--"Arbeit Macht Frei"

91 jpkoch  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:52:39am

Somehow I wonder if the French regret part as the "honest broker". It was after all, Hezbollah who murdered over 150 French soldiers in Beruit 23 years ago. The French will now be "patrolling" in open country, and Hezbollah will be in no mood of giving in an inch. The first sign of trouble and the French will be out of there.

I wonder if the 5th Fleet in Naples will have a carrier taks force assigned to Lebanon?

92 Mike C.  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:52:51am

RE the airliner thing, that can be and usually is just asshole passengers. I've seen plenty. Let 'em cool their heels in a federal lockup for a while, and good riddance.

93 republic  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:53:01am

Israel isn't the only people who clearly understand that the U.N., and any resolutions, treaties, etc aren't worth the single piece of paper that they are written on.

Middle America, also understands that the U.N. is a completely morally bankrupt entity, impotent, incapable of doing anything positive for freedom loving people, but they sure have a way of making things work like clockwork for islamofascist human butchers!

middle America

U.N.?

/spit

94 Earth2moonbat  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:53:10am

#66 got milk?

London flight diverted over disturbance

For what it's worth, today was supposed to be the day.

95 Isadore  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:53:23am

Have the French made a single comment on their strategy for disarming Hiz "if" they refuse to disarm themselves?

(Seriously, have they?)

96 Geepers  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:53:30am

Occasional Reader (#65),

And the next time Syria is chair of the UN Security Council they can check off on it as a job well done.

97 big L  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:53:54am

15 cons can- I don't think the Jews are planning on Jesus, but perhaps the Messiah.

98 mama winger  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:53:59am

My sister has been struck in the face before by unruly passengers. It's a job I would never take.

99 Isadore  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:54:50am

Answer to my own question:

"French officials yesterday in-sisted Paris would resist leading a bolstered international force in southern Lebanon without Lebanese government assurances that Hizbollah, the militant Shia group, would be disarmed."

100 sss111  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:54:55am

If the French are wrong, they give permission to the Israelis to bomb Paris.

/sarc

101 rabidsquirrel  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:55:25am

I'm surprised the French component of the UNIFIL contingent is refusing to disarm Hizb'Allah. After all, the French laugh at danger....

...then hide until it goes away.

102 MacGregor  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:55:29am

Thanks mama winger. I'll do the same.

103 SteveC  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:55:34am

Got Milk? has a good link to the United Flight 923 situation.

If you aren't near a TV, the official story is that a woman onboard became "nervous and agitated" and two other people tried to "help" her, which made the situation worse. The pilot decided to land the plane for safety measures.

They're going to take the lady off the plane, rescreen, and continue on.

FOX says the lady is claustrophobic, MSNBC implies that alcohol may have escalated the situation.

And since I typed that, The AP says the woman has Vasoline, a screwdriver, matches, and a note that refrences Al-Queda.

The plot thickens.

104 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:56:17am
105 canadianconservative  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:56:37am

Big L, I think they will find that Yeshuah & Moshiach are one and the same!

And those Christians who fell for replacement theology will be equally surprised that the Old testament is still in effect for Israel, and the prophecy dovetails nicely....

106 dgd  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:56:44am

“The blockade imposed on the airport and Lebanese ports should be lifted. We ask Israeli authorities to lift the land and sea siege on Lebanon."

Of course the blockade should be lifted. How else is the French arms industry going to make any money selling second rate s**t to Hezbollah?

107 republic  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:56:47am

#81 freedom rings

United flight:

Now MSNBC reports woman passenger became agitated and emotional, 2 other passengers tried to restrain her. Pilot thought it was out of hand and decided to divert & land. No info about suspicious carryon items. "Never any threat to plane." No terrorism threat.

It was probably just the racist bigot anti-semetic Jew hating Cynthia McKinney!

108 WrathofG-d  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:58:55am

Although I am disgusted in thinking that Olmert will probably give in to these demands....

I find France giving anyone advice on how to protect themselves to be the hight of chutzpah!

I would like to REMIND France that the untrained, unfed, abused, and originally unarmed, Jews of the Warsaw ghetto lasted longer against the Nazis then the entire French Army!

109 hornet  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:59:06am

The world renound fighting force "Fwance" has you (Israel that shitty little country) right where they want you.....so relax and carry on as if nothing has happened in the last 6 weeks. We (France) will make sure that Hisbollah will not re-arm, we promise.

This UN 1701 is a sham and complete insanity as far as Israel signing it is concerned. That was not a war, no one surrendered,.... except Israel to the UN, again.

Now Olmert can get on with his "convergence" plan unhindered.

110 Pawn of the Oppressor  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:59:17am

"Have no fear - FRANCE IS HERE!"

Um... Yeah.

111 Spiny Norman  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:59:20am

#67 Silhouette

Biggest surprise? Wild Turkey Bourbon.

I draw the line at American companies owned by French-based multi-national conglomorates: American workers are harmed by a boycott. It's cutting off your nose to spite your face. It's not their fault that Seagram's was bought out, or Uniroyal Goodrich, for that matter.

Actually, I still buy "French-owned" Glenlivet Scotch whisky, too, another former Seagram's holding.

112 JaggedSkye  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 5:59:28am

#88 beblebrox

Their saying a passenger became agitated during flight. Unsure whether he/she just had an anxiety attack, or was being an attack.

But the pilot did request and receive fighter pilot escort back in.

113 mama winger  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:01:20am

PAssenger was carrying screwdriver, vaseline, matches and a note referencing Al-Qaeda.

114 Spiny Norman  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:01:45am

#112 JaggedSkye

Their saying a passenger became agitated during flight. Unsure whether he/she just had an anxiety attack, or was being an attack.

Any wagers it was alcohol-related belligerance?

115 xyan  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:02:06am

#91 jpkoch
The French army is pretty tough, they will kick Hezballah ass if attacked. The only difference will be the media coverage. It's unlikely the Hezb will attack, and unlikely the French will bother disarming them.

116 Spiny Norman  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:03:08am

#113 mama winger

PAssenger was carrying screwdiver, vaseline, matches and a note referencing Al-Qaeda.

WTF?

117 JaggedSkye  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:04:14am

114 Spiny Norman

.. almost a given :-)

the real bet is it Cynthia McKinney or not!

/LOL

118 republic  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:05:32am

#115 xyan

The French army is pretty tough, they will kick Hezballah ass if attacked.

Thanks for the humor!

That's simply the best joke that I've heard in quite some time!

119 descolada9  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:06:50am

Yeah, and the Jews did well under Vichy France, didn't they? At least the Islamofascists are honest about wanting to kill you.

120 Thor-Zone  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:07:59am

I feel so much better knowing that Fwrance will put an undisclosed number of troops at sometime in the future into Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah.

“The blockade imposed on the airport and Lebanese ports should be lifted. We ask Israeli authorities to lift the land and sea siege on Lebanon. And we ask the Lebanese government to strengthen monitoring” of points of entry to insure Hezbollah weapons are banned, Douste-Blazy said.

Yup - that will work.....just like it has for the last 8 years.

Isn't insanity doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results?

121 WrathofG-d  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:08:02am

HORNET:


Yup, you are unfortunatly correct.

I long ago (when this Op. Summer Rains started) predicted that this entire campaign "against" Hiz'b'allah was just internal politics.

It allows Olmert to finally get his "military props" so that (like his brain/predecessor Sharon) he could Ethnically Cleanse Jews, (this time from Judea & Samaria as he had always planned on doing).

Yet now, (ie: post Lebanon) when attacked for uprooting Jews, not knowing what he is doing militarily, (nor for the best of the country), and for concerning himself with the best interests of the Arabs over his countrymen, he can point to how "strong" & "resolute" he was against the Hia'b'allah. (just like Sharon's "amen-corner" pointed to how great (& he was) Sharon was in 1967 etc. (ie: This Gaza surrender is a great idea, a master plan...Sharon is the Great Bulldozer of 1967, he MUST know what he is doing").

Hey Olmert: What ever happened to "we will completely destroy Hiz'b'allh once and for all", or "we will not stop until we get our soldiers back".

Olmert you pathetic lying capo....you did neither!

122 SteveC  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:08:03am

Local police bringing the Sniffer Dogs onto the plane... no one looks agitated or in a rush, everybody's just as calm as can be.

123 got milk?  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:08:08am

94 Earth2moonbat

but the guy on Tucker yesterday said it was a hoax, the Brits make the whole thing up.

124 hornet  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:08:43am

Nasrallah - "Now is not the time to talk of our dis-arming!

BBC - When then?

Nasrallah - Never, we shall re-arm in the name of Mohammed (pbuhn) instead, with the help of France (peace be upon her name).

125 republic  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:10:44am

#119 descolada9

At least the Islamofascists are honest about wanting to kill you.

That is only partly true, as one of islamofascism's greatest tools, is extreme deceit.

Like living peacefully next to someone, sometimes for years, or even decades, "until the sacred time of peace is over, then, kill the unbelievers, wherever they are".

islam says to lie, if necessary, to deceieve, until the time is right to kill!

126 javems  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:10:53am

#6 Occasional Reader


And we ask the Lebanese government to strengthen monitoring

Well, there you go. We asked them. What more do you want? Silly joos!


I mean really, they even asked in person. Asking in writing, I could be skeptical, but in person....

127 Carolina Girl  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:16:38am

#39 least

Credited to Pershing - actually an aide and I forget his name.

#95 Isadore

Have the French made a single comment on their strategy for disarming Hiz "if" they refuse to disarm themselves?

(Seriously, have they?)

Probably involves flying monkeys and a witch on a broom skywriting "Surrender Dorothy Hesbos."

128 republic  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:17:01am

#121 WrathofG-od

People never seem to learn the harsh lesson, of voting in politicians who they "want", instead of politicians that they "need".

America got 8 years of Bill Clinton, for that very reason.

Voting in politicians in Israel that are "wanted", vs. "needed", will surely cause harm to Israel, but Israel truly does, and has always, and forever will, have GOD's Blessing, although, that doesn't mean that there won't be pain and strife.

America though, if America votes in more and more politicians that they "want", instead of "need", then America, and her people, will eventually cease to exist.

129 hornet  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:17:08am

I will never give up on Israel or the Jewish people. BUT Olmert and anyone else responsable for capitulating this time has go to NOW, before they do further harm in return for deceipt, lies, ie..empty promises.

130 WrathofG-d  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:17:57am

OT:

anyone seen this website?


on a OT but similar to comments above:

I was on an inbound flight to US from Germany a couple days ago & noticed 5 Arab looking men performing what looked like a "dry run". It was almost text-book run of how the London to US bombing was supposed to take place. (Ie: one man walks down aisle to bathroom passing something off. Then another person walks to same bathroom to drop something off, then another then another.) This could all be coincidence...but one of the individuals was sweating, slightly shaking, acting suspicious, and kept checking past curtains for flight attendants in the aisles most of the trip. Lastly, the last of the Middle-Eastern Looking men (4 minutes after the prior Arab man was in the bathroom) walked past 2 completley vacant lavatories to enter the same lavatory that the other 4 men had gone into.

I told the German flight attendant....she didn't seem to care.

Could be nothing...figured I'd share.

131 republic  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:23:10am

#129 hornet

Like I have said for quite some time, when a country votes politicians in to power, that they "want", rather then what they "need", the results always end in failure.

Bill Clinton and the "dangerous decade", are virtual proof.

People "wanted" Clinton, but "needed" other, and America got exactly what it wanted, as the result.

132 Hooray for Captain Spaulding  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:24:20am

How do you say "screw you" in Frog?

133 Mark1957  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:25:09am

I'm now fully convinced that for the Israelis to finally prevail, they will have to take France hostage.

Israel: Okay, you Hezbo bastards, make another move and France gets it.

Hezbos: No, no, anything but that! Tell us what you want!

As the Germans will readily tell you, "All roads to victory run through Paris."

134 republic  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:25:58am

#130 WrathofG-d

Could be nothing...figured I'd share.

Dept. of Homeland Security

135 Stringart  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:26:26am
The French foreign minister on Wednesday called for Israel to lift its air, naval and land blockade of Lebanon, saying it was unnecessary with the U.N.-imposed cease-fire holding.

Great news - peace is returning to the region. Hold on, what's this in the very next paragraph?

Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy was in Beirut with his Turkish counterpart to discuss the deployment of a 15,000-strong international force to south Lebanon, amid doubt over whether Hezbollah would lay down its arms or even withdraw them from the border with Israel.

You'd think that they could wait at least one more paragraph before contradicting themselves.

136 WrathofG-d  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:32:55am

Republic:

was that a suggestion that I send an email or call DOS to tell them about what I saw?

What if it was just a coincidence?

137 abolitionist  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:34:17am
138 Carridine  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:34:34am

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Resolution of 2002, which was the reason the Israelis got out of southern Lebanon in the FIRST place, was based squarely on the UN monitoring that strip of land where their Useless Nitwit blue-helmets were when THIS little tiff began, and they were pledged to ENSURE that there was no rearmament of that zone, weren't they?


Disgraceful!

139 snowblind  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:39:37am

Missiles keep falling on your head?
Hizbollah gonna kill you in your bed?

Don't Worry... be Happy!

Iranian President keep talkin' crap?
He say he gonna wipe you off the map?

Don't Worry... be Happy!

(Look at me -- I'm happy.
Don't worry, be happy.
Here I give you French peacekeepers.
When you worry, call them, they make you happy.
Don't worry, be happy.)

140 abolitionist  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:50:20am

PIMF - I meant to emphasise the pic at 1st link, not the comments, so scroll up.

141 Mad Mullah  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 6:56:23am

Yeah, Israel should definitely listen to and trust the terrorist appeasing, Vichy-French.(Not)

142 SwampWoman  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 7:07:23am

#103 Steve C

FOX says the lady is claustrophobic, MSNBC implies that alcohol may have escalated the situation.

And since I typed that, The AP says the woman has Vasoline, a screwdriver, matches, and a note that refrences Al-Queda.

The plot thickens.

As a claustrophobic, I'd probably go slap crazy if I were wedged between large people on a long flight. Three hours on a plane is about my limit, and even then I make sure I have an aisle seat and I HATE it when MY AISLE is blocked with a drink cart. (No, I do not self-medicate with the drink cart because that would remove the inhibitions about telling people what I'm going to do with the vaseline and the screwdriver if they don't back off outta my breathing space right this instant...)

143 greenmamba  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 7:28:16am

Condoleezza explains 1701:
Not U.N.'s Job To Disarm Hezbollah

It's very cheery!

the hope is that some people lay down their arms voluntarily
If Hezbollah resists international demands to disarm, Rice said, “one would have to assume that there will be others who are willing to call Hezbollah what we are willing to call it, which is a terrorist organization.”
144 mattm  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 7:32:46am

Nothing to worry about here, france is in control.

/sarc

145 Poitiers-Lepanto  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 7:36:44am

Yes, stop worrying and learn to love islam, that's all the world has to do.

Then of course you'll need to know if you chose the right side, shi'ite or sunni, because the wars in the house of evil will never stop, but that's for your grandchildren to worry about.

/Once upon a time there was France, now there is Submissionstan

146 jetziger  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 7:44:03am

I just read that France are already backtracking over the prospect of sending their troops in to disarm Hizbollocks, saying that's not their mandate, etc.

Oh, just let the IDF finish the job, you muppets!

147 tradewind  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 7:44:47am

As usual, French plein du merde, as Hezbollah is even now re-arming themselves and truckin' the stuff into the South right under the UNIFIL noses.

148 SwampWoman  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 7:50:24am

Dang, Karl Rove was RIGHT! "Okay, France, you're right, Israel shouldn't be forcing Ira...er, the Hezzies to disarm. We'll let your guys do that." "Hey, wait, you crazy? We ain't goin' there!"

149 haakondahl  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 7:54:29am
And we ask the Lebanese government to strengthen monitoring” of points of entry to insure Hezbollah weapons are banned, Douste-Blazy said.

“There is no longer a reason for Israel to continue the blockade,” he added.


“There is no longer a reason for Israel to continue."

Fixed that for ya, Douche-Blaste.

150 ronnie  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 8:09:10am

These freakin' French are pathetic! Let's see if their logic holds out when one applies it to themselves - remember the GreenPeace boat blown off while peacefully protesting their nuclear tests in Polynesia? What about what happened on Ivory Coast more recently?

Come on, guys... You're obviously not worried - it will take "months, perhaps a year" for you to deploy your Legion Etrangere Francaise as part of the UNIFIL troops. And you stated that the job of disarming the Hezbollah will not belong to you - that is a great confidence booster, no?

Go back to your own woods and tend to your own mullocracy/Shariah state developing in your suburbia. And leave the problems to the rest of the world to solve, as you have obviously demonstrated yourselves to be 100% incapable of even addressing your own mess.

151 funkyfantom  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 8:22:46am

Don't forget that the French passed laws to help round up Jews on their own initiative, quite a while before the Germans ever asked them to.

No other conquered European nation did that.

152 hornet  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 8:27:50am

While the West argues over who will dis-arm Hezballah, Iran thru Syria will re-arm the terrorists. Assad, Dinnerjacket, and all muslims are laughing their heads off. Terror works, and propaganda works also, with the help of LLL/MSM. Without their help (LLL/MSM), the death cult islam would be stopped in their tracks.

153 SpiritOf1683  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 8:57:02am

And there was nothing for the French to worry about on 9th May 1940.

154 Poitiers-Lepanto  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 9:01:52am

#152 Hornet

Without their help (LLL/MSM), the death cult islam would be stopped in their tracks.

I don't know. That was VERY true until this new configuration Iran/Syria/hizb'allah took place as the new spear point of the islamic attack: now we are confronted by a nuclear power and the war of islam against the West will go as it must go, public opinion or no public opinion, media or no media.
The time for philosopy and reasoning is finished, and the West will face more and more attacks and a great push by islam.

It's war time, for all the foreseeable future.

155 OLDPUPPYMAX  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 9:48:13am

Lets see now, on the one hand you can base your continued existence on assurances from France. Or, you can contract leprosy, herpes, yellow fever, malaria and the dreaded GoGo on the Magogo. I know damned well which you can sign me up for. Pass the sulfa.

156 6patrick6  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 10:41:19am
The French foreign minister on Wednesday called for Israel to lift its air, naval and land blockade of Lebanon, saying it was unnecessary with the U.N.-imposed cease-fire holding.

As the Israeli defense minister, my answer to the Fwench numbnut in charge of the blue-helmet guys would be:

"Try and break through! Who says we are letting YOU in?"

157 6patrick6  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 10:50:22am

I was deployed in the ME and a Fwench AF unit was located nxt to us. All they would do is get all of their nasty-assed tanning oil in the pool and leer at the American women.

French forces = useless as tits on a 2x4.

158 Xango Annie  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 2:35:29pm

Don't worry! Be happy! um, yeah, sure!

159 transferthem  Wed, Aug 16, 2006 10:09:10pm

Does france know that the blue helmets have been in south lebboland for 6 years? And does france know that hisbollah's military infrastructure and preparations for war were put in place under unifil's watch?

Rhetorical questions.

You bet france knows! You f****** bet france knows.


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