UN Observers cannot be reached for a comment.

wonder if they can get some CAS from down south?

Yes! Now Israel must STOMP hizbollah.

I pray that I get the chance to see Hezbollah running like dogs with their tails between their legs. Although, I doubt the MSM would show that...

Hezbollah has demanded that the government of Lebanon withdraw to an area south of the Litani River.

Quick!

Call the UN!

What?

No Joos?

Oh, forget it then.

Where is Nasrallah? Legitimate target area where ever he even if inside a mosque.

Well this story can't be true - we've got all those French led UNIFIL forces there!
/

Where's the UN condemnation?

They're still looking into it.

The Iranian Empire is experiencing growing pains.

"Pro-government gunmen"? Is the press so PC they won't even differentiate between terrorist insurgents and a government's own soldiers?

Send in O-Bomber and his man the Rev. to save the day.

Again, notice the relative silence of the MSM compared to if Israel was takin it to hizbALLAH

the rop never takes a rest from death and destruction.
europe open your eyes.

Here we go again.

Is it too much to hope that between the Lebanese army and Israel, this time, Hezbollah and company can be suppressed?

re: #13 Lizard by the Bay

"Pro-government gunmen"? Is the press so PC they won't even differentiate between terrorist insurgents and a government's own soldiers?

"Pro-government gunpersons"?

re: #18 Peacekeeper

"Pro-government gunpersons"?

"Pro-goverment people of firearms"

re: #13 Lizard by the Bay

Yes.

Back to work.

Fighters from Hezbollah and the allied Amal group exchanged assault rifle fire and rocket-propelled grenades with pro-government gunmen in several areas of the capital in the worst domestic fighting since the 1975-90 civil war.

What they meant to say is that terrorists and their supporters exchanged fire with the government's military and civilians caught in the crossfire.

Hizbullah is trying to wrap themselves up in the flag, but they're not above completely stomping all over the flag, the government, and anyone who stands in their way of completely dominating Hizbullahland.

I have no doubt that UNIFIL will be ineffectual in making Hizbullah lay down its arms.

I also suspect that this is timed to coincide with the ongoing operations in Iraq, where Iranian puppet Mookie Sadr is getting packing by Iraqi and US forces from Basra and Iranian minions are about to feel the heat in Sadr City in Baghdad. The Iranians need to get the upper hand, and stirring things up in Lebanon courtesy of their proxy army Hizbullah favors them.

A Hezbollah communications network would mean a ton of trouble and most likely the takeover of Lebanon. Looks like another cycle in this endless war.

My friend's dad restarted a boat (pleasure craft) repairing facility near the northernmost part of Beirut. He had been gone from Lebanon since the early 80's.

He left Lebanon again last year, to return to Virginia. He said he was homesick for Lebanon, but this wasn't the Lebanon he was homesick for anymore.

re: #15 Ben Hur

? This story is just off the wires. How could todays msm have these headlines?

So, are the Leftists and Euroweenies, pausing for a second and asking themselves, "The Lebanese don't like hizbALLAH? Have we been theorizing and speaking over the heads of yet another countries' citizens?"

re: #24 threecoloursblue

? This story is just off the wires. How could todays msm have these headlines?

Are you kidding me?

re: #19 vxbush

"Bitter, clingy pro-government people of firearms"

/fixed that for ya!

What are we fighting for?
Don't ask me I don't give a damn!
The next stop is Iran!
/sarc

Think the Lebanese government is going to refer to the RoP?

You know, I find myself caring less and less when the Middle East sets itself on fire and dances around. As long as they keep it at home, it's just a chance to watch a performance of barbarians.

*sits back with popcorn*

re: #7 Peacekeeper

Hezbollah has demanded that the government of Lebanon withdraw to an area south of the Litani River.

Tell me that I'm miissing something. The party of Allah is demanding that the government withdraw to a place of Hezbollahs choosing.
Have I got that? this is nuckin futs.

Maybe they're just celebrating...at each other.

re: #24 threecoloursblue

? This story is just off the wires. How could todays msm have these headlines?

And note, of course, that "the wires" don't count as mainstream.

re: #25 Ben Hur

So, are the Leftists and Euroweenies, pausing for a second and asking themselves, "The Lebanese don't like hizbALLAH? Have we been theorizing and speaking over the heads of yet another countries' citizens?"

They've never worried about it before, so my guess is no, they're not.

UN Peacekeepers doing their job

re: #26 Ben Hur

No.

re: #32 Cognito

And note, of course, that "the wires" don't count as mainstream.

Do yo ualso think that this story "just broke?"

re: #17 Dianna

Hezbollah and company can be suppressed

I'm into toleration - how about compressed?

Fierce clashes raged in Beirut on Thursday after the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah said the U.S.-supported Lebanese government had declared war by targeting its communications network

This is an edit from yesterday's template, when they said "US backed" instead of "supported", making it equal in strength with the Iranian backing, and had it in the first paragraph, with "Iranian backed" in the second.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Supporters of Lebanon's U.S.-backed government fought gun battles in Beirut on Wednesday with gunmen loyal to the Hezbollah-led opposition, escalating the country's worst internal crisis since the 1975-90 civil war.

Supporters of Iranian-backed Hezbollah blocked main roads in the Lebanese capital with blazing tires, old cars and heaps of earth, paralyzing the city and cutting routes to its sea and air ports.

I called them on it. Hey Reuters, you DO read lgf.

re: #25 Ben Hur

So, are the Leftists and Euroweenies, pausing for a second and asking themselves, "The Lebanese don't like hizbALLAH? Have we been theorizing and speaking over the heads of yet another countries' citizens?"

More likely they're lamenting the fact they can't get along with each other long enough to attack Israel.

re: #36 Ben Hur

if it ain't baroque don't fix it. I always say.

This has been out there for at least 24 hours.

May hizbullah get their ass handed to them, inshallah.

the U.S.-supported Lebanese government

Rueters calls the Lebanese government "US supported" to make it tough for Lefties to decide which side to sympathize with.

re: #13 Lizard by the Bay

"Pro-government gunmen"? Is the press so PC they won't even differentiate between terrorist insurgents and a government's own soldiers?

I don't think the press is to be blamed, in this instance. From what I understand, the Future Group is doing the fighting now. Not soldiers.

re: #37 Cap'n DOC,

I'm not into toleration - how about exterminated?

re: #39 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

If Hizbollah and the Lebanese government are fighting, if Fatah and Hamas are fighting, it's Israel and the US's fault.

You know how it goes.

No word from the UN on the situation in Lebanon, despite the 2d day in a row of terrorist clashes with the sovereign government of Lebanon.

http://www.un.org/news/dh/pdf/english/2008/0705200 8.pdf - nada
http://www.un.org/News/ossg/hilites.shtml - nil
http://www.un.org/apps/sg/sgstats.asp - zilch

And what about UNIFIL?

Their last presser was in early April. - http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unifil/unifi lpress.htm

Their area of operation? Hizbullahland.

re: #45 Iron Fist

,

I'm not into toleration - how about exterminated?

that would be a nice change....

re: #32 Cognito

Yeh...and it's Reuters. Not a blogger in sight!

re: #46 Kalak

If (anything is happening), it's Israel and the US's fault.

You know how it goes.

My edit, you're mileage may very.

re: #36 Ben Hur

Do yo ualso think that this story "just broke?"

And do you really think this story hasn't been covered since it did break?

How many examples of coverage would you like me to cite?

re: #15 Ben Hur

I'm just waiting till the MSM finds some convoluted way to tie these Terrorist acts by Hiz'b'allah to Israel's 60th.

When the Phakestinians lived in Lebanon they tried a coup.
When the Phakestinaisn lived in Jordan they tried a coup.
When the Islamists were in Iran they accomplished a coup.
When the Islamists are in Lebanaon they tried a coup.
When the Islamists are in Israel they attempt a coup.
...
...
...
...

re: #43 Ringo the Gringo

Ringo is right. But I'll bet my boopie that the left will suport Hezbollah.
They never miss a chance to pile on the U.S.

Too bad there are Christians there

otherwise let them go at each other

Excuse me but are you two now going to ignore my answer because you were both wrong?

re: #29 Kalak

Think the Lebanese government is going to refer to the RoP?

You know, I find myself caring less and less when the Middle East sets itself on fire and dances around. As long as they keep it at home, it's just a chance to watch a performance of barbarians.

*sits back with popcorn*

really, most of us could also care less save for one redeeming country...Israel...they are our ally; our friend. Sometimes that not a good thing...to be our ally...but most of us put up with the rest of the vermin there for Israel....that's why it matters.

I do not bthink that we can afford to wait any longer for the election of Barry Obama.
He should dispatch himself immediately to Lebanon. I am sure that he would quell the disturbance & get these men to feel tingly legs ala Chris Matthews

re: #51 Cognito

And do you really think this story hasn't been covered since it did break?

How many examples of coverage would you like me to cite?

I was question the veracity of the coverage.

If that's the correct term to use for my initial post which was to compare how the MSM would be treating this if it was Israel attacking Hizballah.

'What in the Hayell is all this shootin' fer? Somebody step on a Ko-ran?"

re: #52 WrathofG-d

I'm just waiting till the MSM finds some convoluted way to tie these Terrorist acts by Hiz'b'allah to Israel's 60th.

When the Phakestinians lived in Lebanon they tried a coup.
When the Phakestinaisn lived in Jordan they tried a coup.
When the Islamists were in Iran they accomplished a coup.
When the Islamists are in Lebanaon they tried a coup.
When the Islamists are in Israel they attempt a coup.
...
...
...
...

I think I see a pattern here...

Why doesn't Israel just send in a team to take out Nasrallah?

With any luck the hizbollah will get their ass handed to them again. Of course the MSM will spin it as a major victory again. Just like last time. Israel needs a better pr department if you ask me. Someone who is willing to kick some butt

re: #57 opnion

Oy VEY !

re: #57 opnion

Go right away Barry, take Pelosi & Carter as well

re: #53 Filala

How does the left mentally figure in the fact that they hate guns, but Hezbollah, Hamas and the rest of their loved ones love guns soooooo much that they'll fire AKs at wars, at parties, at weddings, at the sky, at each other, at random buildings, like a particularly lethal noisemaker?

And of course, when those rounds come back down in a parabola and kill a kid, they've magically transformed into Israeli bullets in midair.

re: #54 Ojoe

Too bad there are Christians there

otherwise let them go at each other

someone needs to teach them an old concept.....

LEAVE!

re: #60 Izzy Dunne

I think I see a pattern here...

Me, too! They all had guns! We need global, UN-mandated gun control, stat!

re: #51 Cognito

And do you really think this story hasn't been covered since it did break?

How many examples of coverage would you like me to cite?

And I was responding the Three COlors Blue's claim that this story "just came off the wires."

That's all.

It's been happening for TWO DAYS.

In less the 24 hours after Israel was attacked by hizbALLAH, the MSM was all over ISrael.

Calling Jimmy Carter...Calling Jimmy Carter...Please report to Southern Lebanon to save us all from destruction.

Actually Carter probably thinks this is a good thing...you know...freedom fighters against an occupying force...oh, wait, that's Iraq...this government is as legitimate as the day is long...

Hey Jimmy, how about some Habitat for Humanity in downtown Hiz-shizzle?

re: #67 Occasional Reader

Me, too! They all had guns! We need global, UN-mandated gun control, stat!

They need to raise the tax on a pack of bullets...

re: #66 paxnhymn

Well they would be safer elsewhere

It is all a tragedy even so

re: #65 Kalak

The lefties have a mental disorder.

re: #43 Ringo the Gringo

Rueters calls the Lebanese government "US supported" to make it tough easy for Lefties to decide which side to sympathize with.

Yup.

re: #65 Kalak

It's that eeeeeeeeeeeevil kabalah magic that makes those random bullets into muslim-seeking missiles, that never fail to find their mark.

re: #56 paxnhymn

Oh, I know. I mean when they're not bothering Israel, just having little wars of attrition between factions and blowing up their own towns.

I really could care less anymore. They just seem to want to take a dump where they live, and then blame other people for the smell.

re: #17 Dianna

Here we go again.

Is it too much to hope that between the Lebanese army and Israel, this time, Hezbollah and company can be suppressed?

You're assuming quite a bit that Israel will get into this fight. Hizbullah might attempt still more attacks against Israel, to goad Israel into acting, but I don't see Israel fighting alongside the Lebanese government at this time. Especially with the Olmert government. They'd much rather give away territory at a negotiating table and call it peace even as the terrorists plot to use that very land as a launching pad for war against Israel.

I thought I was clear in my first post.

Maybe it wasn't

re: #65 Kalak

How does the left mentally figure

Somethings wrong with this phrase. Hmmmm...what could it be?

re: #64 Ojoe

Go right away Barry, take Pelosi & Carter as well

Now thats a swat team of hard core negotiators.

re: #52 WrathofG-d

I'm just waiting till the MSM finds some convoluted way to tie these Terrorist acts by Hiz'b'allah to Israel's 60th.

When the Phakestinians lived in Lebanon they tried a coup.
When the Phakestinaisn lived in Jordan they tried a coup.
When the Islamists were in Iran they accomplished a coup.
When the Islamists are in Lebanaon they tried a coup.
When the Islamists are in Israel they attempt a coup.
...
...
...
...

Don't forget Tunisia.

just waiting to hear how its the jews fault.

UNIFIL's supply line runs through Beirut, this should be interesting.

re: #79 opnion

Now thats a swat team of hard core negotiators.

Amateurs. Send Michelle Obama and sit back and watch the fun...

re: #66 paxnhymn

someone needs to teach them an old concept.....

LEAVE!

Many of them have left- and what good has it done but teach the islamists that their tactics work?

re: #79 opnion

Their great diplomatic coup will win them the election

/ sarc

I'm going to develop a hotel in Dearborn.

It is so true that where muslims go they foul the nest. When they put the PLO in Lebabnon, the place wen tot pot. Can they place nice with anyone? - (Already know the answer to that..)

I like the US Supported crap.
Elected government of a country = US supported.
Terrorist Group = Iranian Backed

re: #67 Occasional Reader

Me, too! They all had guns! We need global, UN-mandated gun control, stat!

How true, Chicago is gun free. Hey, its the law, so no gun violence.

re: #55 Ben Hur

It's all over the newspapers, the BBC , Sky News, France24 etc etc. You're only wakening up.
I've got a 14 para piece in front of me in the Irish Times. I wasn't ignoring you.

re: #75 Kalak

Oh, I know. I mean when they're not bothering Israel, just having little wars of attrition between factions and blowing up their own towns.

I really could care less anymore. They just seem to want to take a dump where they live, and then blame other people for the smell.

you are more right than you know..ever been to an Arab nation? With the sporadic exception of a resort area, most are like giant cat boxes.

re: #68 Ben Hur

You should do yourself a favor and not respond to 3coloursBlue in regards to Israel, Middle East issues.

In my experience it has been futile and frustrating.

Good news. Hopefully the government troops carry the day.

Who knows, if they get enough of an upper hand, they may just decide to end this little Hezbollah problem once and for all. Of course, we probably won't get that lucky.

re: #78 BrianA

They have no mental?

re: #83 brainwizard73

Amateurs. Send Michelle Obama and sit back and watch the fun...

They would have her in a burqua, fetching flaffels.

re: #86 Ben Hur

I'm going to develop a hotel in Dearborn.

Settler!

...Hezbollah said the U.S.-supported Lebanese government had declared war by targeting its communications network.

That would be the Orwellian nightmare communications network, otherwise known as the Hezb'allah local intelligence-gathering network, right?

re: #92 Yashmak

Good news. Hopefully the government troops carry the day.

Who knows, if they get enough of an upper hand, they may just decide to end this little Hezbollah problem once and for all. Of course, we probably won't get that lucky.

No- sadly, syria and iran would likely sent in reinforcements/replacements.

re: #94 opnion

fetching flaffels. waffels.

re: #84 Sharmuta

Many of them have left- and what good has it done but teach the islamists that their tactics work?

there's a point of no return...that's Lebanon. When the Christian majority tilted it was over for them. The only thing the remaining Christians are regarded as are targets of opportunity.

re: #98 Ojoe

fetching flaffels. waffels.

Heh.

Lebanese government to Hizballah: "Can't I just have my falafel?"

re: #61 MandyManners

Why doesn't Israel just send in a team to take out Nasrallah?

Because they know Nasrallah is a puppet of Iran. Why waste resources on puppets? Go for the puppet master.

"We remain gravely concerned about the potential for further escalation of the situation," U.N. envoy Terje Roed-Larsen

Translation - "UN Springs into Action"

re: #97 Sharmuta

No- sadly, syria and iran would likely sent in reinforcements/replacements.

And then if Israel gets involved, THEY will be the intruding imperialists.

re: #95 Cognito

Settler!

Now that's funny!LOL!

re: #94 opnion

They would have her in a burqua, fetching flaffels.

When asked how the peace negotiations were going, Michelle Obama replied, "hey, can't I just eat my flaffel?"

re: #100 Occasional Reader

Obama should say "can't I just eat my falafel?"

re: #101 Kenneth

Because they know Nasrallah is a puppet of Iran. Why waste resources on puppets? Go for the puppet master.

Taking out Nasrallah would still give the Lebanese and the Israelis extra time to clean out the rat's nest.

re: #100 Occasional Reader

Heh.

Lebanese government to Hizballah: "Can't I just have my falafel?"

The International House of Pancakes is sending in a peacekeeping force.

re: #108 Peacekeeper

The International House of Pancakes is sending in a peacekeeping force.

Ah, the fearsome Blue Spatulas.

BEN HUR!

Who loves ya kid?

re: #109 Occasional Reader

Ah, the fearsome Blue Spatulas.

ROFLMAO!

I hope green Helmet Guy ^TM is keeping low, as well as Screaming Fatima.

re: #108 Peacekeeper

The International House of Pancakes is sending in a peacekeeping force.

I suspect it would do a better job than the UN does.

re: #105 brainwizard73

When asked how the peace negotiations were going, Michelle Obama replied, "hey, can't I just eat my flaffel?"

Imagine her pulling her typical Whine over there. You know , she feels bad about her SAT scores, she was not comfortable with the White Libs in college, she was not wealthy as a kid, blah, blah, blah.
How would that go?

re: #109 Occasional Reader

Ah, the fearsome Blue Spatulas.

Spank you blind man.

re: #103 wolfie

And then if Israel gets involved, THEY will be the intruding imperialists.

You nailed it. How long until this gets spun into a Zionist plot anyways though?

Hezbollah is clinging to their guns and religion.

re: #114 opnion

Imagine her pulling her typical Whine over there. You know , she feels bad about her SAT scores, she was not comfortable with the White Libs in college, she was not wealthy as a kid, blah, blah, blah.
How would that go?

Somebody just might bust a cap on her ass.

Wait! I thought only US presence in a country caused a civil war. So confusing.

But at least the UN will be able to help.
/sarc (as if it's necessary)

Sit back and watch as the thin veneer of civilization is once again peeled back as the descendants of the blood drenched worshipers of Baal do battle with the equally blood soaked followers of Mohamed.

And the ugly little persian troll pulls the strings from a thousand miles away.

re: #118 MandyManners

Somebody just might bust a cap on her ass.

I'll put in on a one-way...

:-D

BLOOD FOR NO OIL!

re: #112 Peacekeeper

I hope green Helmet Guy ^TM is keeping low, as well as Screaming Fatima.

They only trot them out when it is Israel fighting Hizballah....

re: #23 DarthBrooks

My friend's dad restarted a boat (pleasure craft) repairing facility near the northernmost part of Beirut. He had been gone from Lebanon since the early 80's.

He left Lebanon again last year, to return to Virginia. He said he was homesick for Lebanon, but this wasn't the Lebanon he was homesick for anymore.

Darth, You've confirmed a suspicion I've had for a long while - namely that a lot of people just want to be left in peace and to make as good a living as they're able for themselves and their families. Thanks!

Send in Obama. He'll talk sense to them.

They'll all come together over a nice plate of roasted lamb and Arugula.

re: #117 Peacekeeper

Hezbollah is clinging to their guns and religion.

They're practically Kansans.

I just realized something. We could get another sighting of "Blue Helmet Guy". Stay tuned.

re: #7 Peacekeeper

Hezbollah has demanded that the government of Lebanon withdraw to an area south of the Litani River.

North?

re: #117 Peacekeeper,

But are they bitter? Obama says "No!"

re: #123 loppyd

They only trot them out when it is Israel fighting Hizballah....

Look she just got five of her houses rebuilt...

re: #120 Maine's Michael,

Blood for the Blood God!

It's all the rock worshipers know.

re: #120 Maine's Michael

Sit back and watch as the thin veneer of civilization is once again peeled back as the descendants of the blood drenched worshipers of Baal do battle with the equally blood soaked followers of Mohamed.

And the ugly little persian troll pulls the strings from a thousand miles away.

At this point I'm sort of pulling for Baal's folks.

re: #128 itellu3times

A failed pun.

domestic fighting

Behold the peace that is Islam.

re: #119 kynna

Wait! I thought only US presence in a country caused a civil war. So confusing.

But at least the UN will be able to help.

I'd say the UN has helped plenty. UN troops have been in Lebanon since the end of the last war, tirelessly protecting Hizbollah's right to rearm itself. Now Hizbollah has finished doing so, they're back in business.

re: #84 Sharmuta

Many of them have left- and what good has it done but teach the islamists that their tactics work?

Further destroyed what used to be a nice little country, but the only way a 100% Islamic country gets by is by exporting oil, so good luck, Lebanon.

re: #131 Iron Fist

,

Blood for the Blood God!

It's all the rock worshipers know.

SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!

/40k

UN Sec-Gen Ban Ke Moon has called for peace!

Whew, glad it's all over now.

re: #82 Peacekeeper

UNIFIL's supply line runs through Beirut, this should be interesting.

WHAT WILL THEY DO WITHOUT THERE LATTE'S?

re: #136 itellu3times

Further destroyed what used to be a nice little country, but the only way a 100% Islamic country gets by is by exporting oil, so good luck, Lebanon.

* * *
Poppycock! Remember the Taliban/Al Qaedans "get by" rather nicely exporting their poppy production.

If they'd only plant arugula, wheat or rice...

WEll, while personally I'd rather go to the beach, I think that the government of LEbanon should head for the southern border, and while they are on the way kill every one of those hizbulletheaded sonsabitches that happens to be in front of them.

re: #138 Kenneth

UN Sec-Gen Ban Ke Moon has called for peace.

So what's a Moon guy doing on Earth anyway?

re: #138 Kenneth

UN Sec-Gen Ban Ke Moon has called for peace!

Whew, glad it's all over now.

Well he must have called for peace very forcefuly.

re: #89 threecoloursblue

It's all over the newspapers, the BBC , Sky News, France24 etc etc. You're only wakening up.
I've got a 14 para piece in front of me in the Irish Times. I wasn't ignoring you.

Alright.
I think I was a little confused.

I was referring to how reporting would be different if Israel was taking on H.

re: #139 yochanan

Starving UN Troops cross into Israel-it could happen. There were many instances of units in Bosnia during the war that ran out of food and medicines.

I suppose the French at least should be able to supply their own guys.

re: #43 Ringo the Gringo

Rueters calls the Lebanese government "US supported" to make it tough for Lefties to decide which side to sympathize with.

I doubt it'd be that tough. They don't have a hard time deciding between Columbia (new and improved) and Venezuala (Now with 150% more socialism!)

re: #61 MandyManners

Why doesn't Israel just send in a team to take out Nasrallah? the IAF to take out hezbollah ?

re: #110 loppyd

BEN HUR!

Who loves ya kid?

Damn straight!

re: #140 alegrias

Poppycock! Remember the Taliban/Al Qaedans "get by" rather nicely exporting their poppy production.

Good point, I'll correct my manual.

It will be easy to tell the UNIFIL troops most have a YELLOW stripe down there back and lattee stains on there teeth.

re: #146 nikis-knight

I doubt it'd be that tough. They don't have a hard time deciding between Columbia (new and improved) and Venezuala (Now with 150% more socialism!)

* * *
By Columbia, if you mean District of Columbia, we've already got your 100% socialist model right here in the Capital of USA.

Mucho lefty here.

Lebanese leisure culture is very similar to Israel's (Tel Aviv).

The chicks even look Israeli.

re: #131 Iron Fist

,

Blood for the Blood God!

It's all the rock worshipers know.

I thought that was Khorne?

They'll be ululating in the old refugee camp tonight, I reckon.

re: #152 Ben Hur

They looked hot in orange when they had their election.

re: #147 ROP?LOL

Well of course the Israelis can't do anything violent because their pansy-minister Olmert would dump in his drawers. How can a country under siege like that elect such a complete zero wimp to be their leader? Sorta like the US electing Obama....
Oh, yeah, we might. urk.

re: #144 Ben Hur

And quite correctly as well. Israel has F-16's and Merkova tanks. Amal has K's. And the Leb govt IS American backed, as opposed to SYRIAN backed which has been the case in the not to distant past.

re: #149 itellu3times

Good point, I'll correct my manual.

* * *
Afghanistan that is--formerly a land of fruit & nuts, now opium due to mafioso mowhamedan enforcers running free...

It seems the Hezzies are just itching to use the new toys they have stocked up from Iran. Something somehow just needs to make this group go away forever. We can depend on the UN reps to discuss this serious situation over endless dinners.

re: #155 BulgarWheat

They looked hot in orange when they had their election.

That would say something else completey if typed by Kim Jong Ill.

re: #114 opnion

Imagine her pulling her typical Whine over there. You know , she feels bad about her SAT scores, she was not comfortable with the White Libs in college, she was not wealthy as a kid, blah, blah, blah.
How would that go?

One of two results:

First Potential Result: "Polls Say All Islamo-nutjobs support Obama". (might be true anyway).

Second Potential Result: Michelle Obama arrested for speaking in public without a male relative.

Best question NOT asked by CNN or the Today Show:

Ms. Obama, what is the greater tragedy in the world:
(a) Darfur
(b) Tibet
(c) Congo
(d) that you had to pay back your student loans.

re: #150 yochanan

Maybe old Indian trick. They were listening for Iron Horses when a Line painting truck went by.

re: #157 threecoloursblue

And quite correctly as well. Israel has F-16's and Merkova tanks. Amal has K's. And the Leb govt IS American backed, as opposed to SYRIAN backed which has been the case in the not to distant past.

Well, I would like to see a joint US/Israel/Leb operation against hisbALLAH.

They'd be gone in a day.

re: #153 CyanSnowHawk,

That's where it comes from, but it fits the rock-worshipping Mohammedans so well that I use it for them periodically.

send over Gorignac

There has to be a mistake here. The hezbollah guys are pious Muslims.
Oh sure they probably engage in inner struggle. But outright violence?
Come on! Islam means peace.

Now we know why we've been parking our Navy off the coast for the last month or so.

re: #150 yochanan

You're an asshole. Unifil troops are given a charter which governs what they can and can't do. It's got nothing to do with their integrity as individuals. Irish troops have been posted on the border and have lost over 100 men down the years.

re: #152 Ben Hur

Lebanese leisure culture is very similar to Israel's (Tel Aviv).

The chicks even look Israeli.

One of the Lebanese restaurants around here has pretty well convinced me I was Lebanese in a previous life. The food, the waitresses, some of the clientelle or owner's relatives or whoever some of these chicks are, I'm just sayin'. Food is hallal, but there is a definite shortage of burqas, and I've never asked any further questions about their affiliation.

re: #166 opnion

You don't get it. These aren't Muslims...these are "angry youth".

Or, as Joe Pesci put it..."yutes".

How the Outcome in Sadr City Led to Today’s Clashes in Beirut

The Siniora cabinet and the March 14 political coalition that props it up have been doing and saying many provocative things from Hezbollah’s vantage point over the last two years from, yet Hezbollah chose to be provoked yesterday and today; why is that?

Ostensibly, Hezbollah is responding to the Lebanese government’s decision to sack the security chief of Beirut’s international airport, and to dismantle Hezbollah’s secure landline-based communications network that had been expanded recently.

What could have spurred-on this over-reaction on Hezbollah’s part, which has been manifested so far with flexing its muscles in the Sunni area of Beirut, seemingly showing-up the government as weak and vulnerable?

I believe Iran needed to show the United States and its Arab allies that it can humiliate them by overrunning the government they back in Beirut and that they’d be unable to do anything about it, and I believe that Iran needed to make this point now because the Mahdi Army in Iraq has collapsed.

Iran has been backing certain factions of the Mahdi Army with training and arms as an investment in a force for chaos, which can be held in reserve and unleashed against the Americans in Iraq in the event that George Bush may order a bombing run against Iran’s illicit nuclear program this summer—something he’s be egged-on to do by U.S. allies such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan.

Veeeery interesting....

re: #168 threecoloursblue

You're an asshole. Unifil troops are given a charter which governs what they can and can't do. It's got nothing to do with their integrity as individuals. Irish troops have been posted on the border and have lost over 100 men down the years.

The jokes just write themselves.

FWIW, my mechanic for the last 20+ years was in the Lebanese Army during the last Civil War (the one the Arafish started), and lost an eye to a roadside bomb. He still has family in the north part of the country.

And he really, really hates Hizb'allah.

re: #163 Ben Hur

They'd be gone in a day. And back in a week. That's how irregulars survive.

re: #158 alegrias

Afghanistan that is--formerly a land of fruit & nuts, now opium due to mafioso mowhamedan enforcers running free...

Rightaroonie, tho I'm not sure it has entirely succeeded into turning Afghanistan into a giant pleasure palace.

re: #164 Iron Fist

,

That's where it comes from, but it fits the rock-worshipping Mohammedans so well that I use it for them periodically.

My Chaos Dwarf, Vomitus, is angry that you co-opt his battle cry for those pansies.

re: #170 brainwizard73

You don't get it. These aren't Muslims...these are "angry youth".

Or, as Joe Pesci put it..."yutes".

I knew it!

Slightly OT: I've just had a look the Beeb's main news page to see whether this was given any space (it wasn't), however couldn't help but snicker to myself at the article included in the "Other Top News" section. Apparently "Great Tits Cope Well with Warming". Juvenile, I know... ;-p

/Ornithology!

re: #153 CyanSnowHawk

I thought that was Khorne?

Same difference. Neither cares where the blood comes from.

Bibi Netanyahu--if elected Israel's top guy--might attack Iran by air within 6 months, said Dick Morris last night on O'Reilly's Fox program.

Presumably Bibi would act fast so no Dem prez could nix his plans to strike Iran before US' presidential election.

re: #151 alegrias

* * *
By Columbia, if you mean District of Columbia, we've already got your 100% socialist model right here in the Capital of USA.

Mucho lefty here.

LOL ! Too true!
DC could take some lessons from Colombia. (That'll be the day!)

re: #160 Ben Hur

That would say something else completey if typed by Kim Jong Ill.

LOL

And on that note, I am out.

Have a great night, Lizard Nation!

re: #171 Kenneth

How the Outcome in Sadr City Led to Today’s Clashes in Beirut

Veeeery interesting....

That's the same thing I've said at least twice over today - Heh. GMTA.

Send in the the peace activists and human shields. That'll make their eyes water.

I've been wondering ... with the islamo-terrorists ( take your pick ) wanting BHO to win the White House ... would it be beyond them to manufacture an incident so that BHO can ride in and save the day ... kind of a reverse October surprise

re: #180 alegrias

Bibi Netanyahu--if elected Israel's top guy--might attack Iran by air within 6 months, said Dick Morris last night on O'Reilly's Fox program.

Presumably Bibi would act fast so no Dem prez could nix his plans to strike Iran before US' presidential election.

Bingo!

re: #184 Sabraguy

Send in the the peace activists and human shields. That'll make their eyes water.

Patchouli fumes can have that effect

re: #174 threecoloursblue

They'd be gone in a day. And back in a week. That's how irregulars survive.

The PLO was uprooted and sent to Tunisia.

My fantasy consensus is pretty much that, a fantasy.

Official responses have been pouring in:

McCain: "This underscores why Iran must not acquire nuclear weapons."

Bush: "Saudi Arabia has informed me that the United States will follow a policy of watchful waiting at this conjuncture."

Hillary Clinton: "If I am elected president, I will immediately withdraw Hizbollah forces from Lebanon, and end this terrible war. The choice is yours, America."

Barack Obama: "The situation in Lebanon is bad, but I would not intervene by deploying American forces there. However, in the unlikely event that Hizbollah becomes involved, I would deploy the Marines immediately. I'll give you my full statement after I finish this waffle."

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL): It is with great pleasure that we announce the beginning of phase II of our work here: the liberation of Lebanon by the Army of God, Hizbollah (praise be upon their holy efforts). We hope to destroy the zionist cancer by the end of the summer.

re: #177 opnion

Settle down, everyone.

Don't worry, this isn't a civil war. After a few nights of burning and overturning cars, attacking police and killing innocent people, the militants will go back to their day jobs...

setting off car bombs, attacking Israel and killing innocent people...

hmm.

re: #180 alegrias

Bibi Netanyahu--if elected Israel's top guy--might attack Iran by air within 6 months, said Dick Morris last night on O'Reilly's Fox program.

Look at a map. Ain't gonna happen, at least not without major US assistance. The day Israel attacks Iran on its own is a day with nuclear weapons.

re: #168 threecoloursblue

You're an asshole. Unifil troops are given a charter which governs what they can and can't do. It's got nothing to do with their integrity as individuals. Irish troops have been posted on the border and have lost over 100 men down the years.

This is true in most cases, except for the UN Troops raping women in Africa.

re: #139 yochanan

WHAT WILL THEY DO WITHOUT THERE LATTE'S?

Maybe they'll go native* and start drinking mint tea.
*(Or should that be more native than usual?)

/Say what you like about the Arab world, but it has at least one thing going for it...two if you're counting hummus, but who is? ;-)

re: #168 threecoloursblue

You're an asshole. Unifil troops are given a charter which governs what they can and can't do. It's got nothing to do with their integrity as individuals. Irish troops have been posted on the border and have lost over 100 men down the years.

WHAT ABOUT THE U.N. TROOPS THAT GOT SENT BACK TO JORDON FOR STUPPIN GOATS?

THE U.N. TURNS A BLIND EYE TO HEZBALLAL SENDING IN MISSLES AND ARMS, A DOG SMELLS HIS OWN FIRST BON APITETE

re: #189 Last Mohican

Official responses have been pouring in:

McCain: "This underscores why Iran must not acquire nuclear weapons."

Bush: "Saudi Arabia has informed me that the United States will follow a policy of watchful waiting at this conjuncture."

Hillary Clinton: "If I am elected president, I will immediately withdraw Hizbollah forces from Lebanon, and end this terrible war. The choice is yours, America."

Barack Obama: "The situation in Lebanon is bad, but I would not intervene by deploying American forces there. However, in the unlikely event that Hizbollah becomes involved, I would deploy the Marines immediately. I'll give you my full statement after I finish this waffle."

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL): It is with great pleasure that we announce the beginning of phase II of our work here: the liberation of Lebanon by the Army of God, Hizbollah (praise be upon their holy efforts). We hope to destroy the zionist cancer by the end of the summer.

Great Stuff! How about John Kerry?

"Work hard in your madrassa...study and listen to your imams, or you might be sent to Lebanon."

re: #168 threecoloursblue

You're an asshole. Unifil troops are given a charter which governs what they can and can't do. It's got nothing to do with their integrity as individuals. Irish troops have been posted on the border and have lost over 100 men down the years.

The Irish have lost 100 men protecting the border there?
Is that true? If so, I wish we knew more about it.

re: #190 brainwizard73

Settle down, everyone.

Don't worry, this isn't a civil war. After a few nights of burning and overturning cars, attacking police and killing innocent people, the militants will go back to their day jobs...

setting off car bombs, attacking Israel and killing innocent people...

hmm.

When the lines between vocation & avocation intersect.

Somewhat off topic but relevant to the liberation of Lebanon is an article at FrontPage today: "Bringing Down The Mullahs"

By Dan Rabkin
FrontPageMagazine.com | 5/8/2008

Potkin Azarmehr, an Iranian human rights and pro-democracy activist, joined me for an interview that I did for FrontPage Magazine. He is a representative of the Confederation of Iranian Students and Graduates in the United Kingdom, a member of the Azerbaijani Movement for a United Democratic Iran, and a member of the Iranian Enterprise Institute. He has appeared on CNN, Voice of America, BBC, Sky News, and Al-Jazeera. Mr. Azarmehr also recently participated in the Struggle for Democracy in the Islamic World conference in Rome and was an official guest of the U.S. State Department on the first tour of America for Iranian expatriates since the Iranian Revolution in 1979. You can read his blog at [Link: azarmehr.blogspot.com...]

[snip]

Here is what we should do in the West to help:

We should appeal to and mobilize the students and academics in the West, because the Islamic Republic suppresses academics and students in Iran.

We should appeal to and mobilize the trade unions and workers in the West, because the Islamic Republic suppresses workers and trade unions in Iran.

We should appeal to and mobilize women in the West, because the Islamic Republic suppresses Iran’s women.

We should appeal to and mobilize writers, artists, and performers in the West, because the Islamic Republic threatens the freedom of these people both inside and outside of Iran.

We should appeal to and mobilize journalists in the West, because the Islamic Republic kills and imprisons journalists.

We should appeal to and mobilize those around the globe who believe in freedom of religion, because the Islamic Republic suppresses people of other faiths, and even Shiites who do not accept the interpretations of the ruling clerics.

We should appeal to and mobilize those who are against the execution of minors and homosexuals and are against human rights abuses, because these types of things are rampant in the Islamic Republic.

We should enlighten and mobilize the left, because the Islamic Republic is not the “progressive” champion of the poor as some of the leftists in the West imagine. This is the same mistake that the Iranian left made and they paid a very heavy price for their mistake. The left in Iran were amongst the first victims of the religious tyranny that massacred them. The Ayatollahs hate no one more than the atheist socialists.

I believe we can appeal to and mobilize everyone around the world. We just need the means to be heard.

[snip]

This is a good lengthy article for historical info, present realities, and future strategies for liberation of/in The Islamic Republic of Iran.

re: #181 wolfie

LOL ! Too true!
DC could take some lessons from Colombia. (That'll be the day!)

* * *
Beautiful ex-girlfriends of Colombian narcos apparently live in DC, as a Cuban acquaintance pointed out a gaggle of them at a club once.

Ex-Miss Colombias all!

Probablly not protest babes, but at least in the USA they were safe.

re: #196 wolfie

The Irish have lost 100 men protecting the border there?
Is that true? If so, I wish we knew more about it.

He didn't say they were killed, ...

(don't mean to make fun of what might actually be a very serious scenario, but hey)

re: #197 opnion

There is probably a really good slam on some Democrat here...but I am going to do the "John McCain" and take the high road.

[I snicker to myself]

Och, 'tis just a little bloodletting between the usual suspects, i.e. Shiites and Sunnis.
Lookit here:
Last night, Sheikh Rashid Qabbani, the Sunni mufti of Lebanon, delivered unusually harsh criticism of Hezbollah, describing the party as an “armed gang of outlaws that have carried out the ugliest attacks against the citizens and their safety”.

(From: [Link: www.timesonline.co.uk...]

re: #191 itellu3times

Look at a map. Ain't gonna happen, at least not without major US assistance. The day Israel attacks Iran on its own is a day with nuclear weapons.

* * *
Whaaaaaat. I just report, you decide. Do I look like a military genius to you?

Anyway, Dick Morris was suggesting Bill O'Reilly ask John McCain tonight about what McCain will do or say if Bibi Netanyahu strikes Iran.

This is a direct result of Rice falling for Blue Helmet Guy's show and rushing a Hezbollah advantage cease fire.

The ugly truth of US actions that undermine Israel, it that sooner or later it comes back to haunt the US.

re: #202 yma o hyd

Och, 'tis

I'd have thought ye were Irish, but for yer name.

THE U.N. IS AS ANTI ISRAEL AS IT GETS HOW MANY ANTI ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS HAVE THEY HAD? UNIFIL HASN'T STOPPED THE HEZBALLAH FROM RE-ARMING HAVE THEY?

i suspect they know a thing or two about assholes in the u.n.

re: #198 Ackomanyuki

I am a natural cynic, but that list of things we should do could easily be named "things that will happen when it snows in hell".

re: #183 lawhawk

Exactly. Talisman's Gate is very well informed about what's happening in Iraq. This certainly fits the pattern we've been seeing.

Oh, did I mention?... the US has 3 aircraft carriers in the Gulf/Arabian Sea...

re: #206 Cognito

Ah - too many chats with Irish friends sort of tends to colour one's expressions ....

re: #203 alegrias

Whaaaaaat. I just report, you decide. Do I look like a military genius to you?

Sure, from certain angles!

One never wants to underestimate what the Israelis can do, I'm just sayin' any effective strike against Iran would put pretty much all the others to shame since those bits Moses pulled.

re: #205 taxfreekiller

Can not deal with the Hildie Beast, to commie for me,,,,, but,,,,,

What the Democrats and MSM are doing to her is so "way wrong",,,

Its just not right, glad its getting done, but no way is it right,
evil vs evil makes an ugly trail of ugly blood.

The Democrats turned their glass celling into concrete.

* * *
Hi Taxfree--that's because you're a decent human being. Watching McGovern & Carter trash Hillary when both those two bozos let millions suffer and die, just shows what they're made of, and it isn't right, it's leftist.

re: #200 itellu3times

He didn't say they were killed, ...

(don't mean to make fun of what might actually be a very serious scenario, but hey)

ROFLMAO !
(May God forgive my chuckle, for the obvious reasons.)

I just spun this upstairs.

Hamas TV For Kids, Israeli Independence Day: Kuku and Fufu Wish For Liberation of Palestine, Inshallah and Eliminating Enemies of Allah.

re: #211 itellu3times

Sure, from certain angles!

One never wants to underestimate what the Israelis can do, I'm just sayin' any effective strike against Iran would put pretty much all the others to shame since those bits Moses pulled.

Yep. As seen last in their strike against Syria's nuclear installations.
They are unsurpassed at keeping secrets really secret, and they are not fighting the next war with the methods of the last.
I'd be surprised if Israel didn't surprise us.

re: #120 Maine's Michael

{michael}

Crickets coming from the Media and UN.. Shocking...

Don't you mean Civil War AGAIN!

re: #211 itellu3times

Sure, from certain angles!

One never wants to underestimate what the Israelis can do, I'm just sayin' any effective strike against Iran would put pretty much all the others to shame since those bits Moses pulled.

* * *
Of the ten Moses plagues, I thought hailing snowballs was cool, as was turning the rivers red.

Charlton Heston versus Iran, woo hooo! Get your popcorn right here. Send Jimmy Carter as a human shield for extra payback points.

re: #220 alegrias

* * *
Of the ten Moses plagues, I thought hailing snowballs was cool, as was turning the rivers red.

Charlton Heston versus Iran, woo hooo! Get your popcorn right here. Send Jimmy Carter as a human shield for extra payback points.

Sounds like video game in the making

re: #216 buzzsawmonkey

True; it's astonishing how the thundering herd of turncoats rushing to embrace Obama and carry his America-hating baggage make one sympathetic to Hillary.

I don't like her. But she looks a hell of a lot better than her primary opponent.

Especially when one can see all these 'democrats' (even over here) moan publicly that she should give up, why doesn't she ...
Rats entering a sinking O-ship, I hope!

re: #61 MandyManners

Why doesn't Israel just send in a team to take out Nasrallah?

I'm sure it would if it could, but despite the mythology of the Mossad, its not so easy to go into a foreign country, assassinate a well-guarded political figure, and get away with it.

As to this escalation of violence, I think anyone watching the situation knew it was coming. Hizb'Allah has been trying to take over Lebanon for decades, and it already effectively runs the Southern part. The Lebanese government is weak, always has been, and is recently weaker by the repeated assassination of any strong anti-Syrian or anti-Hizb'allah elements.

No longer majority Christian, Lebanon is effectively now at the tipping point. Its best bet is for Israel to come in with a scorched earth type invasion, though that's simply not going to happen at this point.

re: #218 U.S.S. Nixon

Crickets coming from the Media

Yes, indeed. Hardly a word uttered.

re: #196 wolfie

Look it up. Military.ie perhaps. About 50/50 PLO/ Hisb and the Israeli army. The Israelis kill PLO, but leave them to picked out of the gullies by UN troops. If the troops go off by a yard, the Israeli bunkers- who operate a hedgehog defence system - let rip in 360 Degrees. It's not a place for the fainthearted when the shit starts to fly.

re: #224 Cognito

Yes, indeed. Hardly a word uttered.

127 articles worldwide, some of which are duplicates, is a collective media YAWN

California Man Believes He Sees Virgin Mary In Wound

re: #195 brainwizard73

Great Stuff! How about John Kerry?

"Work hard in your madrassa...study and listen to your imams, or you might be sent to Lebanon."

Excellent. Here's another one:

Jimmy Carter: It's deplorable that Israel has decided to launch this unprovoked attack on Lebanon today. What did you say? No, you're wrong! Israel did so attack Lebanon today! I happened to be in Beirut this morning, and I personally saw the Israeli tanks rolling over the border.

If only the media would just call them "youths", then it will be nothing to worry about.

re: #205 taxfreekiller

Can not deal with the Hildie Beast, to commie for me,,,,, but,,,,,

What the Democrats and MSM are doing to her is so "way wrong",,,

Its just not right, glad its getting done, but no way is it right,
evil vs evil makes an ugly trail of ugly blood.

The Democrats turned their glass celling into concrete.

I am actually getting a little sympathy for Hillary. Unlike Barry, she at least has the decency to be a wolf in wolf's clothing.

Also our allies in Iraq are squeezing Iran to clear out of Iraq.

Wouldn't it be something if our Iraqi military friends exerted their new muscles and helped rout Hezbollans?

re: #230 buzzsawmonkey

Listening to Daniel Snore Schorr last week on NPR, as he bemoaned the operation of the democratic selection process and urged the institution of a single national primary, I could not help but marvel at the anti-democratic sentiments the "party of the people" hide in plain sight.

As I've pointed out again and again, how ironic is it that the so called
"Democratic" party doesn't trust the popular vote enough to use it to pick its nominee?

re: #227 sattv4u2

127 articles worldwide, some of which are duplicates, is a collective media YAWN

Um, no. There just happen to be 127 on that particular search. There are thousands worldwide. If you're feeling sleepy, I suggest black coffee.

It puts pressure on Iran, they're trying to fund and run guerillas in Iraq, now their guerillas in Lebanon are in a shooting war too. I suppose that's to the good (but not much)

re: #230 buzzsawmonkey

Listening to Daniel Snore Schorr last week on NPR, as he bemoaned the operation of the democratic selection process and urged the institution of a single national primary, I could not help but marvel at the anti-democratic sentiments the "party of the people" hide in plain sight.

Thats how lefties operate - play nice when in the minority, let mask drop when power within reach.
Ahem - does somehow remind me of how muslims operate as well ...

re: #225 song_and_dance_man

Right now Iran is making mad cash and has a bomb in the pipeline. They're feeling plucky.

re: #230 buzzsawmonkey

Listening to Daniel Snore Schorr last week on NPR, as he bemoaned the operation of the democratic selection process and urged the institution of a single national primary, I could not help but marvel at the anti-democratic sentiments the "party of the people" hide in plain sight.

* * *
I almost feel sorry for Hillary and her supporters who grew up believing lefty tawk, now seeing the mask drop off their former "idols" McGovern & Carter.

Bet Hillary's sorry she didn't remain a Barry Goldwater-Girl and made her Republican father proud~!

re: #208 rawmuse

I am a natural cynic, but that list of things we should do could easily be named "things that will happen when it snows in hell".

Indeed, since most of the positions at regional and national field desks at Langley and Foggy Bottom are filled by people ingratiating thereselves to hostile regimes instead of actively directing their overthrow.

Kennedy FS School at Georgetown, et al, turns out nothing but Diplo-Wimps who seek exotic experiences in foriegn postings and not service to the stategic intrests of America.

Live blogging the war: Lebanese Political Journal

re: #240 song_and_dance_man

Now don't go get all uppity because you've made a fair point.

touché

Syrian lapdog Josh Landis sits up and barks:

By Provoking Hizbullah, Is Washington Hoping for a Showdown?

Will the latest US and March 14 provocation break Hizbullah or Lebanon? March 14 is targeting Hizbullah's communications system while Washington escalates pressure on Syria

That's the word from
Josh Landis,
Co-director, Center
for Middle East Studies
University of Oklahoma

re: #235 Cognito

Um, no. There just happen to be 127 on that particular search. There are thousands worldwide. If you're feeling sleepy, I suggest black coffee.

wide awake here sir (unlike the snoozing media) ,, 127 "on that particular search" is pathetic unless your search criteria was so narrow as to include only the smallest parameters

Hah. Hizbullah says that it will use weapons to defend itself. As opposed to the weapons used thus far to provoke a war with the Lebanese government.

re: #191 itellu3times

Look at a map. Ain't gonna happen, at least not without major US assistance. The day Israel attacks Iran on its own is a day with nuclear weapons.

You're wrong.

re: #245 Cognito

touch%uFFFD

ha -- le LGF n'aime pas Français.

re: #246 Kenneth

Syrian lapdog Josh Landis sits up and barks:

By Provoking Hizbullah, Is Washington Hoping for a Showdown?

That's the word from
Josh Landis,
Co-director, Center
for Middle East Studies
University of Oklahoma

Honestly.
But as those same people complain about the police disturbing the communication network between mafiosi - just plain stupid.
Pity that they are allowed to teach at universities, though.

re: #238 yma o hyd

Thats how lefties operate - play nice when in the minority, let mask drop when power within reach.
Ahem - does somehow remind me of how muslims operate as well ...

* * *
Totalitarian is as totalitarian does.

The Ayatollah came into power in Iran with the help of iranian communists--who were then slaughtered as useful idiots when the Mullahs took power. So much for people power fighting the Shah and his evil SAVAK...bet Iranians would vote back the Shah & toss their burkas if only they could rewrite history, now that they're older & wiser.

re: #232 opnion

I am actually getting a little sympathy for Hillary. Unlike Barry, she at least has the decency to be a wolf in wolf's clothing.

I agree. The Clintons have always been used-car salesmen. They lie, they spin, they cheat, and they protest their innocence, but we all know it's a sham....and they know that we know.....and we know that they know that we know....Well, you get the idea. Obama is the messiah.

(BTW, I strenuously object to your specieist bigotry! ;O )

re: #239 buzzsawmonkey

It would be so refreshing if they were merely corrupt, instead of corrupt and totalitarian.

Let's see......muslims act more like socialists than they do like conservatives........when the MSM wants to describe muslims, they're "conservative".

I know.....y'all already knew

re: #233 alegrias

Also our allies in Iraq are squeezing Iran to clear out of Iraq.

Wouldn't it be something if our Iraqi military friends exerted their new muscles and helped rout Hezbollans?

The Iraqi Army encountered several Hezbollah commanders in Basra, sent by the Iranians to train & command the Mahdi Army Special Groups. So, yes, the Iraqis are fighting Hezbollah!

re: #247 sattv4u2

wide awake here sir (unlike the snoozing media) ,, 127 "on that particular search" is pathetic unless your search criteria was so narrow as to include only the smallest parameters

All right. If you've had a hard time finding news of events in Lebanon, then we have reached an impasse.

So, will they condemn Hezbos?

Or is it ok for Hezbos to bomb, but not Israel?

Get out the good folks, put a fence around it and wait for the explosions to cease, then check for survivors.

re: #241 Cognito

Right now Iran is making mad cash and has a bomb in the pipeline. They're feeling plucky.

* * *
While Iran's making mischief all over the place, why can't some friendly ally rush in and TAKE IRAN's OIL fields & "civilian" nuke plants!

re: #248 lawhawk

Hah. Hizbullah says that it will use weapons to defend itself. As opposed to the weapons used thus far to provoke a war with the Lebanese government.

Wow!
Have they just been throwing stones, so far?

It is the same muslim pattern: be offended, then 'we'll keeeeeeelll you!'

Countdown to
"Green Helmet Guy in Lebanon"
"A day in the life of Green Helmet Guy"

I've got my money on Saturday AM story of carnage featuring Lebanese children, red cross AND red crescent ambulances and the ever popular Green Helmet Guy with a Binky.

re: #258 Cognito

All right. If you've had a hard time finding news of events in Lebanon, then we have reached an impasse.

YOU post a link with a mere 127 reports as "proof" that the story is all over the media, then state that I am having a hard time finding news ,,,,
as my son says ,,,

EARTH TO COG !

re: #261 yma o hyd

Wow!
Have they just been throwing stones, so far?

It is the same muslim pattern: be offended, then 'we'll keeeeeeelll you!'

"Are you kidding me? I'd kill you for a Klondike bar."
- Achmed the Dead Terrorist, from Jeff Dunham. (which is extra great, since the word HAM is in his name.)

re: #263 sattv4u2

YOU post a link with a mere 127 reports as "proof" that the story is all over the media, then state that I am having a hard time finding news ,,,,
as my son says ,,,

EARTH TO COG !

An impasse, as I said.

Did anyone hear Karl Rove and Dick Cheney just enter the room?.....something about OIL?

re: #232 opnion

I am actually getting a little sympathy for Hillary. Unlike Barry, she at least has the decency to be a wolf in wolf's clothing.

It's a shame they both can't lose.

/Kissinger mode off