UN School Used by Terrorists As a Weapons Dump

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The UN and the mainstream media are wailing and accusing Israel of war crimes (yes, again) after the IDF returned fire at a UN school from which Palestinians were firing mortars.

The explosives and booby traps installed in the school by Hamas then blew up, killing dozens of people.

And the world blames Israel.

30 reported killed in blast at UN school.

At least thirty people were reportedly killed and 53 wounded in an explosion in a UN-run school in the town of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinians. The IDF issued a statement saying the school grounds were used by terrorists to fire mortar shells at the troops.

The infantrymen returned mortar shell fire into the school grounds, the army said. Defense officials told The Associated Press that booby-trapped bombs in the school triggered the secondary explosions which killed scores of Palestinians on the site.

In 2007, the IAF actually filmed some of these terrorists at a Gaza school, firing mortars into Israel. The media don’t seem to care.

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312 comments
1 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:53:34am

They didn't care if fire was coming there in 07, 08, and 09 will not be any differant.

2 bellamags  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:53:56am

doesn't get any lower.

3 Joo-LiZ  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:54:21am

Reports indicated that most (if not all) of the killed and wounded were secondary explosions.

4 ThinkRight  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:54:23am

The pu$$ies can not fight Man to Man
Or play by thr rules

5 Sharmuta  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:54:24am

UN building used as a dump- how apropos.

6 akak  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:54:29am

UN lists itself on terror list.

7 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:54:56am

re: #5 Sharmuta

UN building used as a dump- how apropos.

And the UN , as usual, will plead ignorance.

8 Timbre  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:54:57am

Good truth-telling, Charles. But to terrorists and their lovers, the truth is nothing more than cobwebs to be brushed away.

9 [deleted]  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:55:18am
10 DeafDog  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:55:23am

OT - Adolf Merkle

....poor guy was probably down to his last billion or two.

11 bosforus  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:55:41am

At least the comments are reassuring. No one's buying it. At least not those commenting.

32. Your leaders have run away, Hamas murderers of your own children
Realist - (01/06/2009 19:11)
31. Fight on!
David Samson - Canada (01/06/2009 18:08)
30. UN hiding Terrorists.
Efroim - (01/06/2009 18:08)
29. Lack of Credibility
Botafogonisso - Brasil (01/06/2009 18:07)
28. Remember: people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones? well
Shoshi - Israel, the Jewish state (01/06/2009 18:06)
27. EU, UN, and Hamas should take responsibility for starting this fire which would consume those who elected a terror Hamas into government
Son of Star - UK (01/06/2009 18:02)
26. Explosion in UN school kills at least 30
Foi - UK (01/06/2009 18:00)
25. Whining HUMUS...
Josh S. - (01/06/2009 17:55)
24. Lies, Lies And More Lies
Norman G. - USA (01/06/2009 17:55)
23. Karma
Shaka - (01/06/2009 17:43)
22. don't jump to conclusions
La Cumparsita - UK (01/06/2009 18:23)
21. very sad but...
rod - (01/06/2009 18:22)
20. This story sounds fishy
Meredith - USA (01/06/2009 18:21)
12 Kosh's Shadow  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:55:43am

And the info that the "school" was a weapons dump will be reported in the MSM when?
Before or after the Andromeda galaxy collides with the Milky Way?

13 Guanxi88  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:55:56am

Yeah, when I first heard the report, the first thing that popped in my mind was "secondary explosions".

How typical of these types - use their whole freaking country as a fire base and munitions dump, and then cry like little babies when the get return fire.

14 Kragar  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:56:02am

ITS A MASSACRE*!

*please consult your local MSM for today's definition of massacre. In the event this had been a Israeli School hit by a Gazan rocket, it would have simply be called an explosion or tragedy.

15 [deleted]  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:56:42am
16 bosforus  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:57:02am

re: #11 bosforus

Ah, it's jpost. That probably also has something to do with the comments.
:)

17 lawhawk  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:57:19am

Hamas couldn't care about who dies in this war - they have fully embraced death as a means to an end itself - the Palestinian dead are props to be used to bludgeon Israel in the international media; the terrorists get to claim martyrdom, and any Israelis who are killed by Hamas fulfills their jihad against the Jews and infidels.

Expect this scenario to play out again, but I do have to say that Israel managed to get out a response far quicker this time than they did in the Qana incident. They have learned their lesson, and they are doing a better job managing the information war.

That doesn't mean that Israel will always be perfect and avoid civilian casualties, but Israel tries harder than anyone else to avoid collateral damage.

Hamas, on the other hand, goes out of its way to maximize civilian casualties.

18 Kosh's Shadow  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:57:26am

re: #13 Guanxi88

Yeah, when I first heard the report, the first thing that popped in my mind was "secondary explosions".

How typical of these types - use their whole freaking country as a fire base and munitions dump, and then cry like little babies when the get return fire.

I don't know why they cry so much; death is what they want "more than anything"
May they be granted what they desire so much.

19 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:57:31am

The video of Hamas fighters dragging children along as shields has probably already been posted (on LifeOfRubin here, but I first saw it on Mugata this morning.) It's pertinant.

20 wiffersnapper  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:59:01am

Useless Nations

21 ThinkRight  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:59:27am

Allah has got to be running out of virgins by now.
Thank you IDF

22 Guanxi88  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:59:45am

re: #17 lawhawk

Hamas couldn't care about who dies in this war - they have fully embraced death as a means to an end itself - the Palestinian dead are props to be used to bludgeon Israel in the international media; the terrorists get to claim martyrdom, and any Israelis who are killed by Hamas fulfills their jihad against the Jews and infidels.

Close, but I think Hamas et al have embraced death not as a means, but as their actual end. Who dies, they don't care too much (as you pointed out, their martyrdom cult allows them to view their own dead as in paradise, spiritually, while their bodies are used as physical propaganda, and a dead infidel is just so much gravy to them), just so long as somebody dies.

Hopefully, the IDF can oblige them.

23 bosforus  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:00:03am

If only they'd stay UNinvolved in Gaza.

24 Kragar  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:00:04am

re: #19 pre-Boomer Marine brat

The video of Hamas fighters dragging children along as shields has probably already been posted (on LifeOfRubin here, but I first saw it on Mugata this morning.) It's pertinant.

Those particular videos are several years old actually.

25 jaunte  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:00:11am

re: #19 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Hamas POS.

26 formercorpsman  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:00:14am

These are the ugly truths about war. There is never a grey area.

Sometimes blurry, but eventually sides have to be chosen, and someone has to win.

I hope Israel does not cave into the propaganda attempt.

27 Dar ul Harb  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:01:01am

Hamas' basic curriculum: Retreatin' Ragin' and Rockets.

28 Guanxi88  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:02:59am

re: #18 Kosh's Shadow

I agree with the sentiment that they should get what they claim to crave, but I can't help noticing (and I'm not original in this observation) that for all their talk of loving death, their leaders are very solicitous of their own welfare.

Perhaps these folk should be thought of as hypocritical priests of a death cult; they preach it, but by golly, they don't put on the bomb vests, do they?

No, death and killing is how they get their jollies, but they want to make sure that they're around when it's all said and done.

29 DeafDog  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:03:37am

re: #15 buzzsawmonkey

What's the use of a billion dollars if you can't have big money?

The first time I was down to a billion I felt the same way. Luckily, I invested in some kid named Steve Jobs and made it back.......kidding

30 [deleted]  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:04:05am
31 akak  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:04:35am

The ceasefire proposal is great, look how it has benefit Hezbashitzah.

Egypt & Jordan to prevent Hamas from re-arming, lol. Egypt did a great job up until now - right Condi.

32 Peacekeeper  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:04:53am

No more school, no more books...

33 phoenixgirl  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:05:00am

un out of the us

34 Kragar  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:05:23am

re: #32 Peacekeeper

No more school, no more books...

No more Jihadis dirty looks

35 Opinionated  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:05:34am
UN School Used by Terrorists As a Weapons Dump

UN School, homes, mosques, latrines, nurseries, hospital, ambulances, [fill in your favorite] Used by Terrorists for terror purposes.

Also breaking- water is wet.

36 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:06:00am

re: #24 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Those particular videos are several years old actually.

Ah ha. Didn't know that. Mugata's comment was that ("unfortunately", I think was the word used) there was no context for the videos. I'd not seen them before.

I'm sure Hamas has changed its ways since then, so I will apologize for besmirching Hamas' good name and ask Charles to delete my comment above. ... (/oh yeah, like hell I will)

37 Kosh's Shadow  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:06:08am

re: #32 Peacekeeper

No more school, no more books...

No more Imam's dirty looks.
School's Blown Up for Hamas!

38 opnion  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:06:09am

Hanas are savages pure & simple. Idf soldiers will die because as a civilized nation Israel will employ rules of engagement to avoid civilian casualties.
We did that in Viet Nam, guys died & we recieved worldwide scorn.

39 bellamags  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:06:25am

I am not one to kiss up to the head lizard, but I must say Charles, each time I log on to LGF - there is some brilliant new tool or feature that improves on perfection. This is the easiest blog to use, read and understand. I love the imbedded video thingy. I don't know how much better it can get. GOOD JOB.

40 orson  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:06:39am

The newslink doesn't work. Is it me ?

41 Dizzy  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:07:11am

This report is unfortunate. It contains the highly charged buzzword "school" that plays to the sympathies of the pacifists. I expect the rhetoric against Israel and the IDF to be even shriller now. Since the IDF attack on weaponMosques did not illicite howling, I'm sure these deaths will be used for greater propaganda.

Now we will see if the IDF and the Israeli government can keep it up. I'm hoping yes, yes, yes.

42 opnion  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:07:26am

re: #37 Kosh's Shadow

No more Imam's dirty looks.
School's Blown Up for Hamas!


How was school today Achmed?
Oh it was a blast.

43 little boomer  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:07:40am

Imagine the media's reaction if the Israeli's used their schools to store ammo.

44 dentate  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:07:48am

IDF hits school where adult terrorists are intentionally hiding among children. OUTRAGE!

Hamas hits kindergartens in Beersheba and Ashkelon but no one is hurt, because Israelis love and protect their children. NO MENTION OF IT by MSM.

45 Peacekeeper  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:08:34am

Is that a rocket in your pocket or are you just HAMAS to see me?

46 MandyManners  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:08:53am

re: #32 Peacekeeper

No more school, no more books...

Youtube Video
Youtube Video
47 albusteve  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:09:15am

re: #30 ploome hineni

the real issue here

is how and why do these murdering terrorists have so much support

indoctrination...minds are weak...droolers

48 Diamond Bullet  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:09:30am

Didn't one of Islamic Jihad's chief bomb makers turn out to be a headmaster at one of the schools? One of the UN schools?

[Link: www.reuters.com...]

Sounds to me like Israel is right on target.

49 dhg4  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:09:38am

Not exactly a surprise.

50 bosforus  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:09:51am

Severe meltdown for one "Johnny Rapture" over at dKos.

Senator Reeed took a sniff of the DC air and (0+ / 0-)

didnt like the Smell agin...Reeede instructed Burrisss to move it along boy..Somebody got to sit in the back of the busss...Alll of a sudden Reeed, Rocerfellers and Pelosci got backbones and cujones and will fight Burriss, Panetta, Blago, racisim and President Elekt Obama to the bitter end..This is Not what the fuk I expected..Like we are in a reality wurld with no beginning, no end, no up, no down, no rhyme, no reason thru the glass darkly..I'm gonna jump into that rabbit hole...I will not be Left Behind, even if I am forced to renounce my progressive democratic leaning and my Kossackisim

"Better a little late, than a little never"..Julian Winston

by Johnny Rapture on Tue Jan 06, 2009 at 09:57:44 AM PST


Woah, not so fast, Johnny! At least wait until the 21st!

51 dhg4  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:10:36am

re: #48 Diamond Bullet

Didn't one of Islamic Jihad's chief bomb makers turn out to be a headmaster at one of the schools? One of the UN schools?

[Link: www.reuters.com...]

Sounds to me like Israel is right on target.

Yes see my previous comment.

52 notutopia  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:11:38am

And the UN keeps on funding Gaza and Hamas.
The UN is corrupt.

53 albusteve  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:12:23am

re: #50 bosforus

Severe meltdown for one "Johnny Rapture" over at dKos.


Woah, not so fast, Johnny! At least wait until the 21st!

if this widely represents most or even half of young America we are probably lost...what kind of thinking adult will he grow into? good grief

54 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:12:25am

re: #52 notutopia

And the UN keeps on funding Gaza and Hamas.
The UN is corrupt.

Almost by definition.

55 nyc redneck  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:13:01am

israel must continue to pound hamas, no matter where they hide w/ their bombs and weapons. even in schools, hospitals and mosques. and even behind 'innocent' civilians.
it is the humane thing to do, in the long run.
israel cares more abt. the palis than hamas does. obviously.

56 Opinionated  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:13:13am
booby-trapped bombs in the school

Hamas is getting soft. Booby trapping a school and then inviting civilians to take shelter there. That's the best you can do?

You barbarians can certainly do better. Booby trap a hospital next. Your people don't matter as long as you give CNN reason to accuse Israel of an atrocity.

57 debutaunt  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:13:30am

re: #30 ploome hineni

the real issue here

is how and why do these murdering terrorists have so much support

I'm dizzy from shaking my head in bewilderment.

58 SouthTexas  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:13:38am

Dig deep, there's no telling what will be found here.

59 maddogg  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:14:20am
And the world blames Israel.

That alone must give all the moonbats in Israel heart palpitations. Personally, I think Israel knows most of the "world" gives not a damn about Israel. In fact, the only thing the world cares less about are the "Palestinians".

Israel should tell the "world" to kiss it's ass.

60 Dizzy  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:14:31am

re: #57 debutaunt

No, I'm Dizzy.

61 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:14:35am

Ugh, I was thinking about this yesterday while looking at all the pics of families taking refuge at the school.

62 albusteve  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:14:36am

re: #54 Nevergiveup

Almost by definition.

Israel should withdraw from the Un, closely followed by the US and Canada and Australia and Japan and S Korea and India etc etc

63 Opinionated  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:14:41am

re: #30 ploome hineni

the real issue here

is how and why do these murdering terrorists have so much support

They hate Juice. Everyone hates Juice.

64 bulwrk  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:14:45am

God only knows whats stored in the basement at the UN building in NY.

65 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:15:02am

bbl

66 rexatosis  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:15:26am

Essentially what we have here is a varitation of "The CNN Effect." The term was coined to describe how the 24-hour new cycle led by CNN and other media outlets "pushed the West toward War in Kosovo." (See, Bahador, Babak. "The CNN Effect in Action", 2007.) In this case we have Western MSM outlets framing the Israeli-Hamas conflict in a manner to create enough public pressure to force the United States and other Western powers to turn against Israel based on "humanitarian grounds" and get the Israeli government to accept a return to the previous "cease-fire" with Hamas. The public is essentially manipulated by images and headlines without any discussion of causes and effects leading to the current confrontation, nor consequences of the "new" policy being advocated by the MSM (a return to a "cease-fire" observed, essentially unilaterally by Israel, until the time Hamas determines it is strong enough to increase its attacks upon Israel "breaking" the so-called "cease-fire."). In the long-run such policy shifts are problematic at best (Kosovo & Haiti) and a disaster at worst (Somolia). Hamas may be militarily inept but it definitely understands how to conduct its propoganda campaign.

67 RaiderDan  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:15:37am

One thing is clear though. The IDF clearly understands the propaganda war going over their heads in the MSM. To get the facts of Hamas fighters previously using the Gaza schools as weapons dumps so high up in an AP story is a small victory in itself. Reuters I'm sure won't have that up high in the lead, but we have to be grateful for small PR victories in such a hostile environment

68 MandyManners  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:15:58am

re: #64 bulwrk

God only knows whats stored in the basement at the UN building in NY.

Crates of beluga and Dom.

69 Kenneth  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:16:16am

To set the stage, Hamas invited/forced local residents to take refuge/be human shields at the school/munitions dump. Then when Israeli soldiers passed by the school, the Hamas terrorists fired mortar shells at the Israelis. The IDF responded by returning mortar fire, thereby setting off secondary explosions which killed the Palestinian civilians/human shields.

70 maddogg  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:16:19am

re: #64 bulwrk

God only knows whats stored in the basement at the UN building in NY.

Only a bottomless well of horseshit.

71 debutaunt  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:16:50am

re: #57 debutaunt

I'm loopy from shaking my head in bewilderment.

PIMF

72 Dizzy  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:18:02am

re: #71 debutaunt

Better. Would not want to confuse Loopy with Dizzy.

:)

73 Opinionated  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:18:16am

re: #67 RaiderDan

N Y Times as expected putting the blame on Israel and only on Israel.

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military struck near a United Nations school in Gaza on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people among hundreds who had sought refuge at the school from the fighting in the beleaguered territory, the United Nations and hospital officials in Gaza said.

Gaza residents took refuge in a United Nations school as Israel’s offensive continued with artillery, helicopter and tank fire.

The United Nations and the hospital officials said those killed included men, women and children. The United Nations said that the Israeli army been given all the coordinates of United Nations facilities in Gaza, and that the schools and other facilities were all clearly marked.The number of those killed could not be immediately independently confirmed, and it was unclear whether the strike came from an Israeli tank or rocket or other artillery.

74 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:18:24am

Raw Aftermath : 40 Palestinians Killed In IAF Strike On UN School.

Liveleak Video
75 alegrias  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:19:12am

This is what the Taliban does to schools, no different.

76 freedombilly  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:19:27am

We need to remove ourselves from the UN and take back that valuable land on the east side of Manhattan.

This organization is slowly eating itself from the inside out.

77 Kenneth  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:20:40am

re: #74 Killgore Trout

Your title is incorrect. It should read,

Raw Aftermath : 40 Palestinians Killed In Hamas Booby Trapped UN School.

78 Dianna  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:20:45am

OK, I'm having a fit.

My best friend just called - she's in the hospital with a heart attack yesterday, and she's having a stint put in. She says it was the news that triggered it.

79 Spiny Norman  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:20:58am

re: #76 freedombilly

We need to remove ourselves from the UN and take back that valuable land on the east side of Manhattan.

This organization is slowly eating itself from the inside out.

The UN has been rotting for 40 years. It's nothing but a dessicated corpse.

80 CIA Reject  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:21:07am

re: #28 Guanxi88

I agree with the sentiment that they should get what they claim to crave, but I can't help noticing (and I'm not original in this observation) that for all their talk of loving death, their leaders are very solicitous of their own welfare.

Perhaps these folk should be thought of as hypocritical priests of a death cult; they preach it, but by golly, they don't put on the bomb vests, do they?

No, death and killing is how they get their jollies, but they want to make sure that they're around when it's all said and done.

PRECISELY!

81 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:21:20am

re: #76 freedombilly

We need to remove ourselves from the UN and take back that valuable land on the east side of Manhattan.

This organization is slowly eating itself from the inside out.

We can't leave until we are able to emasculate the UN Security Council.

82 bosforus  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:21:25am

re: #53 albusteve

if this widely represents most or even half of young America we are probably lost...what kind of thinking adult will he grow into? good grief

Let's just hope he's not an adult already.

83 Wild Knight  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:21:29am

Thank you, Charles. You offer an invaluable service to truth and justice.

84 debutaunt  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:21:51am

re: #78 Dianna

Good lord - which news?

85 [deleted]  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:22:10am
86 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:22:19am

I really really hope the IDF releases video.

87 alegrias  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:22:32am

Isn't Dr. Susan Rice slated to be our next useless "ambassador" to the UN? I think she was the woman who refused to lift a finger in Darfur during the Clinton Administration. Nor will Susan Rice take a stand against Mugabe's atrocities against humanity, wanna bet.

88 Kyle_st  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:22:55am

It's all quite simple, really. Hamas intends to win the PR war because they can't win militarily, just as Hezbollah successfully did a couple of years ago.

Middle-Eastern terrorists, aided and abetted by Western media, will win this war in Gaza; that you can bet everything on.

89 freedombilly  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:22:57am

re: #81 Nevergiveup

We can't leave until we are able to emasculate the UN Security Council.

Good point.

90 Spiny Norman  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:23:09am
The explosives and booby traps installed in the school by Hamas then blew up, killing dozens of people.

I wonder if anyone in the Media knows what a "secondary explosion" is.

I'm guessing "no".

91 lawhawk  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:23:33am

re: #74 Killgore Trout

If that was an IAF airstrike, the building would have been leveled. One wall was apparently knocked down, and you don't actually get to see the school there either - just lots of people running around and shouting Allahu Ackbar. Still, can't say for sure what happened based on that....

92 2senseplain  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:23:37am

re: #43 little boomer
They'd have to report it in the past tense. No parents or teachers would stand for it.

93 badger1970  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:23:40am

The MSM views regarding this "conflict" is as follows: no matter what Isreal does to protect itself, it will be called bad; no matter what hamas does to murder Isrealis, it will be called good.

This isn't the first nor will be the last time the media will spit out lies and frabrications supporting their agenda. The UN are just a buch on anti-anti-Islamofacists (a-a-I name comes from NRO's Jay Nordlinger).

94 zeebeach  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:23:43am

Thank you, Charles, for posting this. I've been reading about it all morning and never saw a mention about Hamas firing mortars from the site. I was sure such was the case, but am amazed that no one reported it (well, not really, come to think of it).

95 looking closely  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:23:46am

Its a given that Hamas is going to use human shields, and at this point its a given that the world press is going to shield Hamas too.

The relevant question is whether or not the IDF will finish what it needs to do before or after the Israeli gov't (eg Olmert etc) caves into external pressure and call off the assault.

96 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:24:00am

re: #87 alegrias

Isn't Dr. Susan Rice slated to be our next useless "ambassador" to the UN? I think she was the woman who refused to lift a finger in Darfur during the Clinton Administration. Nor will Susan Rice take a stand against Mugabe's atrocities against humanity, wanna bet.

yeah, but I'll bet she will cry crocodile tears about all those poor Palestinians kids?

97 bosforus  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:24:27am

re: #53 albusteve

Ha ha, I think his comment got deleted!
[gives the one fingered wave to the dKos troll, wherever he/she may be]

98 Picayune  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:24:33am

re: #43 little boomer

Imagine the media's reaction if the Israeli's used their schools to store ammo.


In fact, Israeli's schools within Hamas rocket range are closed - to protect civilized children. One was whacked yesterday - but not much attention from MSM, no victims, you know.

Let's hope the IDF finds evidence of Iran supplied weapons at the UN school, er, rocket battery - now that will be a hoot, and a PR boost for the good guys.

This "smoking gun" video will hurt Hamas hard among moderates.

99 Kyle_st  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:24:48am

PS. And all your hopes about videos being released, etc... don't matter squat even if they are. No one will see them except you and some fellow blog readers. It won't matter one turd, Hamas is already on the road to victory. They know it, and we're all going to witness it soon enough...

100 albusteve  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:24:57am

re: #82 bosforus

Let's just hope he's not an adult already.

I'm sure there are millions of adults in America that think just about like he does anyway...how can we break the chain I wonder?...if it can even be done now

101 Pullus Iulius  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:25:06am

re: #76 freedombilly

While we're withdrawing from the UN, let's also finally pull the plug on NPR - National Palestinian Radio - where I first heard about the school blast. I then came here for the rest of the story, which confirmed what I suspected about its true nature. Public Broadcasting: a snake held to America's bosom.

102 akak  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:25:12am

Between kicking U.N out & not sending aid to Palstinians & Pakistan, the economy would be much better.

Hopefully the Russians participate in solving supply route problem for NATO, but that is a very scary proposal.

-wake up AKAK!

103 MandyManners  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:25:13am

re: #73 Opinionated

No mention of Hamas' weapons?

104 Kosh's Shadow  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:25:22am

re: #64 bulwrk

God only knows whats stored in the basement at the UN building in NY.

The upper floors are full of sewage and crud.
And that's just most of the ambassadors.

105 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:25:25am

OK - new comments button - anyone else having problems? Mine is not working at all, the circle doesn't even spin.

Also, I don't see the ratings buttons for the post itself, to rate it up or down. Are they missing for everyone?

106 alegrias  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:25:26am

Remember booby trapped Beslan's school where hundreds of children died?

Same bad actors, better media relations. Hamas has all the pros working for them

107 Pyrocles  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:25:32am

The Prophet Mohammed never killed anyone himself (at least I don't think so...). He DID send zealous followers out on assassination missions several times, and personally ordered the slaughter of countless Jews at the hands of his army. Terror leaders are attempting to follow their prophet's example. Osama bin Laden tries to emulate Mohammed any way he can, including adopting his "soft spoken" demeanor.

re: #28 Guanxi88

I agree with the sentiment that they should get what they claim to crave, but I can't help noticing (and I'm not original in this observation) that for all their talk of loving death, their leaders are very solicitous of their own welfare.

Perhaps these folk should be thought of as hypocritical priests of a death cult; they preach it, but by golly, they don't put on the bomb vests, do they?

No, death and killing is how they get their jollies, but they want to make sure that they're around when it's all said and done.

108 MandyManners  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:25:51am

re: #78 Dianna

OK, I'm having a fit.

My best friend just called - she's in the hospital with a heart attack yesterday, and she's having a stint put in. She says it was the news that triggered it.

I'll keep her in my thoughts and prayers.

109 [deleted]  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:26:17am
110 Wild Knight  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:26:34am

re: #78 Dianna

OK, I'm having a fit.

My best friend just called - she's in the hospital with a heart attack yesterday, and she's having a stint put in. She says it was the news that triggered it.

I'm so sorry about this. I spent the day on the phone consoling numerous friends of mine who were distraught by the bias and lies printed in the news. Good job they're young and healthy... I'll pray for your friend.

111 albusteve  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:26:40am

re: #85 taxfreekiller

OT

"We the People" can effect change, real change.

Do not give up, do not give in fight back.

Trans Texas Corridor , "done for".

[Link: www.alipac.us...]

whoa brother!...that is just excellent news!...I'm speechless...don't mess with Texas eh?

112 Kosh's Shadow  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:26:53am

re: #68 MandyManners

Crates of beluga and Dom.


(in the basement of the UN)

So that's the "food" part of the "oil for food" scandal.

113 Wishing  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:27:03am

re: #74 Killgore Trout

Um, what children? What women? Looks to be a pin point strike to me, lots of dead terrorists.
GO IDF!

114 FloridaAnole  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:27:04am

Of course the MSM doesn't care. The facts don't fit their "narrative." It's all about "narrative" these days, to hell with the facts. I wish these failed fiction writers would all spontaneously combust, and we could once again have some real old-fashioned newsmen/newswomen instead of these damn "journalists".

115 looking closely  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:27:07am

re: #88 Kyle_st

It's all quite simple, really. Hamas intends to win the PR war because they can't win militarily, just as Hezbollah successfully did a couple of years ago.

Middle-Eastern terrorists, aided and abetted by Western media, will win this war in Gaza; that you can bet everything on.


Its only a question of time before Israel leaves and whatever is left of Hamas crawls out of its hole and declares victory over the "Zionist occupiers". That's inevitable.

But that's not the metric of Israeli success here. Nobody thinks that this action will entirely eliminate Hamas. Israel simply lacks the stomach to inflict the massive collateral damage that would be necessary to accomplish that.

If Israel *is* able to make a significant and lasting dent in Hamas' ability to carry out terror attacks, then this will be a "win" for Israel. As important, if Israel is able to make a significant and lasting dent in Hamas's standing within Palestine and the Arab world, then that would also be a "win" for Israel.

116 Dianna  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:27:13am

re: #84 debutaunt

Good lord - which news?

Israel - she's half-Japanese, half-Jewish.

And she's very stressed. She's worked 2 jobs for the last ten years, at least, and she was also ill and working all last month.

As soon as she gets out, I'm taking her to my house. And I'm going to give her idiot free-loading sister a major piece of my mind!

117 Opinionated  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:27:13am

re: #86 Killgore Trout

I really really hope the IDF releases video.

Channel 10 reported that the military had a video filmed by a drone proving that the school was used by terrorists to fire mortars at IDF troops.

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

But will you see it played on the major networks or cited by the press?

118 Kenneth  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:27:21am

re: #107 Pyrocles

Mohammad personally executed some 60 or 70 prisoners himself. It's in the Koran so it must be true.

119 WitchDoctor  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:27:30am

re: #75 alegrias

Well according to my esteemed senator patty murray, the taliban actually builds schools and roads which is why the people love them.

Sometimes living on the left coast is annoying.

Off to put up my Israeli flag, forgot I had it!

120 vxbush  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:27:47am

re: #78 Dianna

OK, I'm having a fit.

My best friend just called - she's in the hospital with a heart attack yesterday, and she's having a stint put in. She says it was the news that triggered it.

Prayers here as well....

121 Erik The Red  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:27:51am

re: #105 reine.de.tout

OK - new comments button - anyone else having problems? Mine is not working at all, the circle doesn't even spin.

Also, I don't see the ratings buttons for the post itself, to rate it up or down. Are they missing for everyone?

All good for me FF. Try reloading/refresh page.

122 Guanxi88  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:28:41am

re: #115 looking closely

Its only a question of time before Israel leaves and whatever is left of Hamas crawls out of its hole and declares victory over the "Zionist occupiers". That's inevitable.

Other have asked, and so I will, too:

Since the IDF launched a brilliant strike on a "police" graduation ceremony in Hamastan, why not spice things up at the next "victory rally" these jokers throw? Seems to me that'd be a pretty good, clean hit all around.

123 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:28:43am

Obama 'deeply concerned' about Palestinian, Israeli civilian casualties

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

Sounds reasonable, but why am I so suspicious of his statement? Oh yeah I know, it draws an equivalence between Hamas and Israel.

124 Dianna  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:29:14am

re: #108 MandyManners

I'll keep her in my thoughts and prayers.

Thank you.

125 alegrias  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:29:20am

re: #96 Nevergiveup

yeah, but I'll bet she will cry crocodile tears about all those poor Palestinians kids?

* * *
Yes no doubt crocodile tears will fall if the new Dr. Rice is also a best friend of Khalid Rashidi, the Palestinian Hamas or Fatah guy & Obama's friend & Columbia professor....whom the L.A. Times would not release video of them partying together back in the day.

126 mean Gene  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:29:34am

Was it the exact same school?
Doesn't matter.
From hiding HAMAS leader Mahmoud Zahar has warned that Jewish children HAMAS leader Mahmoud Zahar has warned that Jewish children are now legitimate target are now legitimate targets.
Even this doesn't percolate down into the brains of these idiots.
They may live to see their own daughters kidnapped, raped, forcibly ''converted,'' then married to Muslims and still not ''get it.''

127 wahabicorridor  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:29:49am

re: #87 alegrias

Isn't Dr. Susan Rice slated to be our next useless "ambassador" to the UN? I think she was the woman who refused to lift a finger in Darfur during the Clinton Administration. Nor will Susan Rice take a stand against Mugabe's atrocities against humanity, wanna bet.

I think you've got her backwards. My understanding is that she was appalled by Rwanda and does indeed want to do something in Darfur. If I could remember where I read it, I'd provide a link - but I don't.

128 Dianna  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:29:49am

re: #110 Wild Knight

Thank you.

129 CyanSnowHawk  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:29:57am

re: #14 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

ITS A MASSACRE*!

*please consult your local MSM for today's definition of massacre. In the event this had been a Israeli School hit by a Gazan rocket, it would have simply be called an explosion or tragedy.

Isn't that because Israel pulls their people away from, rather than into, the line of fire?

130 badger1970  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:30:00am

re: #111 albusteve

Just driving up and down 95 there were enough signs to tell the land owners were p'o'd, well except for those do-gooderes in Austin.

131 looking closely  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:30:25am

re: #122 Guanxi88

Other have asked, and so I will, too:

Since the IDF launched a brilliant strike on a "police" graduation ceremony in Hamastan, why not spice things up at the next "victory rally" these jokers throw? Seems to me that'd be a pretty good, clean hit all around.


No, because these rallies are loaded with children and women, and Israel doesn't want to kill them too.

132 Dianna  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:30:43am

re: #120 vxbush

Prayers here as well....

Thanks.

133 alegrias  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:31:52am

re: #119 WitchDoctor

Well according to my esteemed senator patty murray, the taliban actually builds schools and roads which is why the people love them.

Sometimes living on the left coast is annoying.

Off to put up my Israeli flag, forgot I had it!

* * *
Nice, fly your Israeli flag, to life!

134 MJ  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:31:57am

French TV network that broadcast the al-Durrah hoax now another fake:

French network apologizes for Gaza report
January 6, 2009

PARIS (JTA) -- A French television network has apologized for erroneously broadcasting a false report on Israel's Gaza operation.

Assisted by an anonymous posting, the French news blogger site Le Post proved a report Monday by France 2 television used an outdated amateur video of Palestinian casualties from an accidental truck explosion as current footage demonstrating the violence in Gaza.

France 2 also was responsible for a September 2000 report, accused of being a fake, of the supposed shooting death of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, Mohammed al-Dura, by the Israeli army.

In the new video, the truck in question contained bombs belonging to Hamas and exploded on Sept. 23, 2005. Intended to illustrate the extent of Web reports on the Israeli offensive in Gaza, the video shows dead bodies of toddlers being laid out on a white sheet.

By Monday, Etienne Leenhardt, the joint director responsible for investigative reports, apologized to Le Post journalists for "an error on our part."

"The person who prepared the topic went too fast," he said. "It reminds us that we must be very attentive on verifying sources."

Leenhardt told Le Post that the network would apologize on its Tuesday afternoon daily report.

Meanwhile, a committee of independent experts is being formed to decide whether the video of the al-Dura shooting is indeed a fake. That video roused anti-Israel and anti-Semitic feelings across the globe, even fueling the subsequent mob lynching of two Israeli soldiers.

[Link: jta.org...]

135 [deleted]  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:31:58am
136 albusteve  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:32:28am

re: #130 badger1970

Just driving up and down 95 there were enough signs to tell the land owners were p'o'd, well except for those do-gooderes in Austin.

I have one two friends in Austin and several around DFW...they were all ferociously against takeover...I never even heard of the scheme until last year...it was really frightening imo

137 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:32:51am

From IDF Spokesman.....
Missiles found in Gaza School, 6 Jan 2009


A missile launcher and a number of anti tank missiles were discovered hidden in a Palestinian school yard in Sajalya, northern Gaza Strip, during an IDF operation against terror threats. The IDF force returned fire at an armed Palestinian gunman who opened fire at the soldiers and identified hitting him.
138 vxbush  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:32:58am

re: #130 badger1970

Just driving up and down 95 there were enough signs to tell the land owners were p'o'd, well except for those do-gooderes in Austin.

But it looks like the project may live on.....

The state, he said, will carry forward with modifications to proposed projects and will rely heavily upon input from Texans through more town hall meetings and an updated Web site.

He also made clear that, should toll lanes be added to various roads, tolls will be assessed only on those, and not existing lanes.

The renewed effort now will operate under the name "Innovative Connectivity Plan."

Saenz also said the state will continue to pursue various projects, including the Interstate 69 project. If, however, more lanes are needed along U.S. 59, the state will simply widen that roadway, Saenz said.

139 debutaunt  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:33:06am

re: #116 Dianna

Israel - she's half-Japanese, half-Jewish.

And she's very stressed. She's worked 2 jobs for the last ten years, at least, and she was also ill and working all last month.

As soon as she gets out, I'm taking her to my house. And I'm going to give her idiot free-loading sister a major piece of my mind!

She's lucky to have a friend like you. Working sick and fatigued likely caused the stress that led to the heart attack.

140 [deleted]  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:33:37am
141 FloridaAnole  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:33:49am

re: #131 looking closely

No, because these rallies are loaded with children and women, and Israel doesn't want to kill them too.

Hamas is using that perennial Middle Eastern favorite, the Human Shield Strategy -- always good for hysterical coverage by CNN.

142 yma o hyd  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:34:10am

re: #99 Kyle_st

Severe case of Eeyore-itis, at best.
At worst ...
Draw your own clnclusions.

143 lifeofthemind  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:34:15am

In Beslan the Chechens had used jobs as construction workers to conceal weapons and explosives within the walls of the school that they later retrieved so that they could massacre the children. Given the large number of illegal aliens in the construction industry America is vulnerable to just such an attack.

In NY we should have the UN structure monitored for radiological substances, to an extant that can be done remotely. The possible use of mosques for weapons storage is a serious issue.

144 nyc redneck  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:34:33am

i don't even want to try to understand the apologist left.
i just know they are stupid and because of their stupidity, pose a danger to our
freedoms and civilization over all.
israel should continue to ignore the blather and bs coming from the terrorist enablers and focus on eliminating hamas.
get the job done.
let the idiots chatter.

145 mean Gene  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:35:08am

re: #134 MJ

Thanks for posting this.
I needed it somewhere else to show that indeed these false propaganda videos do get coverage.

146 Guanxi88  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:35:33am

re: #131 looking closely

I'm not so sure it would be any worse than a strike on any other target of theirs.

Seems to me that this is the way to go all around. You've got the smiling leaders, the faithful murderers, and, in many cases, trucks loaded with weapons rolled out for the edification and amusement of their supporters.

I'm not saying you lay down a hurricane barrage of artillery, or carpet-bomb the place - I'm saying that a small(ish) strike might work wonders for peace in the area.

Would there be civilians killed? Almost certainly. Would the top leadership, cadres of their followers, and a good chunk of their arsenal be destroyed? Again, almost certainly.

Besides, it's not as if these rallies don't have explosions all their own:

Liveleak Video
147 [deleted]  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:35:41am
148 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:36:47am

'Today' Replaces Banned/Bumped Ann Coulter with Rachel Maddow

[Link: newsbusters.org...]

Rachel Maddow appeared on Tuesday's "Today" show to drop invective about the Bush administration's "torture" policies.

149 yma o hyd  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:36:48am

re: #116 Dianna

Israel - she's half-Japanese, half-Jewish.

And she's very stressed. She's worked 2 jobs for the last ten years, at least, and she was also ill and working all last month.

As soon as she gets out, I'm taking her to my house. And I'm going to give her idiot free-loading sister a major piece of my mind!

Prayers for your friend, and hugs to both of you.

And do wipe the floor with that free-loading sister of hers!

150 mean Gene  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:36:55am

Are we allowing Hamas to decribe all Gazans who are out of ammo as ''innocent civilians?''

151 madisonsfriend  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:36:55am

re: #126 mean Gene

Was it the exact same school?
Doesn't matter.
From hiding HAMAS leader Mahmoud Zahar has warned that Jewish children HAMAS leader Mahmoud Zahar has warned that Jewish children are now legitimate target are now legitimate targets.
Even this doesn't percolate down into the brains of these idiots.

Of course! However, anything said about Islam is racist- even if we can point to 10, 20, 100 incidents in a given day(every day) all around the world where Moslems are killing others- much less inciting murder in words.

152 [deleted]  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:37:04am
153 albusteve  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:37:34am

re: #144 nyc redneck

i don't even want to try to understand the apologist left.
i just know they are stupid and because of their stupidity, pose a danger to our
freedoms and civilization over all.
israel should continue to ignore the blather and bs coming from the terrorist enablers and focus on eliminating hamas.
get the job done.
let the idiots chatter.

the Left, the UN and the MSM get people KILLED...they are criminal and people sit on their asses...like me...it almost seems hopeless...at least we can hope that the truth will come out some day

154 opnion  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:37:45am

FNC had an hour long interview with a young guy who is the son of a founder of Hamas.
He himself headed 'Islamic Youth". He got busted & sent o an Israeli jail where he had an epiphany. He saw murder & torture done by Hamas to fellow Hamas. Spending too much time in the shower could put you under suspicion of collaboration. One of the perps was his uncle.
The kid converted to Christianity & escaped to San Diego.
He said that none of this is about land, it's all about Islam

155 [deleted]  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:38:49am
156 avanti  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:38:54am

O.T. Obamba releases details on stimulusplan with pledge to ban ear marks and accountability to attract Rep votes.

157 Kosh's Shadow  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:39:38am

re: #143 lifeofthemind

In Beslan the Chechens had used jobs as construction workers to conceal weapons and explosives within the walls of the school that they later retrieved so that they could massacre the children. Given the large number of illegal aliens in the construction industry America is vulnerable to just such an attack.

In NY we should have the UN structure monitored for radiological substances, to an extant that can be done remotely. The possible use of mosques for weapons storage is a serious issue.

I find it interesting that the Muslim Society of Boston refused to release the blueprints of the mosque they recently built (on land the city sold cheap).
I had been joking about an armory back then.

158 bill-tb  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:39:40am

If I were Israel, it's all in time.

159 nyc redneck  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:40:03am

re: #78 Dianna

OK, I'm having a fit.

My best friend just called - she's in the hospital with a heart attack yesterday, and she's having a stint put in. She says it was the news that triggered it.

omg, i'm so sorry to hear this.
the msm is dangerous. in many ways.

160 Opinionated  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:40:04am

Obama is answering questions.

I wonder if he will be asked to comment of whether he supports Israel. [If he already was I missed it].

If it was Bush being questioned, even though the subject is supposed to be on the economy, no question he would be forced to respond to a inquiry about the war.

161 Guanxi88  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:40:07am

re: #150 mean Gene

Are we allowing Hamas to decribe all Gazans who are out of ammo as ''innocent civilians?''

Isn't that roughly equivalent to the definition of an Iranian moderate, according to Henry Kissinger?

162 [deleted]  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:40:25am
163 albusteve  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:40:37am

re: #147 taxfreekiller

On the msm winning every time...

see my #85 above

The Texas msm, all of them supported the Trans Texas Corridor, as did
Gov. Perry,
Pres. Bush,
most of the State Senate, State House Rep's,
all of the Texas Dept. of Transportation

"We the People" did it, as in one lady who said,

"My family has been on this land from 1865 to this day Gov. Perry, and if you want it, come and take it, cause I'm going to meet who ever you send at my front gate with my 30-30 rifle and you can bury me after that."

You have to stand up and fight back.

Remeber the Alamo mfs....my drunk buddies made me an Honorary Citizen of the Republic of Texas and I could not be more proud...

164 Griffon  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:40:40am

Sorry to go OT, but I just got this in my inbox and it is too priceless not to share with you. It's called Silver Bail and is sung by a good quartet.

Silver Bail

165 Kosh's Shadow  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:41:05am

re: #150 mean Gene

Are we allowing Hamas to decribe all Gazans who are out of ammo as ''innocent civilians?''

As long as they weren't actively shooting when they were hit, the MSM considers them innocent.

166 Opinionated  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:42:38am

re: #160 Opinionated

Questioned now.

Answer- The One President answer

167 Gella  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:42:57am

and all they want at the end is 72 virgins

168 albusteve  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:42:58am

re: #156 avanti

O.T. Obamba releases details on stimulusplan with pledge to ban ear marks and accountability to attract Rep votes.

right...he wants Republicans to share the blame if and when it tanks....cynical asshole...it has nothing to do with bipartisnship...

169 HippieforLife  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:43:05am

re: #123 Nevergiveup

This wimpy attitude of his has me really worried. Just hearing him say that "we only have one president at a time" makes me shudder. I just don't think that he has the balls to make a tough decision or press the red button if it came down to that.

I am trying to maintain a positive attitude regarding the O, but it gets tougher every day.

170 Guanxi88  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:43:17am

re: #165 Kosh's Shadow

As long as they weren't actively shooting when they were hit, the MSM considers them innocent.

And if they were actively shooting, they were activists, gunmen, or resistance fighters (Do I really need a sarc tag?)

171 eschew_obfuscation  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:43:44am

re: #119 WitchDoctor

Well according to my esteemed senator patty murray, the taliban actually builds schools and roads which is why the people love them.

Sometimes living on the left coast is annoying.

Off to put up my Israeli flag, forgot I had it!

Yeah, she's a hoot (when you get done puking) ;-)

Someone should tell her, since she apparently lives in ignorance, that those "schools" are called madrassas where they teach only the Koran and only to boys. And those "roads" were such marvelous pieces of engineering genius that we had to build actual roads after we kicked all that Taliban ass.

172 Russkilitlover  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:44:03am

re: #152 dadog

That's just not right.

173 Opinionated  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:44:15am

re: #166 Opinionated

More- he is deeply concerned and monitoring situation. concerned with loss of civilian life.

Will have much to say when he is President. And will be committed to resolving the Mideast conflict.

174 hous bin pharteen  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:44:24am

Keep it up, idiots. Its just a matter of time till we get another, even worse, 9/11. Who you gonna blame then? Obamo? Bush is no longer president. And no matter who Obama snuggles up to, they are going see that as weakness. What are you gonna do then? Surrender? If there is enough of you left to, that is.

175 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:44:41am

Obama pretty much just called the Bush administration and the CIA a bunch of torturing immoral bastards

176 pegcity  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:44:43am

re: #134 MJ

ugh,

why don't the Frunch just convert to islam and get it over with.

Everyone knows they are a bunch of useless pussies who will surrender before their is even a fight.

177 Dianna  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:44:50am

re: #139 debutaunt

She's lucky to have a friend like you. Working sick and fatigued likely caused the stress that led to the heart attack.

I think so. I'm just so upset.

178 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:44:54am

re: #155 Iron Fist

Everything looks good to me. I'm on IE 7.

It's OK now.
thanks

179 FloridaAnole  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:45:09am

re: #64 bulwrk

God only knows whats stored in the basement at the UN building in NY.

The ashes of Woodrow Wilson, Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai E. Stevenson.

180 Intifan  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:45:19am

re: #175 Nevergiveup

Obama pretty much just called the Bush administration and the CIA a bunch of torturing immoral bastards

That seems about par for the course.

181 Dianna  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:45:22am

re: #159 nyc redneck

omg, i'm so sorry to hear this.
the msm is dangerous. in many ways.

Yes, it is.

182 [deleted]  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:45:29am
183 yma o hyd  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:45:47am

Here are two snippets from The Muqata - showing what sort of men are serving in the IDF right now:

'6:38 PM Senior Golani Commander, Avi Peled who was also wounded yesterday evening, has already returned from hospitalization, and is back with his troops in Northern Gaza. He has resumed full operational command for Golani, and is continuing to lead the ground offensive, side by side with his troops.

6:30 PM An IDF Officer was seriously wounded in battle yesterday, Magad (Golani Division 13 commander) Oren Cohen's shoulder and arm were laced with shrapnel, and he lost a finger. Despite that, he is insistent that he get back to the front as quickly as possible; "I may have lost a finger, but I can still shoot".

That's a Golani soldier for you. 115% motivation. Note: Current IDF Chief of Staff, Gabi Ashkenazi is also from the famed Golani battalion.'

Nice little piece of info on the current IDF Chief of Staff!

184 [deleted]  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:45:48am
185 pegcity  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:45:49am

re: #169 HippieforLife

This wimpy attitude of his has me really worried. Just hearing him say that "we only have one president at a time" makes me shudder. I just don't think that he has the balls to make a tough decision or press the red button if it came down to that.

I am trying to maintain a positive attitude regarding the O, but it gets tougher every day.

Um Jimmy Carter part 2?

186 eschew_obfuscation  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:45:50am

re: #123 Nevergiveup

Obama 'deeply concerned' about Palestinian, Israeli civilian casualties

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

Sounds reasonable, but why am I so suspicious of his statement? Oh yeah I know, it draws an equivalence between Hamas and Israel.

O.K. I've been dying to ask....

How exactly do they define "civilian"? Anyone not wearing a balaclava? A person not near a school, hospital, mosque, library, post office, drug store, goat shop....?

187 RaiderDan  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:45:59am

#73 Opinionated.

I was wrong. I thought that was an AP story. Turns out its from Jerusalem Post.

Naturally the NY Times and the rest of the MSM aren't including facts that don't fit the "narrative" as FloridaNole at #114 aptly noted. Simply put, Palestinians = Victims, Israeli = Nazi Aggressors, is the liberal journos template. That template sells papers and brings eyeballs to the page to readers outside of the US. They aren't going to change the "template" to fit the facts on the ground. The readers would just gravitate somewhere else to get their anti-Israeli hate on.

Still, IDF is doing better in counterspin. Far better than it did in 2006. Thats all you can do. Its using YouTube, its using Twitter, its using blogs to get its message out. Thats the new media environment.

Calling a press conference and hoping the Gen-X/Y biased, drunk, underpaid stringer hacks culled from Evergreen State College and UC Santa Cruz journalism departments report your views is too much to ask.

188 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:46:12am

Obama also said that after Jan20th he will have ALOT to say about the Middle East. Since he is not overtly supporting Bush now, all I can say to Israel is WHATCH OUT BABY!

189 opnion  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:46:13am

re: #171 eschew_obfuscation

Yeah, she's a hoot (when you get done puking) ;-)

Someone should tell her, since she apparently lives in ignorance, that those "schools" are called madrassas where they teach only the Koran and only to boys. And those "roads" were such marvelous pieces of engineering genius that we had to build actual roads after we kicked all that Taliban ass.

Wonder if Patty Murray knew about the Soccer field that the Taliban financed through U.N money? They played no soccer, but used it for executions.

190 CIA Reject  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:46:14am

re: #171 eschew_obfuscation

Yeah, she's a hoot (when you get done puking) ;-)

Someone should tell her, since she apparently lives in ignorance, that those "schools" are called madrassas where they teach only the Koran and only to boys. assemble and program the guidance systems for suicide bombs And those "roads" were such marvelous pieces of engineering genius that we had to build actual roads after we kicked all that Taliban ass.

Suggested revision.

191 Guanxi88  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:46:15am

re: #176 pegcity

ugh,

why don't the Frunch just convert to islam and get it over with.

.

Conversion would require commitment and action, which they lack.

192 Dianna  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:46:18am

re: #149 yma o hyd

Prayers for your friend, and hugs to both of you.

And do wipe the floor with that free-loading sister of hers!

I will. And thank you so much.

193 Spiny Norman  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:46:31am

re: #173 Opinionated

More- he is deeply concerned and monitoring situation. concerned with loss of civilian life.

Will have much to say when he is President. And will be committed to resolving the Mideast conflict.

Barry knows he has no clue. That's why he's surrounded himself with Clinton-era apparatchiks. Boy will he be in for a surprise....

194 alegrias  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:46:35am

re: #127 wahabicorridor

I think you've got her backwards. My understanding is that she was appalled by Rwanda and does indeed want to do something in Darfur. If I could remember where I read it, I'd provide a link - but I don't.

* * *
Thanks Ms. W. Corridor--you needn't look back.

I sincerely wouldn't want to disrespect any democrat who was actually willing to save lives instead of talk about it.

For example, if Leon Panetta as Clinton's chief of staff actually had forcefully taken action to defend the US from Al Qaeda during the 1990s, I'd respect that.

195 maddogg  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:46:49am

re: #78 Dianna

OK, I'm having a fit.

My best friend just called - she's in the hospital with a heart attack yesterday, and she's having a stint put in. She says it was the news that triggered it.

I'm no doctor, but I think heart attacks are caused by blocked arteries, not the evening news.

196 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:46:55am

re: #180 Intifan

That seems about par for the course.

What happened to there is only one President?

197 SueG  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:47:19am

Please, Oh G-d, let there be videos of it.

198 albusteve  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:47:24am

re: #182 Iron Fist

Refused to release blueprints? Can they do that? I'd have thought that the fire marshal (at the very least) would want to see them. How else are you going to determine if the building is up to code?

And, of course, it makes you wonder what they are hiding. Maybe it's their goat brothel.

only the city can allow that to happen...should be front page news...we're doomed

199 Kragar  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:47:28am

re: #175 Nevergiveup

Obama pretty much just called the Bush administration and the CIA a bunch of torturing immoral bastards

Must be why he appointed a pantywaste groveling accountant as his CIA director

200 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:47:30am

re: #195 maddogg

I'm no doctor, but I think heart attacks are caused by blocked arteries, not the evening news.

Stress can be a tipping point

201 Russkilitlover  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:47:44am

re: #184 buzzsawmonkey

Aw, what'd I miss?

Violation of Rule #4.

202 FrogMarch  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:48:03am

The UN is just there to help the Nazi-Hamas.

203 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:48:04am

re: #199 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Must be why he appointed a pantywaste groveling accountant as his CIA director

He was defending that exact choice when he made that statement.

204 pegcity  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:48:18am

re: #198 albusteve

it will be stormed next huge terrorist attack and they will find lots of toys in it im betting

205 freedombilly  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:48:32am

re: #175 Nevergiveup

Obama pretty much just called the Bush administration and the CIA a bunch of torturing immoral bastards

Obama is torturing me with his socialism.

206 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:48:43am

This is going to sound harsh, but why is it almost ALL the photos from Gaza are of bloodied children, being carried or cared for by adults who look like they just walked out of a sport ware store?

And is it only the children who are getting injured or killed? I've barely seen a picture of a adult hurt of kill in this conflict.

Of course, I ask these questions in a sarcastic tone, since I think I already know the answers.

207 Gella  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:49:25am

re: #206 Walter L. Newton

sympathy vote

208 eschew_obfuscation  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:49:32am

re: #190 CIA Reject

LOL.... and true.... revision accepted ;-)

209 RockmanVermont  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:49:44am

The journalism of America is dead,its sad but true.The few objective news sources(such as Charles or Fox),are a minuscule percent of the media,we may not be heard as loudly or as far as the hate filled MSM,but we will put our money where our mouths are,and last I heard Fox is the only major news network that is increasing in value.Charles' blog LGF is skyrocketing(of which I am happy to say I'm on with you all)and the mainstream media will be dead soon.As someone posted in an earlier tread,the center of the political spectrum is now the "far right".Good grief I hope everything can get better but I'm running out of optimism.Theres going to be a lot of hard work for the rest of our lives,sounds great right?

210 albusteve  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:50:09am

re: #204 pegcity

it will be stormed next huge terrorist attack and they will find lots of toys in it im betting

give them 30min to comply...then lock it and condemn the joint...problem solved

211 CIA Reject  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:50:46am

re: #208 eschew_obfuscation

LOL.... and true.... revision accepted ;-)

That's why I consider madrassas legitimate targets: they are munitions factories.

212 Hobbes  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:50:49am

re: #177 Dianna

I think so. I'm just so upset.

My thoughts are with your friend and you.

213 debutaunt  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:50:53am

re: #177 Dianna

When will she be released? You two will have a wonderful hug.

214 JHW  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:51:11am

Harry Reid oughta be piping in anytime saying Israel should withdraw back to Okinawa.

215 Kosh's Shadow  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:51:11am

re: #173 Opinionated

More- he is deeply concerned and monitoring situation. concerned with loss of civilian life.

Will have much to say when he is President. And will be committed to resolving the Mideast conflict.

Since no one is mentioning Israeli civilians being killed, he's concerned about Hamas and their supporters being killed.
So how is he going to resolve the Mideast conflict, if Hamas is still around and refuses to recognize Israel's right to exist? And continues to attack Israel?

As Han Solo said, I have a bad feeling about this.

216 alegrias  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:51:23am

re: #154 opnion

* * *
Yes, it was called "Escape From Hamas" this past weekend.

What a lizardly lion that ex-Hamas kid is--what a courageous human.

What a mensch! To repudiate Hamas and all it stands for, and embrace his "enemy" Israel and other infidels, that's real man.

217 yma o hyd  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:51:28am

re: #188 Nevergiveup

Obama also said that after Jan20th he will have ALOT to say about the Middle East. Since he is not overtly supporting Bush now, all I can say to Israel is WHATCH OUT BABY!

Yep.
Mind - it looks to me as if the Israeli Government know precisely where B0 is coming from, and what he would like to do.
The IDF is creating facts on the ground, and I would assume even B0 isn't stupid enough to ask Israel to re-install all those missile launchers and pay Hamas for new missiles ...

218 DistantThunder  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:51:49am

Hamas knows the Israeli weak point - sensitivity to international condemnation - so the military goal is then to make them look like monsters.

Hamas needs the press to do their fighting for them.

219 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:51:51am

re: #214 JHW

Harry Reid oughta be piping in anytime saying Israel should withdraw back to Okinawa.

Well that would be that military expert Jon Murtha.

220 Opinionated  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:51:59am

re: #193 Spiny Norman

Barry knows he has no clue. That's why he's surrounded himself with Clinton-era apparatchiks. Boy will he be in for a surprise....

I'm afraid you are wrong. It may be just my concern darkening my analysis but the words he used makes me believe he has a clue and a purpose- to come down on Israel.

Think about it, the claim that we have only one President implies that it would not be right to state an opinion contrary to the current President's. If you agree with the current policy, you can clearly state that you agree.

Obama is implying his policy will be different. Different equals not supporting Israel.

221 Dianna  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:52:05am

re: #195 maddogg

I'm no doctor, but I think heart attacks are caused by blocked arteries, not the evening news.

Yes, but the news triggered the attack.

She tells me she was at work, turned on her computer to check the news, and then realized she had a problem.

222 Kragar  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:52:12am

re: #203 Nevergiveup

He was defending that exact choice when he made that statement.

The last time anyone appointed someone with so little intelligence background was Jimmy Carter's CIA director and most experts say we still haven't recovered from that debacle.

Stock up on food and ammo, we're going to get hit again, hard, in the name of liberal ideaology

223 Spiny Norman  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:52:14am

re: #199 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

re: #175 Nevergiveup

Obama pretty much just called the Bush administration and the CIA a bunch of torturing immoral bastards

Must be why he appointed a pantywaste groveling accountant as his CIA director

I think many in the CIA (like the Democrat time-servers who concocted the Joe Wilson fiasco) want the CIA as a neutered, ineffectual bureaucracy with a nice pension plan.

:^þ

224 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:52:15am

re: #206 Walter L. Newton

I have noticed that most fighting age men arrive at the hospital in thier undershirt. I'm pretty sure they are instructed to remove any military style vests before they go through the gauntlet of photographers.

225 Kosh's Shadow  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:52:29am

re: #182 Iron Fist

Refused to release blueprints? Can they do that? I'd have thought that the fire marshal (at the very least) would want to see them. How else are you going to determine if the building is up to code?

And, of course, it makes you wonder what they are hiding. Maybe it's their goat brothel.

It was in response to the lawsuit that selling the land cheap was the government establishing a religion. I believe the suit got settled with the blueprints unreleased.

226 [deleted]  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:52:40am
227 JHW  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:52:47am

re: #219 Nevergiveup

You're right, somehow I get those 2 mixed up on that one.

228 hous bin pharteen  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:52:56am

re: #181 Dianna

Yeah, but how many MSM are there going to be left? They may be able to glow in the dark for awhile, but they wont last to much longer after.

229 SummerSong  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:53:02am

re: #192 Dianna

I will. And thank you so much.

Dianna,

Would you taking the dead beat sister to task cause your friend more stress?
Just something to think about before you act.

230 debutaunt  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:53:05am

re: #200 Nevergiveup

Stress can be a tipping point

It affects the blood pressure in a bad way.

231 DistantThunder  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:53:08am

re: #209 RockmanVermont

The journalism of America is dead,its sad but true.The few objective news sources(such as Charles or Fox),are a minuscule percent of the media,we may not be heard as loudly or as far as the hate filled MSM,but we will put our money where our mouths are,and last I heard Fox is the only major news network that is increasing in value.Charles' blog LGF is skyrocketing(of which I am happy to say I'm on with you all)and the mainstream media will be dead soon.As someone posted in an earlier tread,the center of the political spectrum is now the "far right".Good grief I hope everything can get better but I'm running out of optimism.Theres going to be a lot of hard work for the rest of our lives,sounds great right?

Where is the accountability - other professions require licensing and testing out the wazoo - yet journalists seem to be the only ones not held accountable by a "regulatory" committee.

232 Dianna  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:53:20am

re: #212 Hobbes

My thoughts are with your friend and you.

Thank you.

233 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:53:27am

re: #217 yma o hyd

Yep.
Mind - it looks to me as if the Israeli Government know precisely where B0 is coming from, and what he would like to do.
The IDF is creating facts on the ground, and I would assume even B0 isn't stupid enough to ask Israel to re-install all those missile launchers and pay Hamas for new missiles ...

Well not overtly, but maybe he'll install the same peace keeping force that they have in southern Lebanon. They are doing such a cracker jack job?

234 caliredst8r  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:53:35am

re: #198 albusteve

I'm pretty sure that copies shouldn't be that difficult to find. Probably every contractor that worked on the job would have copies, the engineering/surveying company will definitely have them filed and/or archived in their offices. I doubt the group having the mosque built would be able to control every single copy.

235 opnion  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:53:40am

re: #216 alegrias

* * *
Yes, it was called "Escape From Hamas" this past weekend.

What a lizardly lion that ex-Hamas kid is--what a courageous human.

What a mensch! To repudiate Hamas and all it stands for, and embrace his "enemy" Israel and other infidels, that's real man.


Thats it. The young guy has nerve but he is in some serious danger.
The part I really liked is that he surfs! He got away from the death cult & now lives a Sothern Cal Beach lifestyle.

236 Sunlight  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:53:48am

The IDF needs to put up a post on their blog/youtube channel with ANY video they have of the gunman firing from the school, and the explosion caused by the booby traps, etc. I just drove home and heard the story on FOX's radio news and they said NOTHING about any Hamas guy firing outward, return fire, or the fact (is it true) that the death of the people in there was caused by secondary explosions of explosives placed there by Hamas.

IDF needs to put it out there NOW!

237 freedombilly  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:53:54am

re: #78 Dianna

I also got horrible news regarding the health of my best friend the day before Christmas. He is since doing great and has a new lease on life. May your friend (and all of her loved ones) have a speedy recovery and be healthier in the aftermath than she's ever been!

238 Spiny Norman  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:53:58am

re: #206 Walter L. Newton

This is going to sound harsh, but why is it almost ALL the photos from Gaza are of bloodied children, being carried or cared for by adults who look like they just walked out of a sport ware store?

And is it only the children who are getting injured or killed? I've barely seen a picture of a adult hurt of kill in this conflict.

Of course, I ask these questions in a sarcastic tone, since I think I already know the answers.

Hamas controls everything the MFMSM gets out of Gaza, and the MFMSM will do nothing to endanger their "access", so we see what you describe.

239 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:54:07am

The other thing that pisses me off is the UN who knew Hamas was storing weapons and firing from the school. That's the reason international monitors aren't going to work in Gaza.

240 CIA Reject  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:54:10am

re: #223 Spiny Norman

I think many in the CIA (like the Democrat time-servers who concocted the Joe Wilson fiasco) want the CIA as a neutered, ineffectual bureaucracy with a nice pension plan.

:^þ

You are correct in that assumption...

241 yma o hyd  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:54:10am

re: #206 Walter L. Newton

This is going to sound harsh, but why is it almost ALL the photos from Gaza are of bloodied children, being carried or cared for by adults who look like they just walked out of a sport ware store?

And is it only the children who are getting injured or killed? I've barely seen a picture of a adult hurt of kill in this conflict.

Of course, I ask these questions in a sarcastic tone, since I think I already know the answers.

Pity that nobody in the FMSM is asking those questions, sarcastically or not.

242 Wishing  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:54:19am

re: #188 Nevergiveup

Obama also said that after Jan20th he will have ALOT to say about the Middle East. Since he is not overtly supporting Bush now, all I can say to Israel is WHATCH OUT BABY!

Get er done, IDF, you have 14 days...get er done!

243 Viking6  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:54:31am

I am so tired of these idiots talking about civilian casualties. Lets talk about some real collateral damage for comparison...WWII estimated civilian deaths world wide exceeded 20 million. How soon we forget both the principals worth fighting for and the consequences of allowing totalitarian views to obstruct the truth.

244 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:55:40am

re: #227 JHW

You're right, somehow I get those 2 mixed up on that one.

Well ones scrawny and one is obese?

245 Dianna  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:55:45am

re: #213 debutaunt

When will she be released? You two will have a wonderful hug.

She's not sure when they're letting her out - she was heading into surgery when she called me (actually, she had a nurse call me, they're not letting her sit up). She promised that she'd call me as soon as possible afterwards.

Her doctor, I hope, will call me.

Oh, Joy, I just realized I'm going to be driving into the City!

246 avanti  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:56:06am

re: #168 albusteve

right...he wants Republicans to share the blame if and when it tanks....cynical asshole...it has nothing to do with bipartisnship...

As a moderate, I could just as easily say your comment is cynical, although I'd leave off the asshole tag. I see it as a pragmatic move. Give the other side a tax cut to embrace, ban the ear marks to take that issue off the table, and post how the money is spent on the Net. In my opinion, it is a outreach to address the concerns of the right, but I'm too left of you guys to judge the effectiveness of his approach.

247 alegrias  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:56:18am

re: #195 maddogg

I'm no doctor, but I think heart attacks are caused by blocked arteries, not the evening news.

* * *
Leftist news raises blood pressure, which forces more blood through blocked arteries, which blows gaskets & hearts.

248 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:56:32am

re: #239 Killgore Trout

The other thing that pisses me off is the UN who knew Hamas was storing weapons and firing from the school. That's the reason international monitors aren't going to work in Gaza.

Bingo!

249 freedombilly  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:56:41am

re: #239 Killgore Trout

The other thing that pisses me off is the UN who knew Hamas was storing weapons and firing from the school. That's the reason international monitors aren't going to work in Gaza.

International selective monitors - monitoring all events that fit the template!

250 Spare O'Lake  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:56:43am

I was watching BBC TV last night. The interviewer was a well-spoken, youngish, pretty, blond, fair-skinned woman. The topic was Gaza.

During the course of an interview with the Israeli representative, the interviewer slowly morphed into a rude, hunched-over, snarling, mono-syllabic, attack dog. She constantly interrupted and barely allowed the guest to get a word in edgewise.

The "interview" culminated with her guttural retort to the effect that the continuation of the Hamas missiles were "quite convenient" for Israel in that they provided a pretext for the continuation of the IDF slaughter of the innocent civilians.

I wanted to kill her.

251 JHW  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:56:53am

re: #244 Nevergiveup

Well ones scrawny and one is obese?

And pretty much the same politics.

252 debutaunt  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:57:12am

re: #245 Dianna

She's not sure when they're letting her out - she was heading into surgery when she called me (actually, she had a nurse call me, they're not letting her sit up). She promised that she'd call me as soon as possible afterwards.

Her doctor, I hope, will call me.

Oh, Joy, I just realized I'm going to be driving into the City!

Sometimes a limo is well worth the expense.

253 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:57:14am

Hamas' big victory.....
Hamas Shows Video Of Shot Down Drone.

Liveleak Video

Aileron Ackbar!

254 Lincolntf  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:57:34am

re: #182 Iron Fist

I remember this story. The Boston Herald did do a series about the mosque (Globe might have, too). Somehow even all that attention didn't change anything (as far as I know, I haven't followed the story for a while). It does seem ridiculous, doesn't it? I can't even remember what justification the Imams/Mullahs used for refusing.

255 Kosh's Shadow  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:57:47am

re: #231 DistantThunder

Where is the accountability - other professions require licensing and testing out the wazoo - yet journalists seem to be the only ones not held accountable by a "regulatory" committee.

Watch out, the 0bama administration might implement this, just to make sure that all journalists are fair. And left-wing.

256 DeafDog  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:57:55am

re: #175 Nevergiveup

Obama pretty much just called the Bush administration and the CIA a bunch of torturing immoral bastards

Much like the Illinois democratic party?

257 Dianna  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:57:57am

re: #229 SummerSong

Dianna,

Would you taking the dead beat sister to task cause your friend more stress?
Just something to think about before you act.

Oh. You're right.

But...damn, I'm angry.

258 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:58:01am

re: #239 Killgore Trout

The other thing that pisses me off is the UN who knew Hamas was storing weapons and firing from the school. That's the reason international monitors aren't going to work in Gaza.

Well, and isn't the UN and its functions and benefits funded by an assessment paid by each member country?

Where is the outrage from everyone that Hamas was misusing the aid given to them, and instead of holding school, instead was stroring weapons?"

259 albusteve  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:58:05am

re: #220 Opinionated

I'm afraid you are wrong. It may be just my concern darkening my analysis but the words he used makes me believe he has a clue and a purpose- to come down on Israel.

Think about it, the claim that we have only one President implies that it would not be right to state an opinion contrary to the current President's. If you agree with the current policy, you can clearly state that you agree.

Obama is implying his policy will be different. Different equals not supporting Israel.

if he has been studying the history of the situation and speaks out against Israeli rights of sovereignty or some trumped up responsibility for the palis...he will be on the wrong side of history...easily refuted and his only excuse will be stupidity or his anti-Semetism...good luck with that...somebody somewhere will rip him a new ass sooner or later...maybe somebody astute like George Will

260 _RememberTonyC  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:58:10am

when syria had a problem with its OWN islamists, here's how they dealt with it:

[Link: www.associatedcontent.com...]

I don't recall the UN calling for a ceasefire at that time. To be clear, I am not condoning syria's slaughter, I am simply pointing out how much more brutal treatment of muslims is ignored by the world because it was not done by Israel. Yet more evidence (as if we needed it) of the world's hypocrisy. Israel neds to keep its foot on the islamists' throats.

261 MandyManners  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:58:15am

re: #226 buzzsawmonkey

Where are the rules now, anyway? They used to be at the top of the thread.

Just below the video.

262 alegrias  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:58:16am

re: #199 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Must be why he appointed a pantywaste groveling accountant as his CIA director

* * *
Wait til they bring Sandy Burglar (Clinton's National Security Advisor) out of mothballs, to "serve" his country again. Or retrieve whatever he hid in his socks and Fruit of the Looms, "for the sake of the children", not National Security.

263 Silvergirl  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:58:25am

re: #154 opnion

FNC had an hour long interview with a young guy who is the son of a founder of Hamas.
He himself headed 'Islamic Youth". He got busted & sent o an Israeli jail where he had an epiphany. He saw murder & torture done by Hamas to fellow Hamas. Spending too much time in the shower could put you under suspicion of collaboration. One of the perps was his uncle.
The kid converted to Christianity & escaped to San Diego.
He said that none of this is about land, it's all about Islam

I caught that one too. It takes a lot of what most people don't have to leave everything you've ever known--your family, country, religion--and follow your heart. Following his heart in this case led him to a place he was taught all his life to be enemy territory. He has courage in spades.

264 Dianna  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:59:08am

re: #237 freedombilly

Thank you.

At least it means she'll quit the second job!

265 eschew_obfuscation  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:59:59am

re: #231 DistantThunder

Where is the accountability - other professions require licensing and testing out the wazoo - yet journalists seem to be the only ones not held accountable by a "regulatory" committee.

Well, there's this little problem..... "Congress shall make no law......abridging freedom of speech, or of the press..."

No mention is made of "abridging the free practice of plumbing....."

266 [deleted]  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:00:00am
267 looking closely  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:00:29am

re: #146 Guanxi88
I think that an attack at a public rally like that would have more downside than upside for Israel.

At best they'd kill a few mid-level Hamas leaders, and a number of "grunts". Then Hamas would either stop holding these rallies altogether, or simply keep the valued assets out of them in the future. In other words, hitting a rally like this would basically be a one-shot deal.

Meanwhile, Israel would have to suffer the propaganda/public relations hit for attacking the crowd and killing present children, etc, for years.

Looking at this kind of thing for a while, I've come to the conclusion that second-guessing Israel's actions is generally a waste of time. If you understand that Israel is trying to minimize non-terrorist casualties, then its pretty much doing everything it can already. The only way Israel could do more is if it cedes that moral high ground.

Perhaps that's a worthwhile discussion, ie just how much collateral damage is it "appropriate" for Israel to inflict here, but that's a discussion Israel needs to have internally. I think Israel's "stomach" for collateral damage increases as Hamas' abilities increase, but its still going to be highly calibrated.

268 beermeister  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:00:38am

This is the fault of Hamas. If you comingle your troops, weapons and ammo with civilians then the fault lies with Hamas. The opposition has a right to take those targets out, especially since Hamas started the fight.

I believe this is from the text of the Geneva Convention -

The presence of a protected person may not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations.

Even if it wasn't, Israel would still have the right to defend. The media could mention Hamas started this. They could mention Ararat could have taken a more than fair deal offered up by Clinton. Unfortunately, some people listen to these fools.

269 pegcity  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:00:43am

re: #250 Spare O'Lake

I was watching BBC TV last night. The interviewer was a well-spoken, youngish, pretty, blond, fair-skinned woman. The topic was Gaza.

During the course of an interview with the Israeli representative, the interviewer slowly morphed into a rude, hunched-over, snarling, mono-syllabic, attack dog. She constantly interrupted and barely allowed the guest to get a word in edgewise.

The "interview" culminated with her guttural retort to the effect that the continuation of the Hamas missiles were "quite convenient" for Israel in that they provided a pretext for the continuation of the IDF slaughter of the innocent civilians.

I wanted to kill her.

don't worry her new Islamic husband will probably do it for u, england is fubar, i think they should just covert on mass and get it over with

270 hous bin pharteen  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:01:05am

Will it be wrong to shoot liberals trying to swim across the river to New Jersey when they are radioactive? I am just asking? It may be a health issues when that many radioactive people start mixing with sane people.

271 albusteve  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:02:08am

re: #246 avanti

As a moderate, I could just as easily say your comment is cynical, although I'd leave off the asshole tag. I see it as a pragmatic move. Give the other side a tax cut to embrace, ban the ear marks to take that issue off the table, and post how the money is spent on the Net. In my opinion, it is a outreach to address the concerns of the right, but I'm too left of you guys to judge the effectiveness of his approach.

I was overly harsh...obviously some of us on the right have issues but it is only fair to see what it is and how it plays out...I'd like to see how the will be spent posted...some transparency would be nice for a change

272 hous bin pharteen  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:02:33am

re: #246 avanti
Yeah. They can always print more money.

273 SummerSong  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:02:35am

re: #257 Dianna

Oh. You're right.

But...damn, I'm angry.

Yeah, I can understand. I'm sorry that happened to your friend.
{Dianna}

274 looking closely  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:02:36am

re: #218 DistantThunder

Hamas knows the Israeli weak point - sensitivity to international condemnation - so the military goal is then to make them look like monsters.

Hamas needs the press to do their fighting for them.

I'd take it a step further.

Hamas continues to exists almost ENTIRELY because the international press covers for it.

If Hamas really got the sort of objective media coverage it deserved, its funding would dry up, and Israel would have carte blanche to do whatever it wanted within Gaza.

275 looking closely  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:03:20am

re: #270 hous bin pharteen

Will it be wrong to shoot liberals trying to swim across the river to New Jersey when they are radioactive? I am just asking? It may be a health issues when that many radioactive people start mixing with sane people.

Forget it.
Anyone trying that would have serious "health issues" just from entering the Hudson river.

276 [deleted]  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:03:44am
277 eschew_obfuscation  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:04:11am

re: #253 Killgore Trout

Hamas' big victory.....
Hamas Shows Video Of Shot Down Drone.


Aileron Ackbar!

That's probably been in the garage for the last 10 years. Some kid found it after a test flight gone awry....

278 Kosh's Shadow  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:04:33am

re: #258 reine.de.tout

Well, and isn't the UN and its functions and benefits funded by an assessment paid by each member country?

Where is the outrage from everyone that Hamas was misusing the aid given to them, and instead of holding school, instead was stroring weapons?"

The outrage from most of the members of the UN would be that Hamas was storing munitions and not using them to kill Joooos.

279 unrealizedviewpoint  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:05:27am

re: #231 DistantThunder

Where is the accountability - other professions require licensing and testing out the wazoo - yet journalists seem to be the only ones not held accountable by a "regulatory" committee.

First Amendment, freedom of the press and all that.. may have something to do with it. I don't think I want govt licensing or testing journalists.

280 hous bin pharteen  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:05:49am

re: #275 looking closely

True. We wont have to worry about any bridges. I am sure they wont last long either.

281 Kenneth  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:05:54am

I'm not at all sure the few mortar shells fired by the IDF in retaliation for the shells Hamas lobbed at them really triggered the secondary explosions. It would be a luck shot wouldn't it? More likely, Hamas fired the shells at the IDF, set the timer on their own booby traps and then high-tailed it out of the school.

282 [deleted]  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:06:00am
283 pegcity  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:06:46am

re: #281 Kenneth

I'm not at all sure the few mortar shells fired by the IDF in retaliation for the shells Hamas lobbed at them really triggered the secondary explosions. It would be a luck shot wouldn't it? More likely, Hamas fired the shells at the IDF, set the timer on their own booby traps and then high-tailed it out of the school.

how do we know hamas didn't pull a hamas and stock the building with morgue bodies?

284 Intifan  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:07:12am

re: #196 Nevergiveup

What happened to there is only one President?

Obama calling the Bush administration immoral, etc. I didn't mean Bush being immoral is par for the course.

285 _RememberTonyC  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:08:09am

re: #276 Iron Fist

agree 100% IronFist

286 [deleted]  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:08:20am
287 Soona'  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:08:53am

re: #243 Viking6

I am so tired of these idiots talking about civilian casualties. Lets talk about some real collateral damage for comparison...WWII estimated civilian deaths world wide exceeded 20 million. How soon we forget both the principals worth fighting for and the consequences of allowing totalitarian views to obstruct the truth.

The MSM is just getting started. We are going to see exactly how a totalitarian propaganda machine will operate all up close like.

288 notutopia  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:09:32am

re: #85 taxfreekiller

OT

"We the People" can effect change, real change.

Do not give up, do not give in fight back.

Trans Texas Corridor , "done for".

[Link: www.alipac.us...]


Yeah! More of my taxpaying dollars saved by the dissent of TEXANS! No
Highway to Hell!

Youtube Video
289 Tardis  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:14:01am

re: #281 Kenneth

I'm not at all sure the few mortar shells fired by the IDF in retaliation for the shells Hamas lobbed at them really triggered the secondary explosions. It would be a luck shot wouldn't it? More likely, Hamas fired the shells at the IDF, set the timer on their own booby traps and then high-tailed it out of the school.

Its not really human shields. It sounds more like child sacrifice.

290 yma o hyd  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:15:07am

re: #233 Nevergiveup

Well not overtly, but maybe he'll install the same peace keeping force that they have in southern Lebanon. They are doing such a cracker jack job?

Yes - I'm afraid thats exactly what will happen.

How cracker a job they're really doing we might be able to see if Hizbollah actually does what it is trheatening to do: mount a leetle, minor attack on Northern israel - done by another Palestinian group.

291 avanti  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:16:13am

re: #271 albusteve

I was overly harsh...obviously some of us on the right have issues but it is only fair to see what it is and how it plays out...I'd like to see how the will be spent posted...some transparency would be nice for a change

I only care, because I hope Obama will do a good job, and be more moderate then some have feared. His approach to the stimulus package seemed reasonable to this moderate, but perception differ depending on our political leanings.
I've never contended that Obama is was the most experienced candidate but hoped he would assemble a good team and listen to them. It's the job of those on the right to keep the ship of state from making a turn to hard port, but sometimes just grab the wheel and help steady it when it's on course.

292 Kenneth  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:16:27am

re: #283 pegcity

Too much work. Besides, Baal wanted fresh blood.

293 Spare O'Lake  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:17:20am

re: #276 Iron Fist

The only way Israel could win in the Press is to lie down and die.

If and when Israel finally destroys Hamas then they will be hailed in the press for lifting the yoke of oppression from the necks of the Palestinian people.
That'll last about 72 hours.
Then, after Israel helps Fatah to form the government, Israel will be blamed for the ensuing civil war and related internecine slaughter of thousand.

294 descolada9  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:19:58am

Screw the United Nations, screw the media, and screw Hamas. May they all join hand in hand while doing a ring around the rosie with the rosie being a ticking bomb in the middle of the ring! (I have no idea where that imagery just came from).

And if the Jooos controlled the media, then why does the MSM always bash on Israel?

295 Spiny Norman  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:21:03am

re: #253 Killgore Trout

Hamas' big victory.....
Hamas Shows Video Of Shot Down Drone.

[Video]Aileron Ackbar!

Are they going to demand Israel release a hundred Hamas prisoners in exchange?

296 TaeJohnDo  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:21:49am

re: #291 avanti

I only care, because I hope Obama will do a good job, and be more moderate then some have feared. His approach to the stimulus package seemed reasonable to this moderate, but perception differ depending on our political leanings.
I've never contended that Obama is was the most experienced candidate but hoped he would assemble a good team and listen to them. It's the job of those on the right to keep the ship of state from making a turn to hard port, but sometimes just grab the wheel and help steady it when it's on course.


You are both right -- it is pragmatic to reach out to the Republicans and gain some of their support, both because it is bipartisan, and because it will spread the blame if it fails. It is a good political -- ergo -- cynical and pragmatic -- move.

297 Muadib  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:25:50am

The Mainly Lamestream Media ought to be horrified that their competition is first in getting these very important issues and events into the light for public discussion. Of course, it's quite clear that many would like to hide the truth when it does not fit the story line and support their goal to defeat the Self Determination of Free People.

Israel is more than justified in crushing Palestinian Terrorism with as much force as is necessary. The evidence is in plane sight, for all to see.

298 maddogg  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:27:23am

re: #247 alegrias

* * *
Leftist news raises blood pressure, which forces more blood through blocked arteries, which blows gaskets & hearts.

I understand that. My point is that it was coming at any rate. Better to have an attack triggered in the office than on some mountainside in the wilderness when your 10 miles from the nearest road, and all alone with the coyotes. A real possibility for me.

299 looking closely  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:27:32am

re: #291 avanti

I only care, because I hope Obama will do a good job, and be more moderate then some have feared. His approach to the stimulus package seemed reasonable to this moderate, but perception differ depending on our political leanings.

See here:
[Link: thenextright.com...]

And here:
[Link: blog.heritage.org...]

300 Pass The Moonbaticide  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:32:04am

I seem to remember that a Hamas rocket struck an Israeli school early in this conflict, but all I heard from the MSM here in the UK was crickets.
Of course, the Jooos don't send their kids to schools that are targets -
They love their children after all. They could be killed -
so there were no casualties.

No News here. Move along ... Move along ...

301 Larry_in_PHX  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:33:31am

I am no expert, but it seems like there has been some photoshopping to the lower leg with the dirty shoe.

[Link: www.daylife.com...]

Any thoughts?

302 winston06  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:45:08am

Apply Bolton's idea on UN now

303 Larry_in_PHX  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:47:38am

Over at Snappedshot, Brain said of that picture,

"Larry,

Thanks for sending that photo—I've zoomed in on the area in question and messed around with the contrast, and it looks like it's normal. The contrast in the photo is terrible, but if you boost it, it looks like a normal pants leg, dusty, against a dusty background; the white stripe being some sort of decorative design on the side of the pant leg. The shadows seem about "right," too—nothing really sticks out as being an obvious forgery to me from where I'm sitting.

(A higher resolution photo would be more instructive, but unless anyone finds one of those, this is the best I've got.)

Regards,
Brian"

I believe him, so nothing to see here.

304 hous bin pharteen  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 12:22:50pm

re: #250 Spare O'Lake

Why bother? If she gets her way, women are going to end up with their mouths closed wearing bed sheets tied to their heads. Won't Hollywood movie and TV stars have fun with that?
Maybe next year "Desperate Housewives" will be changed to "Desperate Muslims"

305 hous bin pharteen  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 12:30:33pm

re: #282 Iron Fist

Yeah, I love that movie "28 Days". And I thought it was just a movie, not a future documentary.

306 conrad  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 2:44:44pm

Two thoughts that seem somewhat contradictory: one, those living in Gaza have made a choice (for the most part.) When Fatah bugged out and Hamas took over, there have been ample opportunities to pick sides if you identify yourself as Palestinian. There have been and still exist ample and open means of traveling to the West Bank or to Jordan to get out of harms way. Those who have stayed have done so by choice in order to either fight the IDF in a losing battle hoping their deaths can be used as media fodder.

Second point (and the contradictory one); however, there is one other group of people, and this is who the Israeli's are always shown helping and takes a little explanation. Hamas runs Gaza like the IRA ran East Belfast in the 1970s. They have a legitimate arm of public service and public relations to gain good press and fund raising, but this good is mixed in and among the terrorists. Now, if you are a poor schmo just trying to live and can't move out, to keep you and your family safe, you need to pay homage and respect to the masters of your neighborhood (keep your mouth shut eyes to the ground and understand that you ARE being watched). What we saw last week of Hamas terrorists blowing the kneecaps off of "collaborators" or "defectors" is a mirror of what the IRA did. You either played ball, were crippled for life or were murdered, and Hamas makes no distinction between you , your kids, your relatives or your friends. They will make an example of any of the above to get their control message across! Credit where credit is due, for the most part, the IRA left families alone! Also, Hamas makes no distinction between labeling as "collaborators" and "defectors" those who work with Fatah as much as those who with the IDF. Or for that matter, just plain old disagree with the local Hamas-hole trying to set up a launcher in their front yard.

To close, my sincere prayer is that when the dust settles, the Palestinians will realize that the Arab world respects them about as much as they do the Jews in Israel. They need to pull their heads out of their collective butts and start working with the only group of people in the entire world who have supported them in education, medical, jobs, even gaining state hood: Israel! No one else takes them seriously, not even the hippies in Berkeley. My pipe dream is to see Israel, the West Bank and Gaza united and turned into the next Dubai in wealth and creativity. For this to happen, Hamas needs to be eliminated! That will truly "free Palestine". GO IDF!

307 Shr_Nfr  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 4:50:28pm

Damn they stopped at 3. We had that other video about what happens when you go to 5 in rapid succession. Raisin hell so to speak. Could of saved the Israelis a lot of trouble. [In some sense I really do not mean that, any shell could have killed innocent people in Israel, but 5 in short order would have taken out the installation and those with it.]

308 Shr_Nfr  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 4:55:45pm

re: #217 yma o hyd

I have no little confidence in the man, he is from the Chicago School of Economics. Anything is for sale.

309 Shr_Nfr  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 4:56:45pm

re: #308 Shr_Nfr

Mangled that one did't I? Use no or little but not both.

310 Shr_Nfr  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 5:15:27pm

re: #12 Kosh's Shadow

Ack! I was going to post something about how the solar system was probably stolen from the Sagittarius Dwarf galaxy, but stumbled on the following: [Link: web.mit.edu...] Moonbats arise and confront the problem of global warming on Triton! Carbon credits. Must be cow farts increasing the methane or something.

311 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jan 6, 2009 7:06:16pm

re: #78 Dianna

OK, I'm having a fit.

My best friend just called - she's in the hospital with a heart attack yesterday, and she's having a stint put in. She says it was the news that triggered it.

All our best to her--a speedy recovery, and tell her not to watch the news...

312 bubbasbbq  Wed, Jan 7, 2009 5:00:07am

I hate to bust Hamas (or is it Humus?) and their apologist's collective bubble, but the geneva convention states that hospitals, churches and schools are fair game if the enemy stores or utilizes military assets on or near these sites. Then again I seriously doubt if Hamas (Humus) relaly cares if their hospitals and schools get blown to bits, occupied or not.


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