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thepurpose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 07:21 PM
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Oh my God!!! Watch George Galloway tear this Reporter apart please!!!
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 07:32 PM
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1. PHUCKING BRILLIANT!
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MindMatter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 08:19 PM
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17. He made one key point that must be repeated
Bush and Rice are all about "we must disarm the Hezbollah." It makes no logic whatsoever for Lebanon/Hezbolah to give up their weapons when Israel is allowed to have any amount of weapons, including nuks that can take out any Middle Eastern city -- especially while Israel continues to occupy parts of other countries.
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 08:25 PM
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19. Terrorists that killed 300 Americans giving up weapons to have peace -
now that is indeed an idea that makes no sense. :sarcasm:


I like George G - but sometimes he has his head up his ass - IMHO of course.
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Raster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 12:48 AM
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33. Violence begets violence. Terror and aggression lead to more terror and
aggression. The only way to end terrorism is to eliminate the root causes: poverty, intolerance, ignorance, violence and bloodshed.
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 08:13 AM
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43. I agree - but some within the terrorist movement say their intolerance
is required by their concept of God - and the leaders of their religion agree - and today's news reports say the Sunni - who have not been thinking this way - now have folks (with money and followers) who do think this way
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alvarezadams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 04:14 AM
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36. Why were we there?
And, fwiw, terrorism is perpetrated against civilians, not foreign soldiers.

As for Hezbollah being behind the Beirut blasts (1983), it should be remembered that Hezbollah didn't exist until 1985.
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 08:10 AM
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42. Hez claims credit for 83 and says 82 start date - what is the 1985 in
reference too - perhaps relacing indirect Iranian money pipeline with a direct deposit account?

Soldiers you or your country are not at war with are not free game.
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alvarezadams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 09:06 AM
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47. News to me
Hezbollah has specifically denied any relationship with the Beirut bombing.

As for soldiers being or not being fair game - I quote Washington: "He who in a fight interpose is apt to get a bloody nose". The US (and French) presence was (correctly) interpreted as indirect aid to Israel. "Peacekeepers" can only have a role if there is peace (at least a ceasefire), which did not exist at the time. Thus one side legitimately saw the presence of foreign troops as interference and even... an occupation.

Don't get me wrong - I abhor violence of any type. However I distinguish between terrorism and other sorts of violence: terrorism is the use of violence against civilians in order to try and influence (coerce) a change in policy. Military forces can PERPETRATE but cannot be victims of terrorism.
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 03:55 AM
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75. Hez has denied Beirut - but based on other evidence few believe them
terrorism is the use of violence against those not trying to harm the population, or not trying control anything other than illegal actions under Laws approved by the population - at least that's my definition.

"Military forces can PERPETRATE but cannot be victims of terrorism" is a tough on the military doing good deed missions view - but I see your point - although I disagree with it.
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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 04:48 AM
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40. So, what did Hezbollah have to do with 9/11?
Nothing, that's what.
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 08:06 AM
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41. Hez terrorists had a "success " while Reagan was in Office - we lost 300
lives.
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alvarezadams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 11:01 AM
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55. Yes, the neocons and the Israelis
blamed Hezbollah well after the fact, something they've always denied.
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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 07:32 PM
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65. You haven't mentioned what that has to do with 9/11
Or why we are constantly messing with other peoples countries in the ME, starting with overthrowing the democratic SECULAR government of Iran in 1954.
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eccles12 Donating Member (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 09:40 AM
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77. But we couldn't have lost them if they had not been there.
It was another sacrifice for the "self-defense" of Israel.
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 09:30 AM
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48. And what were those Americans doing...hmmm...
Sorry. But blowback's a bitch, huh? That's why the US needs to stop invading, stealing, meddling in other people's affairs and blowing up their families.
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 06:04 PM
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61. our folks were under UN mandate - trying to end a civil war - ok?
U.S. involvement in Lebanon followed a limited-term United Nations mandate for a multinational force. A force of 800 Marines was sent to Beirut to evacuate PLO forces. The September 16, 1982 massacre of hundreds of Palestinian civilians in Beirut prompted Reagan to form a new multinational force. Intense diplomatic efforts resulted in a peace agreement between Lebanon and Israel. U.S. forces were withdrawn shortly after the October 23, 1983 bombing of a barracks in which 241 Marines were killed. Reagan called this day the saddest day of his presidency and of his life.<end of wiki snip>
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The immediate trigger for Israel's operation into Lebanon was the attempted assassination of the Israeli ambassador in London on June 3, 1982 (by Hez it is believe by the US).

U.S. forces in Lebanon, there since July 1982, were also subject to terrorism. In October 1983, a suicide bomb attack killed 241 U.S. marines.

On September 1, the expulsion of the PLO fighters from Beirut was completed. On September 14, 1982, the president-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel was assassinated in a massive explosion which demolished his headquarters by an agent of Syrian intelligence. On the evening of September 16, 1982, the Phalangist militia began the Sabra and Shatila massacre.

When the fighting stopped Syria remained in 35 percent of Lebanon and the Christian-dominated Lebanese government was not strong enough either to conclude a peace treaty with Israel or to control rival Lebanese factions from assaulting each other and attacking Israel.

Israel pursued a peace treaty with Amin Gemayel, the new president of Lebanon, and on May 17, 1983, a Lebanese-Israeli agreement was signed. Although the document was not a formal peace treaty, it terminated the state of war between Israel and Lebanon.

In February 1984, after the terrorist bombing, U.S. marines were removed from Lebanon. In March 1984, under pressure from Syria, the Lebanese government formally canceled its end of war agreement with Israel.
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 09:13 PM
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26. I loved that point.
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 07:33 PM
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2. Typical George!
Wish some of our Dems would learn to rebut in this way!

:thumbsup:
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thepurpose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 07:43 PM
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4. That "please have a memory more then 4 weeks" comment was brillant
because it was also right on.
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 07:45 PM
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6. And not knowing the name of even one Palestinian killed on the beach
He is so sharp and spot on with each of his allegations against the interviewer.
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thepurpose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 07:49 PM
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11. I still don't think she even understand that George was trying to convey
to her that she started the interview in a slant way... and even continued with it after he had slapped the dog shit out of her. She didn't get it.
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Realityhack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 07:50 PM
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67. I doubt she was smart enough to. n/t
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 07:48 PM
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9. He's a little snarky for my taste, but I sure do enjoy hearing them
get brought up to speed!

I'm so tired of Dems letting news stenographers get away with all this crap!

Take a "george lesson", Dems!

:hi:
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Carla in Ca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 01:14 AM
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35. THAT was it for me as well
This has been going on for forty years, not forty days. How convenient to 'start the clock' when Hezbollah takes two soldiers. But liars and idiots don't want to learn how it started to be better prepared to stop it. That's hard work! Oy.


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corkhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 12:51 PM
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59. your picture is in need of updating because of "new" information...
Edited on Thu Aug-17-06 12:55 PM by corkhead
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Carla in Ca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 07:15 PM
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64. I happily stand corrected
but I had to go with the actual photo. How did you change it?
Great work, and thanks. A big for you!
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Tom Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 07:48 PM
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8. Every Senator, almost every member of the House, would be in
complete agreement with the Israeli-apologist reporter, not George.
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 07:49 PM
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10. Much to our loss, I suspect you are correct.
:cry:
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tomp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 09:57 AM
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52. support for israel is virtually unanymous within congress...
...as evidenced by recent support resoutions.
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 07:41 PM
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3. A good old fashioned case of red ass got meted out
K&R
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Burried News Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 07:44 PM
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5. Where is America's George Galloway?
We badly need one.
A very impressive debater.
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Tom Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 07:46 PM
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7. I think he is running for US Senate in California.
http://www.todd4senate.org/
Todd was on Bill o liely's show, and he ripped bill a few new ones.
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peacetheonlyway Donating Member (948 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 11:10 PM
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27. Cynthia Mckinney
if the press would ever get her brilliant and intelligent dialogue out to the world.

she is very impressive and similar to galloway's views RE: middle east.
has a concept the US is not being an HONEST Broker of peace ... but a biased broker.
or absent entirely...

complain all you want about McKinney, she was our George Galloway and then some....
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april Donating Member (826 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 07:51 PM
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12. x cellent ....super
NOW THAT IS HOW IT Should be !!!! I am sending this to everyone I know..that is no BS my father went to Lebenon 25 yrs agoto see his family, my father told me about all of the tanks and the watching from the I...this has been going on for year and years..my big question is why do we send money to I???
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 07:52 PM
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13. Watching now, this is great!
You'd never see this in the US.
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Jim Sagle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 08:04 PM
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14. George Galloway is a Jew-hating, hog-calling piece of Nazi filth.
Fuck'm.
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 08:27 PM
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20. Not always - indeed usually not - but this time he was Nazi filth - again
n/t
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alvarezadams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 04:16 AM
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37. Baloney
He's far less a Nazi than Sharon, Bush or Blair.
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 08:18 AM
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44.  Granted Bush is getting competitive in that race - but our Iranian
is far out in front.

Sharon never acted like a Nazi - but his inaction, and the very idea that the right wing Christians would only take out "leaders" in their revenge on the Shia for the earlier massacre of the Christian village was not one he should have taken seriously - and indeed he should not have allowed the revenge to even begin/
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alvarezadams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 08:44 AM
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46. Disagree
Sharon CERTAINLY has acted like a Nazi.

The Liebenstraum effort in the West Bank aside, his participation in the previous invasion of Lebanon and his role in the infamous massacre with the Falangists put him even ahead of Dubya.

As for the Iranians, misquotes and mistranslations aside, I don't see anything Nazi about them. The Iranian president has called for the elimination of the STATE but not the PEOPLE of Israel, a distinction that the press and neocons do not contemplate. It is tantamount to "regime change" which is regrettable but far from what Dubya & Co. paint the Iranian objectives as.
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 06:17 PM
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63. we do disagree
U.S. involvement in Lebanon followed a limited-term United Nations mandate for a multinational force. A force of 800 Marines was sent to Beirut to evacuate PLO forces. The September 16, 1982 massacre of hundreds of Palestinian civilians in Beirut prompted Reagan to form a new multinational force. Intense diplomatic efforts resulted in a peace agreement between Lebanon and Israel. U.S. forces were withdrawn shortly after the October 23, 1983 bombing of a barracks in which 241 Marines were killed. Reagan called this day the saddest day of his presidency and of his life.<end of wiki snip>
------------------------------------------------------------
The immediate trigger for Israel's operation into Lebanon was the attempted assassination of the Israeli ambassador in London on June 3, 1982 (by Hez it is believe by the US).

On September 1, the expulsion of the PLO fighters from Beirut was completed. On September 14, 1982, the president-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel was assassinated by an agent of Syrian intelligence in a massive explosion which demolished his headquarters . On the evening of September 16, 1982, the Phalangist militia began the Sabra and Shatila massacre.

AND SHARON DID NOT STOP IT

When the fighting stopped Syria remained in 35 percent of Lebanon and the Christian-dominated Lebanese government was not strong enough either to conclude a peace treaty with Israel or to control rival Lebanese factions from assaulting each other and attacking Israel.

Israel pursued a peace treaty with Amin Gemayel, the new president of Lebanon, and on May 17, 1983, a Lebanese-Israeli agreement was signed. Although the document was not a formal peace treaty, it terminated the state of war between Israel and Lebanon.

In February 1984, after the terrorist bombing, U.S. marines were removed from Lebanon. In March 1984, under pressure from Syria, the Lebanese government formally canceled its end of war agreement with Israel.

where is the Nazi in Sharon?

As to the Iranians, misquotes and mistranslations aside, they have called for the death of Jews (and I know there is a Jew as MP in Iran). State censored/run media does use the term Zionist in much of the slurs and calls for zionist death, but statements for just jewish death are not infrequent. Feeding war/stopping peace and helping terrorists with money and arms (I know the line that these come from wealthy Iranians and not the religious leaders or the government - and find the idea not credible). Perhaps not Nazi - but the current Iranian mullah run government is evil.
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alvarezadams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-18-06 05:08 AM
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71. It would help
if you analyzed the history from a non-American perspective. The US is very prone to interpret recent history in light of its policy objectives and to be quite naive in said interpretations.

1. What were the Israeli invasion objectives under Sharon? Admittedly to create a weak and pliant state on the N. border.
2. The UN has been, with few exceptions, a pliant tool of the US whenever US interests either coincided with or did not contravene the interests of other veto-wielding powers. This and the above are to be noted when reading your wiki-clip; our presence in Lebanon was (correctly) interpreted by the ME as an indirect support of Israel.
3. During the Israeli occupation, Sharon did far more than "not stopping" the Sabra and Shatila massacres. The Christian falangists that were the material perpetrators were backed by Israel. As the man responsible for occupation forces, Sharon was directly responsible for the safety of the Lebanese. Just 4 days before the massacres, Sharon publicly noted that ""2,000 terrorists" had remained inside the Palestinian refugee camps around Beirut," and his forces surrounded the area and then shelled it. Mr Sharon had already announced, on 9 July 1982, his intention to send the Phalangist forces into West Beirut, so it is patently clear that the massacre was a proxy action done at his bidding.

With regards to the Iranians, they're no saints. But it is important to distinguish between made-for-domestic-consumption rhetoric and actual policy - just as Muslims should realize that Dubya's comments about "islamofascists" and "crusades" are.

I don't see the Iranian mullahs as any less evil than the current misadministration - and their hands are a lot cleaner (of blood and crimes) to boot.
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-18-06 08:28 AM
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72. Your point 3 is on point and I agree - the rest we disagree - strongly
Even on point 3 the history includes the comment that the Christian falangists were after leaders and this was a more humane way of getting those leaders than shelling the camp - albeit this is weak, since it was known during the event and before the Christian falangists had completed their blood revenge as to what they were doing - and as you say and as I agree -As the man responsible for occupation forces, Sharon was directly responsible for the safety of the Lebanese under his control.
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alvarezadams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-18-06 09:05 AM
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73. I don't know why
Sharon and Israel readily admitted to the objective of having a weak Lebanon. As for the UN being a virtual pawn of the US most of the time... I wonder how you can disagree with this one... or that the UN mission in Lebanon was in favour of Israel.

As for point 3, the Belgian war crimes case makes that one pretty clear. It also doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the falangists were doing Sharon's bidding.
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 03:46 AM
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74. having a weak Lebanon is an objective - a strong Syrian/Iranian state
within a state - as was the case with PLO control in the 70's and early 80's - can not be dealt with diplomatically - esp when the non-state in control has only one objective - the end of the Jewish state of Israel and terrorist means/civilian death are the admitted plan of the non-state within a state.

The UN being a pawn of the US is certainly not true in the Assembly, where arab oil money has always produced votes the US disagreed with (nearly 500 votes against Israel in the UN's 50 year war on Israel's existence) - and the "unaligned" block is really just aligned against the US. The Security Council is based on power giving the US a large sway in any action - and even here Article 7 votes are rare - the last Lebanon vote was to be under Article 7 if the US had its way - making it a UN war on Hez - but the other Security council members - as usual - prevented that from happening - so we have a suggestion that Hez disarm with no threat of a UN Army enforcing that suggestion.

The UNIFIL former commander is on record with comments revealing his feeling toward Israel - as are numerous incidents of UN individual units helping Hez/Hamas/etc as Hez/Hamas/etc. try to kill Israeli's, and indeed the "observer" function in Lebanon has had a hard time seeing Hez operations 300 feet from their bunkers. Granted such help has been minor except for the UN trucks/uniform gifts use by Hez to get close to Israeli positions and kill/kidnap IDF forces in the past - and the ambulance video and driver confession that they were helping more Palestinian arms about the West Bank - but to ignore the UN on the ground bias is to put your faith in God. And indeed that is what Israel is doing in accepting a UN unarmed force as part of the cease fire.

Of course both this post and your post are "what does the UN do "most of the time" " and "most of the time" is a hard to measure concept. :-)

I think we agree on war sucks, and on thank goodness for the ceasefire - and even on point 3 of your post - and I'd add we would agree on Shia and Sunni Palestinian lives suck - and for 40 years Israeli attempting not to be destroyed as a Jewish state has been the major cause of their lives sucking.

Indeed some of my Palestinian Christian friends would say that to be non-Jew in Israel is to be treated poorly - we disagree - but that is what they say. But we still eat dinner together despite our disagreeing.

This has been an interesting conversation, but I'm afraid I am going to be visiting folks for the next 2 weeks - well away from a computer - and therefore must end at least my side of the conversation. We will talk again I am sure.

Thanks for the very civil conversation on a topic that is hard to have a civil conversation about. :-)
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alvarezadams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-19-06 03:55 AM
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76. Response
" can not be dealt with diplomatically "

Can't it? Perhaps if Israeli intransigience wasn't what it is, diplomacy would actually have a chance. As it stands Israel is adept at saying no to the Muslims while appearing to say yes when dealing with Americans.

"The UN being a pawn of the US is certainly not true in the Assembly"

The Assembly has absolutely no power whatsoever. It is the UNSC which has been America's toy. As for the "unaligned" merely being against the US, consider the true axis of struggle which was one of the motors of the Cold War - the economic struggle of North vs. South.

Your complaints of purported UN support for Hezbollah should be taken for what they're worth. Such support is hardly a UN policy but the logical "solidarity" of the men on the ground in the face of overwhelming odds and continuing cruelty.

"Thanks for the very civil conversation on a topic that is hard to have a civil conversation about."

No problem, even though we somewhat strayed from the OP's thread.
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Cessna Invesco Palin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 09:36 AM
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50. And not only that, he's an asshole. n/t
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 12:46 PM
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Boondog Donating Member (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 08:09 PM
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15. He was actually being quite generous,
I wonder who set her up to do the interview? I'm not familiar with popular media in GB. I don't do it for a living, but I would love to interview Galloway. He would take me apart. The dude is groovin.

Assailing propoganda seems to be a full time job these days in many places. I'm not too good at it but I sure appreciate DUers' vigilance. Nice to write in too, finally. I'll get over this mushy phase quick.
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mirandapriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 08:43 PM
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23. Yes, what happened to objective journalism?
We probably never really had it. They assume that there is a wrong and right side and that you are going to agree with it and bias everything that way. The "right" side is usually however the multinational corporation who owns the media outlet makes their money
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ninkasi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 11:40 AM
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57. Welcome to DU
It's good to have you with us...:hi:
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 08:18 PM
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16. Galloway doesn't suffer fools gladly. Great smackdown! nt
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 08:22 PM
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18. OMG!
I think I peed myself!

Go Galloway!
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afredus Donating Member (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 08:33 PM
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21. Brilliant
Brilliant. So few western politicians care about the Palistinians and Lebanese.
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mirandapriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 08:40 PM
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22. "You believe that Israeli blood is more valuable..."
That is what the bias is about, and that is why these politicians are able to get away with this , replace Israeli with American for the Iraq war. I get sick when I hear how many Americans were killed in Iraq and nothing about the dead and destroyed Iraqi families. It was great when he brought up Rupert murdoch and she tried to interrupt him and pulled that trick saying that people with dead family members, as though Lebanese don't have dead family members.
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L0oniX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 06:12 PM
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62. Here's some Arab blood for ya
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 08:55 PM
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69. You do realize that Hal Turner is a white supremacist?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Turner

Turner's radio program originates from a studio in his home. It and his website both were shut down temporarily in 2004 due to personal financial difficulty, and the death of his mother. His website returned in November 2004, and he re-started his radio show in June 2005. His site received more than 2.8 million page loads in its first year back on the web.

Turner is racist and anti-Semitic. He has proclaimed his willingness to have his listeners carry out violence against Jews, blacks, Hispanics, and elected officials. Widely criticized for his views, he was also criticized for openly advocating violence and lawlessness. For example, he is quoted by the Southern Poverty Law Center as saying, "I advocate using extreme violence against illegal aliens. Clean your guns. Have plenty of ammunition. Find out where the largest gathering of illegal aliens will be near you. Go to the area well in advance, scope out several places to position yourself and then do what has to be done."<2>

Turner was interviewed by a number of news outlets in 2005 after it was revealed the FBI interviewed him following the murders of the mother and husband of federal district judge Joan Lefkow. Two years earlier, on his worldwide shortwave show, Turner stated that a decision made by Lefkow, which included an order to a racist "church" to burn its "Bibles", made her "worthy of being killed". After the judge's family was murdered, Turner posted a photo on his website of Judge Lefkow with the Headline "GOTCHA!".

Turner routinely goes after federal, state, and even local officials by exposing their home addresses and even publishing leaflets that citizens can print locally, to show their unhappiness with judges whose decisions they disagree with.

Turner's detractors have accused him of a grandiose ego and being overly self-congratulatory. The "Turner Radio Network" regularly hosts programs that exhibit racialist views, thereby endearing him to white racialists.
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Kenergy Donating Member (834 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 08:44 PM
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24. K & R'd !!! n/t
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 09:04 PM
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25. A good smackdown that would have been great if
he'd let the interviewer get a word in edgewise.

Drives me nuts when the rightwing interviewers do it, drives me nuts when anyone else does it.
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stopbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 11:13 PM
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29. Oh, give me a break. They actually turned the volume down on his mic
so the Rupert-bot could get in her pro-Israel talking points. What you may have been surprised at was the
fact that - unlike American TV - the Sky News reporter actually let him talk for more than 7 seconds at a time.
The bottom line is that Galloway was the GUEST who was on the tube to offer his opinion. The Sky News
person isn't the person of interest here - if they are, that only shows how fucked up things are. Just because
we're all used to Faux News personalities shouting down guests and cutting their mics doesn't mean that's
how it should be.

Good job George. No Nazi thoughts there - unless they were coming from the Sky News idiot.
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Stand and Fight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 11:47 PM
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30. Get a grip. That "interviewer" got plenty of words in...
I don't know what interview you were watching, but she and Galloway were both rude to each other. Likewise, both of them had equal time to eviscerate each other verbally on the air. However, Galloway did a far better job at de-constructing her talking points than she did attempting to sell them.
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alvarezadams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 04:25 AM
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38. Which leads to the key question
Why on earth was the "interviewer" trying to make points when her role was to ask questions and listen to the answers?

The lady is not a journalist - she's a hack.
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peacetheonlyway Donating Member (948 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 11:12 PM
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28. If only all our Democrats
would speak like George and really take the biased press apart at the seams.

I love that he had no problem pointing out her bias for ignoring the deaths and invasion of both gaza and lebanon,
that indeed, there is an implied media bias that palestinian or lebanese blood is not as valuable as israeli blood.

it's creepy how smart and articulate that man is on his feet.

i hope we see more of George here in the US working on similar issues....
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 11:57 PM
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31. Unfortunately far too many of Our Democratic Representatives
Have honed "Politically Correct" speech into such an art form ... that they say a lot, but none of it has any TRUE MEANING.

IMO, TERM LIMITS! When being elected into Congress is not seen as a CAREER venture, just maybe we will attract men and women who will not be afraid to speak truth to power? In essence, we need to have Elected Representatives who exhibit the courage of "serving their Country and Constituents" ABOVE their PERSONAL ambitions of getting re-elected. When they no longer serve us - Vote out Incumbents Democracy
http://voidnow.org/

Force Congress to recognize that reelection depends on restoring responsible government and priorities back to the people.
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alvarezadams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 04:37 AM
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39. Here's how its done
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tkmorris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 12:25 AM
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32. HOLY.....FUCKING......COW
I want to see this guy on every American "news" program there is. I want to see Wolf Blitzer try to interview him. I want to see Scarborough try it. I want to see him kick the crap out of O'Reilly live. I want to watch him turn Soledad O'Brien and Carol Costello into puddles. Then smack Miles when he jumps into the fray.

Yeah I know Galloway isn't perfect. I heard all about it when he was here talking to Congress. I DON'T FUCKING CARE. He says things that need saying and he takes exactly ZERO shit from these idiot talking personalities masquerading as news anchors. We need someone like him.
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peacetheonlyway Donating Member (948 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 01:08 AM
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34. Ditto and add a few asswipe fake journalists to the list
can you please add the following 'fake' news journalists to the list:

Coulter
Tweety Matthews
Cokie Roberts
Hannity
Brian Williams / NBC

*** and yes, I'd even like to see him take on the great
Stephen Colbert

I'd buy front row seats to any of these Smackdown wrestling matches with Galloway...

and then for added theatre, I'd have a 4 person Pundit team of Red Vs. Blue
Subject: Iraq: Bloody Quagmire or "Mission Accomplished"?

RED SIDE:
Coulter
Liebermann
John Ford (wallstreet guy)
Tom Delay (or bill frist, or how Ken Mehlman/RNC)

BLUE SIDE:
George Galloway
Cynthia McKinney
Michael Moore
Howard Dean (jack murther if dean is too mousy to appear)


I suspect that would be like a political junkie's dream smackdown event of the decade!!!! it certainly is mine...

oh yeah, moderated by Angelina Jolie.... wearing full Mrs. Smith Gear in case anyone gets outta line...

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IndependentVoice Donating Member (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 08:32 AM
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45. This is the best thing I have seen in years. K&F'ing R
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 09:35 AM
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49. That was great. It's so refreshing to hear truth spoken about Israel and
it's actions. I so wish we had people like this in our government. People not afraid to speak the truth about a terrorist, rogue state.
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Douglas Carpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 09:52 AM
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51. recommended
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beaconess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 10:14 AM
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53. "What a silly question. What a silly person you are!"
FABulous!!!

Wouldn't it be wonderful if any of our political leaders had the nerve to say that to any of the talking airheads who call themselves journalists?!
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 01:20 PM
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60. Someone should say that to Suck ASS Hannity, OReally, etc.
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 10:47 AM
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54. OMG this is the 5th time this has been posted
Edited on Thu Aug-17-06 10:48 AM by edwardlindy
since nearly two weeks ago.x(

The video has been on Sky's own site the whole time.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 11:08 AM
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56. wow, that was incredible!
:wow:
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The Sushi Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 07:37 PM
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66. I smell EMMY
of some sort of award to George
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 08:59 PM
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70. Maybe for this performance:
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Realityhack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-17-06 08:03 PM
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68. hmmm
I think it would have been more fun if he didn't yell quite so much. I liked the wording he used for a lot of it. He is certainly more informed and brighter than the interviewer... but he came off like a raving right wing pundant.
Actualy it might have been fun if he even lightend up enough to laugh in her face.
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