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Re: Pat Buchanan: Israel right on Hezbollah, wrong on Lebanon [Re: Madtowntripper]
#5905969 - 07/27/06 04:29 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Madtowntripper said: To start with, to your earlier question, my answer is no. I do NOT think Israel has a right to exist in the boundaries it inhabits now. You cannot displace one group of people from their ancestral homes just so another group of people can have a place to call their own. Any way you parse it, this is stealing.
Um, no, they were never displaced. They walked out of their own free will and had equal voting rights before doing so. See and read the link I provided.Quote:
Let me just say Zappa, that I find you fall-back reliance on the UN mandate hilarious. Havent you said constantly before that UN is just a sham, that the US shouldnt listen to them, that they have no right to tell us what to do in Iraq, etc?
Except we were merely enforcing their edicts in Iraq that they were unwilling to. But that is NOT THIS THREAD. You are entirely correct. I despise the UN. Don't forget the situation at the time of the partition of the mid east. The UN didn't really exist as it does today. The UN then was a bunch of European VICTORS deciding how the world would be drawn. Good bad or indifferent, it was what was. Like I said about the whole map. It was all fake. And you know what? It's a done deal. It's over. The whole world except for Muslim lunatics recognize Israel's right to exist in the pre '67 borders. And that's that. Get over it.Quote:
And the Arabs inside Israel today are NOT full citizens. To say they are is preposterous. They pay the same taxes, but their children are not allowed to go to the same schools. They may not hold certain jobs. They face discrimination in jobs and housing. The situation is no different from the American South of the 1950's and 60's. The Jews and Israeli Arabs may be living inside the same country, but they are NOT living under the same set of rules.
Do you feel like providing a link to these facts, like I did to their voting rights, or are you expecting us to take your comparison to American Negroes in the '50s and '60s as prima facie fact. Hell, I may even be willing to accept that they are discriminated against, based on the fact that their fucking cousins keep sending teenage girls strapped with Semtex into shopping malls. Who wouldn't discriminate against them?
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Re: Pat Buchanan: Israel right on Hezbollah, wrong on Lebanon [Re: zappaisgod]
#5907230 - 07/27/06 10:42 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Like I said, your making an assumption. And my personal beliefs on 9/11 have nothing to do with this. But your attempt to discredit me instead of answering my question just goes to prove you are sidestepping the question in true right-wing fashion. Or should I say fascist?
You know discrediting a speaking to avoid their question doesn't make the question any less valid right?
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Re: Pat Buchanan: Israel right on Hezbollah, wrong on Lebanon [Re: zappaisgod]
#5907263 - 07/27/06 10:52 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Do you feel like providing a link to these facts, like I did to their voting rights, or are you expecting us to take your comparison to American Negroes in the '50s and '60s as prima facie fact. Hell, I may even be willing to accept that they are discriminated against, based on the fact that their fucking cousins keep sending teenage girls strapped with Semtex into shopping malls. Who wouldn't discriminate against them?
So are you saying you dont believe the discrimination happens, or are you saying that it does and is justified. You cant take both positions.
At any rate, if you read through the 2004 Human Rights Report put out by the US STATE DEPARTMENT, you'll see that even the Bush administration couldnt disguise the fact that Israeli-Arabs are treated as an underclass.
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41723.htm
Read through it...Nearly every single page has an example of what I'm talking about...Education policy...Economic Policy...etc, etc.
If you really need me to pick out the examples I will, but there are probably 100 in there.
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Re: Pat Buchanan: Israel right on Hezbollah, wrong on Lebanon [Re: RosettaStoned]
#5909285 - 07/28/06 03:26 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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RosettaStoned said: Like I said, your making an assumption. And my personal beliefs on 9/11 have nothing to do with this. But your attempt to discredit me instead of answering my question just goes to prove you are sidestepping the question in true right-wing fashion. Or should I say fascist?
You know discrediting a speaking to avoid their question doesn't make the question any less valid right?
You didn't answer my question in regard to what proof would be acceptable to you. The 9/11 thing was mentioned because I seem to recall that you think missiles hit the Pentagon and that the towers were brought down by BUSHHHHHHHHHHH. And Rove, of course.
No, I have no proof of anything at all. Nor have I ever. Nor has anyone ever had any proof of anything. Now move along. Nothing to see here.
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Re: Pat Buchanan: Israel right on Hezbollah, wrong on Lebanon [Re: Madtowntripper]
#5909364 - 07/28/06 03:45 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Do you feel like providing a link to these facts, like I did to their voting rights, or are you expecting us to take your comparison to American Negroes in the '50s and '60s as prima facie fact. Hell, I may even be willing to accept that they are discriminated against, based on the fact that their fucking cousins keep sending teenage girls strapped with Semtex into shopping malls. Who wouldn't discriminate against them?
So are you saying you dont believe the discrimination happens, or are you saying that it does and is justified. You cant take both positions.
At any rate, if you read through the 2004 Human Rights Report put out by the US STATE DEPARTMENT, you'll see that even the Bush administration couldnt disguise the fact that Israeli-Arabs are treated as an underclass.
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41723.htm
Read through it...Nearly every single page has an example of what I'm talking about...Education policy...Economic Policy...etc, etc.
If you really need me to pick out the examples I will, but there are probably 100 in there.
I wasn't saying anything other than that you should provide a link to back up your assertion. Is that too much to ask? I just checked the fucking link you posted and it is interminable and full of mentions of individual violations, many of which are against Israeli Jews. I have no intention of reading the whole thing to search for whatever point you were trying to make. If there is something that points to a systemic abuse of Israeli Arabs please pull it out. How about this beauty from your link "There were no reports of politically motivated killings by the Government or its agents during the year." And this; "During the year, terrorist organizations such as the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Hizballah, Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP), committed numerous acts of terrorism in Israel as well as in the occupied territories." I find you to be dishonest, since if you had found something there to back your point you could have pasted that. In which case I could have looked for the basic sentence or paragraph without having to weed through the whole fucking thing to try to guess what the fuck you were talking about. Capisce? You either have something to back up your assertion or you don't. If I don't see it I will assume you don't. Thanks in advance.
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Re: Pat Buchanan: Israel right on Hezbollah, wrong on Lebanon [Re: zappaisgod]
#5910713 - 07/28/06 11:57 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I have not been following this whole thing very closely so maybe someone can help me here.
From what I understand the sequence of events was basically this:
1) Hezbollah kidnaps an Israeli soldier.
2) Instead of negotiating as in the past Israel unexpectedly goes apeshit and attacks Lebanon and is then surprised when they respond with rocket attacks.
Is that about it?
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Re: Pat Buchanan: Israel right on Hezbollah, wrong on Lebanon [Re: zorbman]
#5910739 - 07/29/06 12:07 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Not exactly. What happened was --
1) Hezbollah enters Israel, kills eight Israeli soldiers and captures two others, then heads back across the border and starts lobbing rockets into Israel.
2) Instead of caving and doing the usual prisoner exchange dealie where one Israeli is traded for dozens (and in some cases hundreds) of prisoners, Israel goes into full-on fight back mode, something Hezbollah certainly wasn't expecting (so in that case, I guess you could call it "unexpected").
That's about it.
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Re: Pat Buchanan: Israel right on Hezbollah, wrong on Lebanon [Re: Phred]
#5910779 - 07/29/06 12:26 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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What does this gain Israel in the long run?
Won't this only serve to weaken the legitimate government in Lebanon which Israel should desire to see strengthened as a counterweight to Hezbollah?
Or do they view this in a vacuum?
This seems so incredibly stupid like most wars.
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Re: Pat Buchanan: Israel right on Hezbollah, wrong on Lebanon [Re: zorbman]
#5910811 - 07/29/06 12:35 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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What does this gain Israel in the long run?
It's already gained them more sympathy from the Arab world than they've ever received in their almost six decades of existence. The Arabs are condemning Hezbollah and (reluctantly, to be sure) admitting Israel is the harmed party.
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Won't this only serve to weaken the legitimate government in Lebanon which Israel should desire to see strengthened as a counterweight to Hezbollah?
How could it get any weaker? Eighteen members of the Lebanese legislature are Hezbollah already. So are two cabinet members. The Lebanese government has amply demonstrated it has no control over Hezbollah whatsoever. Hezbollah has been the de facto government of south Lebanon for years and years.
Israel has nothing to lose. Hezbollah must be defanged, and no one will defang them but Israel. It's not as if there are a whole lot of sensible alternatives here.
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Re: Pat Buchanan: Israel right on Hezbollah, wrong on Lebanon [Re: zappaisgod]
#5910861 - 07/29/06 12:56 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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You didn't answer my question in regard to what proof would be acceptable to you
I just wanted to read some more info on where the soldiers were captured from. I have seen both sides claiming it happened in their country and I have seen independent sources claiming both sides.
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I seem to recall that you think missiles hit the Pentagon
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that the towers were brought down by BUSHHHHHHHHHHH. And Rove, of course
False. While I certainly do NOT buy the official story, these generalizations you have made are not accurate representations of my personal beliefs. But I see once again you have nothing better to do that try to discredit and dismiss someone who doesn't share your personal beliefs instead of addressing the issue at hand, it's pathetic really.
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Re: Pat Buchanan: Israel right on Hezbollah, wrong on Lebanon [Re: Phred]
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It's already gained them more sympathy from the Arab world than they've ever received in their almost six decades of existence.
I find that hard to believe.
Do you have some citations for that?
How could it get any weaker? Eighteen members of the Lebanese legislature are Hezbollah already.
No, as I understand it the Hezbollah members only comprise about 20% of the legislature. So it seems to me that this Israeli incursion will only serve to strengthen the very forces Israel claim to desire to supress which are (now) a minority.
The majority moderate forces represented in the legislature will be called "unpatriotic" and "weak" by the extremists if they push for peace just like those of us in the US who initially opposed the Iraq war(such as myself) were called "unpatriotic" in the drumbeat leading up to the Iraq war. Today most people see it was an unwise war. But people don't think straight when wars start. People need to learn reason.
From what I can see this war only gives ammunition to the extremists on both sides which will only prolong the conflict. Whatever happened to dialogue?? President Reagan was willing to talk to our enemies. That's what the diplomatic core is for. And Reagan was a strong, strong President, stronger that Bush IMO.
Bush can't carry Reagan's jockstrap.
There.
I've done gone and said it.
It needed to be said.
It needs to be understood by every Reaganite-wanabee..this President ain't no Reagan. He can hole up in his fake ranch all he wants, it doesn't change the fact that his is weakness posing as strength. Reagan was the real deal.
Reagan would actually talk to his enemies. He was a wise man. He ended the Cold War without firing a shot. Bush seems to want to prove his manhood with the blood of others and war is always his first option.
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Re: Pat Buchanan: Israel right on Hezbollah, wrong on Lebanon [Re: zorbman]
#5911886 - 07/29/06 12:14 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I find that hard to believe.
Do you have some citations for that?
You're the one admitting you haven't been following the situation very closely. Those of us who have remember the reports. Just go back to news reports from the first few days of the episode. Google "Arab League condemns Hezbollah" or "Saudi Arabia blames Hezbollah" or something similar.
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No, as I understand it the Hezbollah members only comprise about 20% of the legislature.
Then I guess the Lebanese legislature contains around 90 members, since both numbers (eighteen and 20%) have been mentioned repeatedly in news reports. The fact of the matter is that Hezbollah is a part of the Lebanese government. Not the majority, no, but not just one or two mavericks either.
The other fact of the matter is that the Lebanese government has no control over Hezbollah operatives. Hezbollah operates with complete impunity in Lebanon. At least, they did until the Israelis decided to do something about it.
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Whatever happened to dialogue?? President Reagan was willing to talk to our enemies. That's what the diplomatic core is for.
What Libbies fail to grasp is that diplomacy accomplishes exactly nothing when one party says "no". That's all that needs to be done to stymie the most velvet-tongued diplomat the earth has ever seen -- say "no" and keep saying "no".
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Bush seems to want to prove his manhood with the blood of others and war is always his first option.
Bush didn't start the war. This is between Israel and Hezbollah. I thought those opposed to the Iraq war disliked the idea of the US involving itself in the affairs of other countries.
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Re: Pat Buchanan: Israel right on Hezbollah, wrong on Lebanon [Re: zappaisgod]
#5911975 - 07/29/06 12:56 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I wasn't saying anything other than that you should provide a link to back up your assertion. Is that too much to ask? I just checked the fucking link you posted and it is interminable and full of mentions of individual violations, If there is something that points to a systemic abuse of Israeli Arabs please pull it out.
I find you to be dishonest, since if you had found something there to back your point you could have pasted that. In which case I couldhave looked for the basic sentence or paragraph without having to weed through the whole fucking thing to try to guess what the fuck you were talking about. Capisce? You either have something to back up your assertion or you don't. If I don't see it I will assume you don't. Thanks in advance.
Christ, but that attitude is shitty. Do you always talk to people in that tone? How is a civilized discourse possible? Drop it already, everyone understands that your an angry old neo-con. WE GET IT.
On to pertinent matters. I'm completely dumbfounded that you looked through that link and claim you cant see what I'm talking about. Did you read ANY of that? Yes, it is a long link. I'm sorry for that, but occasionally, matters of state cannot be broken down into one sentence blurbs that would be easier to digest. Sorry.
Since you called me a liar, (A flame in every thread with you), I'll tell you why I'm not. You say if I the examples, I would have posted them. I told you, FLAT OUT, there are 100 examples in there. I posted them, en masse, if you will. Its not my fault you didnt look for them.
You say that since I've shown the things you claim dont happen, DO IN FACT HAPPEN, that now you want evidence of a vast conspiracy. How many individual instances have to be put together before it becomes obvious that the conduct is okay'ed from above? The fact is that the basic attitude of the Israeli Government HAS and ALWAYS WILL BE that anyone who isnt an Israeli Jew is not as good as someone who is. You know it and I know it. Trying to argue that they do not have that attitude is assinine.
You want it broken down into one paragraph to save you the trouble of actually reading something, Fine. Here. This sums things up rather nicely.
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Excerptfrom the 2004 STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS
On Discrimination
The Orr Commission of Inquiry's report (see Section 1.a.) stated that the "Government handling of the Arab sector has been primarily neglectful and discriminatory," that the Government "did not show sufficient sensitivity to the needs of the Arab population, and did not take enough action to allocate state resources in an equal manner." As a result, "serious distress prevailed in the Arab sector in various areas. Evidence of distress included poverty, unemployment, a shortage of land, serious problems in the education system, and substantially defective infrastructure."
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41723.htm
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Re: Pat Buchanan: Israel right on Hezbollah, wrong on Lebanon [Re: Phred]
#5911984 - 07/29/06 01:00 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Phred said: How could it get any weaker? Eighteen members of the Lebanese legislature are Hezbollah already. So are two cabinet members. The Lebanese government has amply demonstrated it has no control over Hezbollah whatsoever. Hezbollah has been the de facto government of south Lebanon for years and years.
Israel has nothing to lose. Hezbollah must be defanged, and no one will defang them but Israel. It's not as if there are a whole lot of sensible alternatives here.
Phred
So if you admit that Lebanon has no control whatsoever over Hezbollah (Which we agree on), how to justify the destruction of civil improvements all over Lebanon? I mean power plants, bridges, etc. I can see the destruction of bridges and buildings in Southern Leb in order to prevent Hezbollah movement and assembly. I may think its criminal, but I can understand the military necessity.
But whats your justification for blowing the shit out of anything in Lebanon that can be used by the civilian population? Punishment?
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Re: Pat Buchanan: Israel right on Hezbollah, wrong on Lebanon [Re: Madtowntripper]
#5912080 - 07/29/06 01:32 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I don't try to justify every single bomb dropped or artillery shell fired. But even if I did (which I don't), claiming the Israelis are "blowing the shit out of anything in Lebanon that can be used by the civilian population," is a wild exaggeration.
When I said the Lebanese government has amply demonstrated it has no control over Hezbollah whatsoever, I didn't mean to imply they cannot control Hezbollah if they set their mind to it, I merely point out that they have not up to now, and show no willingness to do so in the future. For what its worth, I sympathize with their plight -- disciplining Hezbollah could have unpleasant consequences for the Lebanese government. But it is Hezbollah who is the bad actor here. Someone has to defang them, and since the Lebanese government won't, Israel will.
The problem with Hezbollah as opposed to say Al Qaeda is that they aren't the same "stateless actors" Al Qaeda can be claimed to be. Hezbollah is a faction of the Lebanese government -- a "rump caucus" if you want to think of them that way, but a rump caucus which has taken it upon itself to perpetrate multiple and ongoing acts of war against a neighboring sovereign state. And the Lebanese government considers its Hezbollah members to be legitimate members of government. They're not interlopers who stormed the parliament buildings one day, murdered eighteen sitting members, took their seats and refused to leave. It's not enough for the rest of the Lebanese government to denounce these acts (though in the past they haven't done even that much), they have to stop the acts or face the consequences.
The Lebanese army should not be fighting the Israelis, they should be fighting alongside the Israelis to eliminate the goons who have hijacked Lebanon's foreign policy.
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Re: Pat Buchanan: Israel right on Hezbollah, wrong on Lebanon [Re: Madtowntripper]
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I wasn't saying anything other than that you should provide a link to back up your assertion. Is that too much to ask? I just checked the fucking link you posted and it is interminable and full of mentions of individual violations, If there is something that points to a systemic abuse of Israeli Arabs please pull it out.
I find you to be dishonest, since if you had found something there to back your point you could have pasted that. In which case I couldhave looked for the basic sentence or paragraph without having to weed through the whole fucking thing to try to guess what the fuck you were talking about. Capisce? You either have something to back up your assertion or you don't. If I don't see it I will assume you don't. Thanks in advance.
Christ, but that attitude is shitty. Do you always talk to people in that tone? How is a civilized discourse possible? Drop it already, everyone understands that your an angry old neo-con. WE GET IT.
On to pertinent matters. I'm completely dumbfounded that you looked through that link and claim you cant see what I'm talking about. Did you read ANY of that? Yes, it is a long link. I'm sorry for that, but occasionally, matters of state cannot be broken down into one sentence blurbs that would be easier to digest. Sorry.
Since you called me a liar, (A flame in every thread with you), I'll tell you why I'm not. You say if I the examples, I would have posted them. I told you, FLAT OUT, there are 100 examples in there. I posted them, en masse, if you will. Its not my fault you didnt look for them.
You say that since I've shown the things you claim dont happen, DO IN FACT HAPPEN, that now you want evidence of a vast conspiracy. How many individual instances have to be put together before it becomes obvious that the conduct is okay'ed from above? The fact is that the basic attitude of the Israeli Government HAS and ALWAYS WILL BE that anyone who isnt an Israeli Jew is not as good as someone who is. You know it and I know it. Trying to argue that they do not have that attitude is assinine.
You want it broken down into one paragraph to save you the trouble of actually reading something, Fine. Here. This sums things up rather nicely.
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Excerptfrom the 2004 STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS
On Discrimination
The Orr Commission of Inquiry's report (see Section 1.a.) stated that the "Government handling of the Arab sector has been primarily neglectful and discriminatory," that the Government "did not show sufficient sensitivity to the needs of the Arab population, and did not take enough action to allocate state resources in an equal manner." As a result, "serious distress prevailed in the Arab sector in various areas. Evidence of distress included poverty, unemployment, a shortage of land, serious problems in the education system, and substantially defective infrastructure."
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41723.htm
Well thank you. This doesn't point to individual violations and is pretty nebulous in that it could probably describe every Arab nation in the world, but that's fine. "Sufficient sensitivity". That's always a good one, but that's fine.
I did not call you a liar, I said you were a dishonest debater. And you provided more evidence here by editting what you quoted to remove my citations from your link. To wit, these; How about this beauty from your link "There were no reports of politically motivated killings by the Government or its agents during the year." And this; "During the year, terrorist organizations such as the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Hizballah, Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP), committed numerous acts of terrorism in Israel as well as in the occupied territories."
This was the middle paragraph of my post. You deliberately editted it out. I stand by my assertion of your dishonest debating style and present more evidence.
And frankly, this nebulous, whiny bit of bullshit is laughable. Insufficiently sensitive indeed. Meanwhile, I provide the above redacted quotes. From your link.
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Re: Pat Buchanan: Israel right on Hezbollah, wrong on Lebanon [Re: Phred]
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You're the one admitting you haven't been following the situation very closely. Those of us who have remember the reports. Just go back to news reports from the first few days of the episode. Google "Arab League condemns Hezbollah" or "Saudi Arabia blames Hezbollah" or something similar.
Guess you missed this:
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A crowd in Cairo on Wednesday, cordoned off by the police, condemned the killing of Lebanese civilians and expressed support for Hezbollah.
Article Tools Sponsored By By NEIL MacFARQUHAR Published: July 28, 2006
DAMASCUS, Syria, July 27 — At the onset of the Lebanese crisis, Arab governments, starting with Saudi Arabia, slammed Hezbollah for recklessly provoking a war, providing what the United States and Israel took as a wink and a nod to continue the fight.
Now, with hundreds of Lebanese dead and Hezbollah holding out against the vaunted Israeli military for more than two weeks, the tide of public opinion across the Arab world is surging behind the organization, transforming the Shiite group’s leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, into a folk hero and forcing a change in official statements.
The Saudi royal family and King Abdullah II of Jordan, who were initially more worried about the rising power of Shiite Iran, Hezbollah’s main sponsor, are scrambling to distance themselves from Washington.
An outpouring of newspaper columns, cartoons, blogs and public poetry readings have showered praise on Hezbollah while attacking the United States and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for trumpeting American plans for a “new Middle East” that they say has led only to violence and repression.
Even Al Qaeda, run by violent Sunni Muslim extremists normally hostile to all Shiites, has gotten into the act, with its deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, releasing a taped message saying that through its fighting in Iraq, his organization was also trying to liberate Palestine.
Mouin Rabbani, a senior Middle East analyst in Amman, Jordan, with the International Crisis Group, said, “The Arab-Israeli conflict remains the most potent issue in this part of the world.”
Distinctive changes in tone are audible throughout the Sunni world. This week, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt emphasized his attempts to arrange a cease-fire to protect all sects in Lebanon, while the Jordanian king announced that his country was dispatching medical teams “for the victims of Israeli aggression.” Both countries have peace treaties with Israel.
The Saudi royal court has issued a dire warning that its 2002 peace plan — offering Israel full recognition by all Arab states in exchange for returning to the borders that predated the 1967 Arab-Israeli war — could well perish.
“If the peace option is rejected due to the Israeli arrogance,” it said, “then only the war option remains, and no one knows the repercussions befalling the region, including wars and conflict that will spare no one, including those whose military power is now tempting them to play with fire.”
The Saudis were putting the West on notice that they would not exert pressure on anyone in the Arab world until Washington did something to halt the destruction of Lebanon, Saudi commentators said.
American officials say that while the Arab leaders need to take a harder line publicly for domestic political reasons, what matters more is what they tell the United States in private, which the Americans still see as a wink and a nod.
There are evident concerns among Arab governments that a victory for Hezbollah — and it has already achieved something of a victory by holding out this long — would further nourish the Islamist tide engulfing the region and challenge their authority. Hence their first priority is to cool simmering public opinion.
But perhaps not since President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt made his emotional outpourings about Arab unity in the 1960’s, before the Arab defeat in the 1967 war, has the public been so electrified by a confrontation with Israel, played out repeatedly on satellite television stations with horrific images from Lebanon of wounded children and distraught women fleeing their homes.
Egypt’s opposition press has had a field day comparing Sheik Nasrallah to Nasser, while demonstrators waved pictures of both.
An editorial in the weekly Al Dustur by Ibrahim Issa, who faces a lengthy jail sentence for his previous criticism of President Mubarak, compared current Arab leaders to the medieval princes who let the Crusaders chip away at Muslim lands until they controlled them all.
After attending an intellectual rally in Cairo for Lebanon, the Egyptian poet Ahmed Fouad Negm wrote a column describing how he had watched a companion buy 20 posters of Sheik Nasrallah.
“People are praying for him as they walk in the street, because we were made to feel oppressed, weak and handicapped,” Mr. Negm said in an interview. “I asked the man who sweeps the street under my building what he thought, and he said: ‘Uncle Ahmed, he has awakened the dead man inside me! May God make him triumphant!’ ”
In Lebanon, Rasha Salti, a freelance writer, summarized the sense that Sheik Nasrallah differed from other Arab leaders.
“Since the war broke out, Hassan Nasrallah has displayed a persona, and public behavior also, to the exact opposite of Arab heads of states,” she wrote in an e-mail message posted on many blogs.
In comparison, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s brief visit to the region sparked widespread criticism of her cold demeanor and her choice of words, particularly a statement that the bloodshed represented the birth pangs of a “new Middle East.” That catchphrase was much used by Shimon Peres, the veteran Israeli leader who was a principal negotiator of the 1993 Oslo Accords, which ultimately failed to lead to the Palestinian state they envisaged.
A cartoon by Emad Hajjaj in Jordan labeled “The New Middle East” showed an Israeli tank sitting on a broken apartment house in the shape of the Arab world.
Fawaz al-Trabalsi, a columnist in the Lebanese daily As Safir, suggested that the real new thing in the Middle East was the ability of one group to challenge Israeli militarily.
Perhaps nothing underscored Hezbollah’s rising stock more than the sudden appearance of a tape from the Qaeda leadership attempting to grab some of the limelight.
Al Jazeera satellite television broadcast a tape from Mr. Zawahri (za-WAH-ri). Large panels behind him showed a picture of the exploding World Trade Center as well as portraits of two Egyptian Qaeda members, Muhammad Atef, a Qaeda commander who was killed by an American airstrike in Afghanistan, and Mohamed Atta, the lead hijacker on Sept. 11, 2001. He described the two as fighters for the Palestinians.
Mr. Zawahri tried to argue that the fight against American forces in Iraq paralleled what Hezbollah was doing, though he did not mention the organization by name.
“It is an advantage that Iraq is near Palestine,” he said. “Muslims should support its holy warriors until an Islamic emirate dedicated to jihad is established there, which could then transfer the jihad to the borders of Palestine.”
Mr. Zawahri also adopted some of the language of Hezbollah and Shiite Muslims in general. That was rather ironic, since previously in Iraq, Al Qaeda has labeled Shiites Muslim as infidels and claimed responsibility for some of the bloodier assaults on Shiite neighborhoods there.
But by taking on Israel, Hezbollah had instantly eclipsed Al Qaeda, analysts said. “Everyone will be asking, ‘Where is Al Qaeda now?’ ” said Adel al-Toraifi, a Saudi columnist and expert on Sunni extremists.
Mr. Rabbani of the International Crisis Group said Hezbollah’s ability to withstand the Israeli assault and to continue to lob missiles well into Israel exposed the weaknesses of Arab governments with far greater resources than Hezbollah.
“Public opinion says that if they are getting more on the battlefield than you are at the negotiating table, and you have so many more means at your disposal, then what the hell are you doing?” Mr. Rabbani said. “In comparison with the small embattled guerrilla movement, the Arab states seem to be standing idly by twiddling their thumbs.”
Mona el-Naggar contributed reporting from Cairo for this article, and Suha Maayeh from Amman, Jordan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/28/world/...3f3f&ei=5087%0A
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