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george galloway on israel
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i love this guy
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He is entertaining to watch.
Hezbollah crossed the border and killed people and took hostages. That is what started this war and the destruction of Lebanon. Do you think differently? If so, when did this war start?
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God, what a fucking loon. I think I just moved slightly to the right from watching that.
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I think he makes good arguments. He clearly names the pro-Israeli Bias which I'm always a fan of. Sooner or later the Muslims are gonna catch up technologically and Israel is going to have to face the music for these crimes.
I know you all argue "but if Israel does nothing, they are already doomed" and to that I say one thing: The USA military.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: JesusChrist]
#5968596 - 08/16/06 04:02 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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> If so, when did this war start?
A couple of thousand years ago...
> Sooner or later the Muslims are gonna catch up technologically
One of three things will happen:
1) Middle eastern Muslims would accept modern responsibilities required by technology ending their medieval ways.
2) Middle eastern Muslims will use their modern technology to destroy each other while the rest of the world sits back and watches.
3) Middle eastern Muslims will use their modern technology to destory the rest of the world, wiping themselves out in the process.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Seuss]
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Lebannon was not medieval, it is now thanks to their entire infrastructure being decimated. How would you characterize 'modern responsibilities?' How responsible were the Israelis with their bombs when they killed a few thousand Lebanese civilians? How responsible were the British and the Americans when they overthrew the democratically elected prime minister of Iran Mohammed Mossadegh in order to defend British oil interests? How responsible were any of the worlds rich nations when they stood by and did nothing while the Janjaweed militia committed genocide in Darfur or during the genocide in Rwanda.
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Having said all that, Galloway is a self promoting dick.
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Im sorry but Galloway really is a lunatic, also Noam Chomsky is a lunatic. Ive got several videos i can find with both of those guys giving speeches to radical islamists.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Andy21]
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Andy21 said: Lebannon was not medieval, it is now thanks to their entire infrastructure being decimated. How would you characterize 'modern responsibilities?' How responsible were the Israelis with their bombs when they killed a few thousand Lebanese civilians? How responsible were the British and the Americans when they overthrew the democratically elected prime minister of Iran Mohammed Mossadegh in order to defend British oil interests? How responsible were any of the worlds rich nations when they stood by and did nothing while the Janjaweed militia committed genocide in Darfur or during the genocide in Rwanda.
Now you're just lying Andy, there haven't been a few thousand Lebanese casualties. And who is responsible for that anyway? Hezbollah, for every one of them. Mossadegh was overthrown because he was pro Soviet Union, one of the greatest evil empires ever. Janjaweed? Rwanda? So what is it? Act or don't act? Make up your mind. You bitch at both courses
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: JesusChrist]
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JesusChrist said: Hezbollah crossed the border and killed people and took hostages. That is what started this war and the destruction of Lebanon. Do you think differently? If so, when did this war start?
This is far from a factual statement. As of yet it is unknown weather the isreali soldiers were captured inside isreal or weather they were already in lebanon when they were ambushed. No matter how many times the "isreal can do no wrong" crowd repeat their opinion it doesn't make it fact.
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JesusChrist said: Hezbollah crossed the border and killed people and took hostages. That is what started this war and the destruction of Lebanon. Do you think differently? If so, when did this war start?
This is far from a factual statement. As of yet it is unknown weather the isreali soldiers were captured inside isreal or weather they were already in lebanon when they were ambushed. No matter how many times the "isreal can do no wrong" crowd repeat their opinion it doesn't make it fact.
You keep spouting this lie. Why? Everybody, even anti-Israeli parties including several Arab governments have condemned Hez for doing so. Do you have one fucking shred of anything to back this fallacious bit of crap up or do you just completely produce ass exhaust and expect us to breathe deeply of its vapors? What nut log group are you getting this from? Inquiring minds want to know. No linkee......then stop lieing.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Andy21]
#5970659 - 08/16/06 07:27 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Andy21 said: How responsible were the British and the Americans when they overthrew the democratically elected prime minister of Iran Mohammed Mossadegh in order to defend British oil interests?
You might want to do a little research into Mossadegh. He had one of Saddam's elections. Half a century ago he was "elected" in Iran. They counted the votes from that large country in a number of hours, and he was a near unanimous choice. Just like Saddam used to be. Right after the election, the legislature voted unanimously to disband itself and strip itself of all power, giving absolute authority to Mossadegh.
Mossadegh was going to be a communist dictator backed by the Soviet Union. Had the Soviet Union be able to take Iran, they could have later expanded in the middle east. Had they been able to control the middle east they could have won the cold war. And you my friend would probably in a labor camp, praising the great leader for your gruel and brushing up on your Russian.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: zappaisgod]
#5971268 - 08/16/06 09:48 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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You keep spouting this lie.
And what lie is that? The fact that it is not current known for a fact where the isreali soldiers were kidnapped at?
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No linkee
Do you have the memory of a goldfish? I posted almost 5 links in another thread. The links were from many different sources, don't expect me to do it again simply because you can't remember things from a week ago.
I'll say it again, we do not know if those soldiers were captured from inside isreal or lebanon. Unless you can provide me a link from hezbollah admitting they crossed the isreali boarder to do it, or isreal admitting it happened in lebanon, it remains one word against the other.
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I'll say it again, we do not know if those soldiers were captured from inside isreal or lebanon.
Yes we do.
A) The Arab League condemned the attack as cross border
B) Hezbollah has never denied it
C) Hezbollah planned the attack for a long time
D) Hezbollah even gave the attack a name
E) The intention of the attack in itself was to kidnap 1 or more live Israeli soldiers. The element of such a planned incursion is always going to involve cross border hostility.
F) It doesn't really matter anyways, as Hezbollah fired a feint Katyusha into Israel that day.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Basilides]
#5971595 - 08/16/06 11:19 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I'll say it again, we do not know if those soldiers were captured from inside isreal or lebanon.
Yes we do.
A) The Arab League condemned the attack as cross border
B) Hezbollah has never denied it
C) Hezbollah planned the attack for a long time
D) Hezbollah even gave the attack a name
E) The intention of the attack in itself was to kidnap 1 or more live Israeli soldiers. The element of such a planned incursion is always going to involve cross border hostility.
F) It doesn't really matter anyways, as Hezbollah fired a feint Katyusha into Israel that day.
Were there any Israeli soldiers in any part of Lebanon that day? My guess would be yes, but if someone can tell me one way or the other, i'd appriciate it.
I am just curious as to whether Israel was still occupying ANY part of Lebanon(since the 2000 pull out), and if they were, were these soldiers taken from there.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Hank, FTW]
#5971642 - 08/16/06 11:38 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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The only contested land at the moment is Sheebaa Farms, and that is a long time occupation. Why would two Israeli humvees consisting of only 5 soldiers venture over the border? Not only is it dangerous, it's absolutely pointless. Finally, Hezbollah has never denied the cross border incursion.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Basilides]
#5971663 - 08/16/06 11:44 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Well if Israel was in Lebanese territory, clearly it is the Israelis who were the provocateurs.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Hank, FTW]
#5971709 - 08/17/06 12:00 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Do you even know that happened that day? Hezbollah fired a diversionary rocket into Israel with the sole purpose of making a cross border ambush on some very light Israeli patrol. We're talking about 2 lightly armored Israeli humvees consisting of only 5 soldiers. This attack by Hezbollah was also planned for a long time. It even had the code name "Truthful Promise".
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: zappaisgod]
#5972054 - 08/17/06 03:26 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Nope Zappa you are in fact lying and muddying the waters to see what you want to see. Death toll Wheres your source Zappa? Let me find you an article about Mossadegh The good ole red scare was just a bullshit excuse for America to get involved like the Saddam 9/11 link, a paper dream swallowed by the sheeple. You want me to make a choice between act or not act but the world is not so simple as that Ill quote from an article by Al Uthman to state my point: Quote:
One argument I’ve seen raised a few times now perfectly illustrates what I’m saying. It goes something like this: “If some terrorist group was firing rockets across the Mexican or Canadian border into America, would we just sit there and take it?” It’s a rhetorical question, of course—because the answer is supposed to be an obvious “no.” But what’s the rest of that answer? Think about it. Would we bomb the Toronto airport? Would we blast Mexican cities with barrages of artillery shells, killing thousands of innocent people in the process? Would we destroy highways, bridges, and apartment buildings? Of course not. That would be entirely out of proportion with the problem. Israel says it doesn’t “intend” to kill innocent civilians, but it’s a fair bet, when you level a city block, that’s precisely what you’re doing.
Heres another good bit from an article by Al Uthman Quote:
[ In fact, although it’s very unfashionable to mention, Israel itself was largely established through terrorism, and more than a few of its leaders were terrorists—former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, for instance, who organized the King David Hotel bombing, which occurred exactly 60 years ago last Saturday (David Ben-Gurion, later to be Israel’s first PM, approved of the attack as well, but withdrew his support before it took place). The bombing took the lives of 92 people, including 41 Arabs, 28 Brits and 17 Jews, and injured 45 people as well.
Defenders of the bombing stress that calls were made to warn of the bombing, urging the Brits to evacuate the hotel, and went unheeded. But this clearly doesn’t absolve them of their crime. The IRA, for instance, made a habit of blowing up buildings when they were unoccupied, but that never mitigated their status as a terrorist organization. Needless to say, if a similar bombing occurred today and was perpetrated by a Muslim group, there would be no controversy in Western media about whether it constituted a terrorist act.
You’d think that modern Israeli leaders would like to sweep events like this under the rug, but you’d be wrong, as the Times of London reported last weekend (“British anger at terror celebration,” 7/20/06):
“ The rightwingers, including Binyamin Netanyahu, the former Prime Minister, are commemorating the bombing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, the headquarters of British rule, that killed 92 people and helped to drive the British from Palestine. “ They have erected a plaque outside the restored building, and are holding a two-day seminar with speeches and a tour of the hotel by one of the Jewish resistance fighters involved in the attack.”
The piece goes on:
“The controversy over the plaque and the two-day celebration of the bombing, sponsored by Irgun veterans and the right-wing Menachem Begin Heritage Centre, goes to the heart of the debate over the use of political violence in the Middle East. Yesterday Mr Netanyahu argued in a speech celebrating the attack that the Irgun were governed by morals, unlike fighters from groups such as Hamas. “ It’s very important to make the distinction between terror groups and freedom fighters, and between terror action and legitimate military action,” he said. “Imagine that Hamas or Hezbollah would call the military headquarters in Tel Aviv and say, ‘We have placed a bomb and we are asking you to evacuate the area’.” Yes, just imagine. I’m sure everyone would have a sudden change of heart about Islamic “freedom fighters” if only they’d call ahead.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Basilides]
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I'll say it again, we do not know if those soldiers were captured from inside isreal or lebanon.
Yes we do.
A) The Arab League condemned the attack as cross border
B) Hezbollah has never denied it
C) Hezbollah planned the attack for a long time
D) Hezbollah even gave the attack a name
E) The intention of the attack in itself was to kidnap 1 or more live Israeli soldiers. The element of such a planned incursion is always going to involve cross border hostility.
F) It doesn't really matter anyways, as Hezbollah fired a feint Katyusha into Israel that day.
Hezbollah never denied it? What do you call those 5 or 6 links posted in a previous thread on this subject? Numerous news agencies reported the soldiers were captured inside lebanon. Hell, even redstorm said he wasn't sure where they were captured at.
They planned the attack for a long time? I'd say that quality belongs to isreal. How long does it take to ambush a small company of men? Now, how long does it take to launch a massive scale ground and air campaign? Isreal has been planning this alot longer than hezbollah.
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What do I have to do with the kidnappings? I'm no authoritative source on the matter.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Redstorm]
#5975117 - 08/18/06 02:54 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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No, but you are an example of someone more middle-ground than myself. Zappa's pathetic assertion that I was trying to mislead anyone concerning this matter is just another of his attempts at smearing the person he is debating, the usual tactic.
When in fact there is nothing to smear, I made no lie. It is unknown which side of the boarder the ambush took place and the right wingers "opinions" do not constitute fact. I am not saying where it happened, I am simply stating that we (the world) do not know at this point outside of a handful of people close enough to have truly known. And last I read you were on the fence on this issue so I used you as an example of someone who had not yet been convinced aside from myself.
If more evidence has been provided to prove this one way or the other I haven't seen it yet. Nor do I know exactly what would prove it beyond a doubt aside from the people involved (either side) coming clean and changing their statements. Though I somehow doubt that is going to happen.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Basilides]
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Do you even know that happened that day? Hezbollah fired a diversionary rocket into Israel with the sole purpose of making a cross border ambush on some very light Israeli patrol. We're talking about 2 lightly armored Israeli humvees consisting of only 5 soldiers. This attack by Hezbollah was also planned for a long time. It even had the code name "Truthful Promise".
Link?
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RosettaStoned writes:
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It is unknown which side of the boarder the ambush took place and the right wingers "opinions" do not constitute fact. I am not saying where it happened, I am simply stating that we (the world) do not know at this point outside of a handful of people close enough to have truly known.
Where do you -- I mean you personally, RosettaStoned -- obtain the information upon which you draw your conclusions? Do you only accept as fact that which you see with your own eyes? Or do you depend on reports from books, print, radio and television to inform yourself about incidents at which you were not present?
You say (about the hezbollah raid) that there were a handful of people close enough to have really known what happened. Fair enough, but that is true about just about everything one reads in the news. Do you accept that a dozen men walked on the moon in the late Sixties and early Seventies? Because that's a pretty small handful upon which to base your belief. What about the Beltway snipers a couple years back? Do you believe they killed a bunch of people? After all, you weren't there yourself to witness the shootings.
What about Hussein's invasion of Kuwait? Did the media get that wrong as well? You weren't there to see it start -- for all you know it was Kuwait who invaded Iraq, and Hussein was just retaliating out of self defense.
You say, "If more evidence has been provided to prove this one way or the other I haven't seen it yet. Nor do I know exactly what would prove it beyond a doubt aside from the people involved (either side) coming clean and changing their statements."
Here we see demonstrated your assumption that the reports are in fact WRONG (upon what do you base this assumption?) and that the only way to prove beyond a doubt that what was reported actually happened is for the people reporting it to report the opposite of what they reported -- "CHANGE their statements". Why would they change their statements if their statements were true from the beginning?
There is exactly ZERO evidence that this latest flareup in the MidEast started in any way other than what has been reported -- Hezbollah made a raid and the Israelis responded. Not even Hezbollah has denied it.
Yet somehow that's not good enough for you. Why?
I will agree that no matter how good one is at applying logic to facts, the result is worthless if one apples logic to non-facts. But if you are going to discount all the information you receive over the course of your life from any source other than your own personal experience, you're going to end up one ignorant puppy. MIGHT some of the reported facts you receive over your lifetime turn out to be non-facts at some point down the road? Of course. It's not a rare occurrence that the press will misreport something. That's when a rational person rethinks matters based on new information -- if such new information is ever reported, that is. But to assume automatically that EVERYTHING reported in the international news is wrong is nuts.
There is no point you even posting in this forum if that's your take on news sources, because you will necessarily be arguing from a point of ignorance on pretty much every topic discussed in this forum. Oh, maybe every now and then you will be able to contribute to a thread on some protest march that you yourself actually attended, but otherwise you'll be just flapping your gums, because you'll be addressing events which occurred outside your presence -- events of which your PERSONAL knowledge is nil.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Phred]
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Nice try phred. You aren't baiting me this time. I have seen about 5 or 6 different news articles stating the ambush took place inside lebanon. And I have seen about the same number of news articles saying it took place in isreal. (from news agencies around the world, and I even linked about 5 in another thread) That is why I question where it happened. Both sides are claiming different stories. That means someone is lying, right?
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I have seen about 5 or 6 different news articles stating the ambush took place inside lebanon.
Suuuure you have -- if you count infowars and prisonplanet as news agencies. Got a link to a news story from AFP, AP, Reuters, BBC, ABC, NBC, CBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times, the London Times, the Washington Post, the Independent, the Observer or the National Post reporting the soldiers were captured inside Lebanon?
Didn't think so.
Hell even Al Jazeera -- Al Jazeera, of all sources -- reports the raid by Hezbollah was into Israel. And let's not forget the shower of Katyushas launched into Israel before the raid. Again, even Al Jazeera admits this.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Phred]
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yeah but even an idealouge such as yourself has to admit, israel is not innocent. they have really done a lot of shit to fuck with the arabs...id say the killing of civilians is equally done on both side. the media portrays israel as some innocent country who just had to attack. they arent, you and i both know this. when they kill civilians is it more legitamite because they use tanks and planes instead of suicide bombers?? ive heard a palestinian interviewd basically saying if the us gave them the kinda money they give israel and they could buy tanks and shit...they wouldnt have to use bombers nor target civilians...they could actually fight the military on a somewhat equal level.
you know muslims dont really hate our freedoms. in fact muslims really didnt even hate us until we backed israel. if it wasnt for israel the US wouldnt have a problem with terrorism. bin laden himself in all his reasons for attacking never mentions hating our freedoms..he mentions hating our support of zionists. why do you guys on the right need to lie to the public. i mean blatently lie and scare people into thinking arabs hate us because of our freedoms. instead of actually listening to what the conservative muslims are saying their reasons for hating us are.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Phred]
#5977982 - 08/19/06 08:47 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Here you go mr Phred enjoy. Forbes Israeli soldiers taken in Lebannon, China Post Article , Asia Times. These are from a 30 second google search, theres probably more to find.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Andy21]
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You link to two versions of the same AP early report -- neither of which say the Israeli soldiers were inside Lebanon, by the way -- and an opinion piece (not a news report, but an opinion piece) in the Asia Times by one Sami Moubayed? This is your "rebuttal"?
Try again.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Phred]
#5978086 - 08/19/06 10:11 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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The militant group Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers during clashes Wednesday across the border in southern Lebanon, prompting a swift reaction from Israel, which sent ground forces into its neighbor to look for them.
I am not attempting a rebuttal I am saying there were conflicting agency reports. Which I have done. I do not much care about whether the Israeli soldiers were inside or outside Lebanon, it is clear from the action of Israel that the soldiers were merely a pretext anyway. Much like the gulf of Ton kin incident for Vietnam, WMD for Iraq etc just an excuse.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Andy21]
#5978102 - 08/19/06 10:19 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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As I said, the early AP report doesn't specify who crossed the border. Later reports are unanimous that it was Hezbollah who did. Even the next AP update by the very same reporter who filed the first report makes that clear -- http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/feeds/ap/2006/07/12/ap2873987.html
It was of course also Hezbollah who fired off a bunch of Katyushas into Israel at the same time they were carrying out the raid. Some reports say the rockets were launched before the raid, others say concurrent with the raid, but in every case the rocket launches came before any Israeli response to Hezbollah's raid.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Phred]
#5978120 - 08/19/06 10:32 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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So what do we discuss now then, whether Israels response was proportionate to the threat it faced?
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Phred]
#5978701 - 08/19/06 02:48 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I could see Al Jezera(sp?)reporting it a raid on Israeli land as somewhat of a boost for Muslim pride. That aside, I have seen conflicting reports on this, and I am not ready to make my decision yet. Lets also remember where we get most of our news from, it is often slanted in Israeli favor.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Hank, FTW]
#5982402 - 08/20/06 09:12 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Luddite]
#5982598 - 08/20/06 10:37 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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You wrote in another thread:
"The best thing for us to do in the West is to have everyone register their religion (or lack of religion) with the government and have everyone wear a badge or carry an RFID tag carrying that information. Any muslim who lies and says he belongs to another religion when he hasn't converted or become an apostate should get the death penalty. All muslims can then be segregated from non-muslims if need be, ie. on planes, buses, etc. and/or muslims could be searched more carefully."
Your videos are propaganda, pure and simple. I also find it intriguing that you don't capitalize your 4 uses of the word Muslim, but capitalize your 1 usage of West.
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Re: george galloway on israel [Re: Hank, FTW]
#5983388 - 08/21/06 09:21 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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The video with the three former terrorists seemed terribly scripted by Republicans. 
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