> > > > > > In a message dated 7/14/06 12:33:01 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > > > sparaig@ writes: > > > > > > I just heard on Fox news a few minutes ago that many of the > > missiles being > > > > launched into Israel are not being launched by Hezbollah but > by > > an Iranian > > > > > > > republican guard unit. > > > > > > > > > > Or Israelis posing as Iranians. Very messy, no matter who is > > doing what. > > > > >Oy Vey! More conspiracy theories. Also, I meant to say earlier > > Revolutionary > > > Guard units, not Republican Guard which were Saddam's elite > > troops. > > > > > ...sounds like Fox propaganda to me...or at the very least a very > > one-sided story. We keep hearing about Hezbollah being the proxy > of > > Iran, yet nothing about Israel being the proxy of the US. > > > > Are you suggesting Bush is telling the Israelis to start a war > with > > Hezbollah over the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers or else? > Usually, Israel does what > > they pretty damned well please and we are lucky to get them to > restrain > > themselves. > > > It doesn't have to be that obvious- If you lived in a dangerous > neighborhood and I armed you 10x more heavily than your neighbors > and told you implicitly at least that you could do no wrong, that > you were always in the right to defend yourself, I'll bet you'd feel > justified in any agression that you undertook. The subsequent calls > for restraint from the US are more of just playing for the press > than a serious attempt at peace.
The situation in the Middle East continues to be complicated and a mess, and getting worse. I understand the so called "right" of the Jewish people having that land, as a Jew myself, and knowing the history of the Jewish people; and the holocaust; There is no way, the Jewish people will ever allow that to happen again; The only trouble is, they have become like the enemy they once hated and dreaded; whether it be the Romans, the Spanish, the Philistines, the Nazis; Violence begets violence; The real problem is: There is no real leadership in Israel, or other Middle Eastern countries; As far as 'Peace-makers' Like Sadat, and Begin, and Carter; The war machine is huge, with many players. It will take leadership, not more weapons. Not more walls; Enlightened leadership is the answer; and the lack thereof is the cause of the current choas.. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
