> http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/25/D8J37I5O1.html > > - - - > He said Hezbollah had expected "the usual, limited response" > from Israel to the July 12 cross-border raid, in which three > Israelis were killed. ... He said the Shiite group had > anticipated there would be negotiations on exchanging the > Israeli soldiers for three Lebanese prisoners in Israeli > jails, with Germany acting as a mediator as it did before. > - - - > > Doh! > > Maybe next time they'll think a little harder before > committing provocative acts of war.
So you'll show them whose boss! > Nevermind, I forgot: It's always the Jews' fault. > > Were it not for the four legs of the Giant Hopping > Zionist/Neo-Con/Big-Oil/US Military Industrial Complex > Quadraped, why, none of this awful fighting would be happening. That is correct. > Poor Hezbullah just wants its trained murderers released from > jail so they can ratchet up more violent terrorist attacks > against Israeli citizens, with three cheers from the peanut > galleries in Brussels and Tehran---is that too much to ask for? Jeez. > > Nobody cares about the plight of the little guy anymore. > Damn, the injustice of it all! Ain't no "little guy" who can swing America's arms like a puppet. > On a serious note, let's make a few observations before Bill > launches into another pseudo-Jungian attack on straw man > Straussian political notions: Pseudo-Jungian? Look, I readily acknowledge being a student and that my intellect will never approach his, but I am most definitely being accurate and truthful with respect to what I've learned, and I'm quite open to correction when I get it wrong. To use the term "pseudo-Jungian" is to imply that I'm distorting his work or 'faking' to know what I don't know, and that is quite incorrect. > 1.) Hezbullah started the current conflagration of the > conflict by kidnapping and killing Israeli soldiers---in most > civilized parts of the world that still qualifies as an act > of war, justifying a military response; Since it's not covered by the "news", I'll allow that you might not be aware of the (nine?) thousands of Palestinians who were snatched from their streets and put into Israeli jails. > 2.) They did so (now openly) thinking they'd get Yet Another > Opportunity to wheel-and-deal for dangerous criminals that > have been locked up in Israeli jails after trying to enter > Israel to commit acts of terrorism against its citizens (also > arguably an act of war); No more "arguably acts of war" then the Israeli treatment of the Palestinians. Perhaps you can educate us as to why group punishment shouldn't be illegal. > 3.) The Israelis have had to "restrain themselves" since Gulf > War I when they were provoked and showed "the usual, limited > response" to which the Hezbullah whack job refers. This > "limited response" has been ongoing in the tragicomical farse > otherwise known as the "middle east peace process" ever since; Well, you don't have to worry about restraint now, as the heavy hand of American provided jets, tanks and artillery tears Lebanon apart. > 4.) Faced with the possibliity now that their actions may > have far more adverse consequences than they previously > considered or experienced, they will have to modify their > calculus a bit. A bit? Try major attitude change on for size. > I know, I know, Bill: Now nothing will stop them from doing > Really, Really Bad Things! Well, nothing except getting the > crap kicked out of them for a change. As if anything was > really stopping them before, or what they were doing before > was benign. Crapped kicked out of who? Aren't you aware that almost all of the people Israel is busy mowing down are civilians? > I know you think Israel is the bully here (and always), Think? Bully? Why don't you try on the word "master" for size? > but > observe objectively if you will please the words of the > political representative of Hezbullah himself and consider > that those of us who view appeasement of terrorists as a > major cause of the ongoing problem in the middle east have at > least SOME reason and evidence for what we believe. For the umpteenth time, terrorism is a tactic, not a group, religion, philosophy or anything else. I do not now, nor have I ever condoned or excused it, but it's easy to understand how it came into play. This shouldn't shock you, but most Medals of Honor are awarded post-humously to people who, in effect, committed suicide for their country. The surprise we're seeing is that so many people are willing to give up their lives for such relatively trivial attacks. I would have expected them to use suicide bombers for much larger targets. Maybe we still don't understand just how large their supply is. Bill > - Bob _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
