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Post by pledm on Jul 21, 2006 12:44:35 GMT -5
Hi all, Any thoughts on whats happening in Isreal,for me its starting to look like the shit is hitting the fan,it looks bad and has the possibilities of getting worse,,anyones thoughts.  |
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Post by Bob on Jul 21, 2006 16:38:46 GMT -5
These people have nuclear weapons... I'd rather not know what will happen.
But I really hope that this madness won't affect the rest of the world.
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Post by andrewflap on Jul 21, 2006 20:28:28 GMT -5
I think Israel and a few others surrendered their nukes some time ago so, nuclear war does not seem to be a real possibility. Also, in terms of strategy, the theatre of war is far too small to warrant the use of such ordnance. Also, Israel, wrong or right, is not run by nitwits so, poisoning the entire area with fallout for 100's of years, not likely. Israels main export is fresh farm produce, FYI.
Having said that, this war is no less scary or potentially catastrophic. The complicating issue here is that Isreal is a nation state, with all the rights inherent with a nation (ie, can have an army, can use it to protect citizens, can enlist civillians to fight, can ration the nations resources etc) and they have declared war on Hezbollah who are just a group of people that happen to be militarisitic and be armed. Lebanon is the place (or one of them) where Hezbollah reside and when Israel responds to what they perceive as an attack, they bomb the infrastructure (and what and whomever else is in the way) of Lebanon. The poor Lebanese folk are suffering for a group they moslty are not supportive of.
IMHO, GWB wants Israel to knock out Hezbollah in Lebanon and will just sit on his hands until they either succeed or they fail. Put at its most base level, the pro Israeli (jewish) lobby in the US is more powerful than the Arabic one. You do th math. Diplomacy is not about wrong or right, its about pragmatism and shared interests. This may seem harsh but, it is the truth of the world we live in.
Hezbollah and other groups are puported to have support form Syria, Iran and Iraq. I mean, how the fark does one organise to get a rocket launcher ? Could you ? I can't. Hezbollah have thousands. Who paid for them ? This question is even more acute when you consider that Hezbollah are just a group. They don't have any industry to make money so someone, somewhere pays for their none to cheap upkeep.
On the other hand, Israel has encroached on non Israeli territory and has done little to lift the quality of life for the Palestininans.
What is truly the saddest thing about all of this ? IMHO, neither side wants peace. Not the Palestinians, the Israelis, Hamas, Al Quieda, Hezbolah and all the other extreme middle east groups of both persuasions. They all want each other dead. Utterly exterminated. No one here has a monopoly on moral high ground.
This is truly the politics of hate.
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Post by pledm on Sept 4, 2006 8:24:10 GMT -5
Hi all,
The Austrailian Crocodile hunter
Steve Irwin has finally met his match,steve died today from a sting from a stingray while filming a documentary the stingray`s tail had stung him in the heart.Sad he was entertaining in bringing animals to us,but in the end they got him.
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Post by Bob on Sept 7, 2006 2:27:23 GMT -5
Stingray 1 - Steve 0. I feel sorry for his family. He had a little kid too, right? |
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Post by pledm on Sept 7, 2006 12:19:28 GMT -5
Hi Bobin,
I think he had 2 kids whats sad and wierd is they have his death documented its in police records,but from what i`m hearing the video is pretty messy,hard to watch.Sad,he was really entertaining.
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Post by pledm on Sept 7, 2006 12:59:09 GMT -5
hi all,
This also in the news,it must be world wide but the girl that was kidnapped at 10 and she escaped at 18 has given her world wide interview,its pretty good,sad what she went through.
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Post by Bob on Sept 9, 2006 14:15:34 GMT -5
My boyfriend found this newsflash:  |
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Post by Bob on Sept 11, 2006 13:15:54 GMT -5
September 11 today... |
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Post by pledm on Sept 11, 2006 15:35:09 GMT -5
Hi Bobin,
Yes its a sad day to remember what happened on this day 5yrs ago,that moment will be remembered.
Hi Bobin your past entry its that 60`s show with puppets right it was called `Thunderbirds` right,god I used to watch that as a kid,,loved it,they still play it sometimes.
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Post by pledm on Sept 19, 2006 10:56:46 GMT -5
Hi all, The response from the Pope`s apology to muslims are slim,the Al-Qaida warned that its war against Christianity and the west will go on until Islam takes over the world. Thats just a segment of news,I think the Popes speech/apology wasn`t enough for the extreme muslims and I see alot of destruction.Sad,it really is what religion has always done in any way when `man` touched it. SAD. |
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Post by pledm on Oct 3, 2006 7:10:03 GMT -5
Hi all, News is often bad,The report in the U.S of the gunman who killed Amish children yesterday blows me away a 5th child has died it is reported,this psycho entered a Amish one room school and let the males and a pregnant woman out but kept the young girls in,he tied there feet and killed them. I hope there is a `special` place in hell for some of these psycho`s a killing of anyone is bad but to kill a child is worse but come on a Amish child,god these people are incredibly peaceful,faith is what they have,,just piss`s me off.  |
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Post by Summer on Oct 3, 2006 13:01:43 GMT -5
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Post by pledm on Oct 9, 2006 13:25:46 GMT -5
Hi all,
World Powers condemned North Korea after it conducted a nuclear test yesterday,scary stuff.
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Post by Summer on Oct 12, 2006 15:05:51 GMT -5
What is going to happen next, I wonder. I wish we had some good world news to hear about. |
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