wayneL
VIVA LA LIBERTAD, CARAJO!
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Snake Pliskin said:Since this is the 9?11 thread and not Israel, lets keep it on topic.
Wayne watch these videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyzSSnNUWnE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsWZHKIg3Cs&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsn4JA450iA&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr-BRjSWxLg&mode=related&search=
this one has a tune to it listen to the lyrics carefully
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTEeYuDCOk0&mode=related&search=
The panel questions and answers are enlightening
Julia said:Visual
Could I ask you to just take several steps back, remove yourself from the present heated argument, and simply say why you feel so convinced that you should take the side of the Israelis?
That's the first question.
The second is regarding the establishment of Israel after the end of WWII in what was essentially Palestine's own territory. I wonder how you would feel if, given there might in the future be some global conflict resulting in some nation being essentially "homeless". Let's say this would not have occurred as a result of any misdeeds of the nation concerned. So the United Nations (if they were able to get their thoughts together which is another question entirely) decides that the people of said nation should henceforth make their home on the east coast of Australia. Those of us living in the designated area in Australia have no say in this.
Are we going to feel ever so slightly resentful at being intruded upon by a group of people with whom we have nothing in common and indeed whose culture, traditions and religion are in conflict with our own? Isn't this situation likely to breed ill-will on both sides?
Julia
wayneL said:Visual,
You might detect a certain apathy about the staged "photo opportunities".
Why?
Because it is just a normal thing during a war for the beligerents to stage manage the information that is released. They all do it.
It it right? Of course not! But it happens all the time. Most of what you know as "history" about previous wars is pure bunkum. The victors version of the story, glorified for their own benefit.
However your outrage is misplaced and does not negate in any way the number of civilians who were killed or had their homes destroyed.
Try to keep in mind the big picture, rather than getting caught up in propaganda.
Ambulance driver Qassem Shalim was closing the doors of the ambulance when the vehicle was hit. ``I am sure the missile was fired from a drone. The blue light was flashing on our roof, the red cross was clear and there was a light on the Lebanese Red Cross flag above me. Everything I said happened did happen,’’ he told The Australian in Beirut.
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It may have been like some, much of the ordinance, it didn’t actually explode when it pierced the vehicle. So you still stand by what you said?
then you are saying that the Lebanese truly are a stupid people, bombs are falling so they stay underneath it’s path to be blown away? are you serious,
visual said:Julia,
after much consideration I`ve decided not to answer your question,it would simply take too much time to answer with any degree of certainty and knowledge.And I`ve already spent way too much time on this issue.Sorry
Rafa said:So are you saying that was a Hezbollah drone that attacked the Ambulance??? Does it really matter if it was a Israeli helicopter or a Israeli controlled drone???
Are you serious Vis? Every Israeli house has bomb shelters in built, and every city has missile warning sirens, giving people ample time to get to the bomb shelters or flee into neighbouring areas...
Plus, if you need to flee, you need reliable cars and fuel... and a bridge to cross the river!!!
And what about all these unexploded cluster bombs that were dropped indiscriminately in the last three days of the war... Hezbollah dropped them too eh???
Goodbye Vis.
PS: for the record, Hezbollah is a terrorist organisation, and i have always advocated its dismembering. The best way to do this is to get it at its source (iran / syria) and by being on the side of the common folk of Lebanon and helping humanitarianly, at the grassroots, not bombing them to smithereens, which only further drives them into the arms of Hezbollah!
Anyone who thinks this war can be won by force is deluded... There are billions of muslims, and only a small % are extremist. Yet, some of the actions by the west in the last few years, is actually driving the moderates towards the extremist at a rate even the most fundamentalist of clerics can only dream off...
Visualvisual said:Julia,having said all that,I could`nt shake the feeling that I had taken the easy way out of a very difficult question.
So I googled Palestine,I think I`ve found a reliable site,don`t know how it can be be pulled to pieces,but I`m sure some people will dispute what this site says.Anyway I`m posting it here,after reading a bit of it,your question can`t be answered by me because your question doesn`t even come close to even being hypothetically similar.(Does that make sense?)
http://www.mideastweb.org/briefhistory.htm#Modern History
I clicked on this heading,as I felt that a summary was better,time wise anyway,cheers
A Brief History of Israel and Palestine and the Conflict
Julia said:Visual
My original question 1 did not relate to who reported what etc, but rather asked for your own reasons as to why you are obviously so supportive of Israel and so condemning of the Lebanese and the Palestinians. Perhaps you are attached to the Jewish faith and that would be an explanation? We all have reasons for forming conclusions and opinions and I'm just asking for yours regarding your fierce support of Israel.
Re the second question, I don't need some potted history lesson on the establishment of Israel etc. I was just wanting to know how you might feel if another nation ousted you from your home and general environment?
Surely not such a hard question?
Julia said:Visual
My original question 1 did not relate to who reported what etc, but rather asked for your own reasons as to why you are obviously so supportive of Israel and so condemning of the Lebanese and the Palestinians. Perhaps you are attached to the Jewish faith and that would be an explanation? We all have reasons for forming conclusions and opinions and I'm just asking for yours regarding your fierce support of Israel.
Re the second question, I don't need some potted history lesson on the establishment of Israel etc. I was just wanting to know how you might feel if another nation ousted you from your home and general environment?
Surely not such a hard question?
Julia
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