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Re: UN Speaker accuses Hezbollah of civilian casualties

Postby smallpoxgirl » Tue 25 Jul 2006, 22:32:06

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('strider3700', 'I')'m not saying either side is wrong. Personally I'm hoping the war steps it up and one side annihilates the other.
About the only possible solution I can see to this problem is Isreal going the way of South Africa, giving up its racial elitist domination and allowing for more equitable multi-racial governance of the region. Otherwise this violence is going to continue for a thousand years.

Isreal can't possibly be successful here. All the current attacks are going to do is further convince the Arab population that Isreal is the devil and create a thousand new groups seething to kill them. To suceed Isreal would need to litterally implement a lebensraum politic. They would have to be willing to massacre 90% of the non-white population in the middle east and push the few that remain into concentration camps the way the Americans did to the Indians. In the 1700's it was a practicable approach, but even Hitler got no where close to sucess with this approach. The moral force of international opinion was sufficiently well developed even by 1940 to preclude it. Isreal lacks the moral will and is too dependent on international opinion to ever successfully implement such an approach.
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Re: UN Speaker accuses Hezbollah of civilian casualties

Postby rogerhb » Tue 25 Jul 2006, 22:36:40

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', 'T')he moral force of international opinion was sufficiently well developed even by 1940 to preclude it.


The allies did not defeat the axis in order to stop the holocaust.

The US bent over backwards to stay out of it.

France rolled over and complied.

Italy and Austria were up to their neck in it.

Stalin was happily doing his own version of it.
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Re: UN Speaker accuses Hezbollah of civilian casualties

Postby smallpoxgirl » Tue 25 Jul 2006, 22:47:36

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', 'T')he allies did not defeat the axis in order to stop the holocaust.
Why did they fight the Germans then? American business was knee deep in sponsoring Hitler's rise to power.

The only logical reason I can see why the US goaded Japan into attacking them and then declared war on Germany was that they were forced to by public opinion. The reality of Hitler was so blatently in conflict with the myth of American liberty and equality that to do otherwise would have upset the American political applecart.
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Re: UN Speaker accuses Hezbollah of civilian casualties

Postby strider3700 » Tue 25 Jul 2006, 22:57:11

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', '
')Isreal can't possibly be successful here.


Isreal has nuclear weapons. If they lose we all lose.
shame on us, doomed from the start
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Re: UN Speaker accuses Hezbollah of civilian casualties

Postby azreal60 » Tue 25 Jul 2006, 22:58:29

So in otherwords, america doesn't do right things because it wants to. It does it because it built it's image up that way and if it goes against that image it tears down that which makes it america?

Two things on that.
One, if that where true, we probably wouldn't have gone into Iraq.
Two, if that is true, then we would do the right thing anyway, and weither or not we want to do the wrong thing is immaterial.
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Re: UN Speaker accuses Hezbollah of civilian casualties

Postby rogerhb » Tue 25 Jul 2006, 23:11:16

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', 'T')he only logical reason I can see why the US goaded Japan into attacking them and then declared war on Germany was that they were forced to by public opinion.


Quite the reverse, the US public was against another war. Pearl Harbour changed public opinion.
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Re: UN Speaker accuses Hezbollah of civilian casualties

Postby smallpoxgirl » Tue 25 Jul 2006, 23:31:35

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('azreal60', 'T')wo things on that.
One, if that where true, we probably wouldn't have gone into Iraq.
Two, if that is true, then we would do the right thing anyway, and weither or not we want to do the wrong thing is immaterial.


There are two American realities: The myth of the kind benevolent, egalitarian, freedom lover. The reality of the brutal militant self-serving elitist.

Take Iraq for example.

US says. We're worried about weapons of mass destruction. Also we're sad for all the poor people being oppressed by Sadam Hussein.

Reality. US has more WMD that whole rest of the world combined. US is only nation to ever use nuclear bomb on another nation. US invades Iraq, kills the f--k out of some "hajis", gets nice strategic military base and secured oil supply. Reality for average "haji", if he's still alive, country now all f'd up. Violence way worse than under Sadam. Response by US president? "Mission Accomplished"

Domestically the situation is the same. US is nominally a democratic country. Reality of US elections is little better than elections in USSR. Vote for which exploitative A--hole you think has a better hair cut? Tweedle Dee(R) or Tweedle Dum(D)?

Why the US fought Germany is historically incongruous. Makes no sense to me. Every other war the US has ever fought, it has been on the side of oppresion. Why fight Germany? US business elites loved Hitler. Eugenics was an American science. Hitler, like Isreal, was a US prodigy. Why kill him?

Only reason I can figure is that Hitler was so blatent, so obvious, that to do otherwise would have exposed the duplicity inherent in the American Dream. American politics is all about plausible deniability. There was no denying Hitler.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', 'Q')uite the reverse, the US public was against another war. Pearl Harbour changed public opinion.
So why do you think the US fought Germany? (not meant sarcastically. It's a genuine dillema to me.)
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Re: UN Speaker accuses Hezbollah of civilian casualties

Postby Jack » Tue 25 Jul 2006, 23:47:35

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')o why do you think the US fought Germany?


Don't you think it was because the U.S. had to choose between England and Germany - and, in the end, chose to side with England?

Which begs the question - why did the U.K. and Germany fight?

Perhaps because England felt that Germany would usurp their position in the European hierarchy?
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Re: UN Speaker accuses Hezbollah of civilian casualties

Postby rogerhb » Tue 25 Jul 2006, 23:49:13

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', 'Q')uite the reverse, the US public was against another war. Pearl Harbour changed public opinion.
So why do you think the US fought Germany? (not meant sarcastically. It's a genuine dillema to me.)


As Churchill said, America will always do the right thing when it has exhausted all the other possibilities.

Remember the US was not fighting for it's survival in either WWI or WWII. WWI it kept about of it as long as possible and only joined in 1917. Fortunately it did join before Russia collapsed. It joined after German U-boats sunk American ships that were supplying the European allies.

Again in WWII, it stayed out as long as possible, the public had come through the Great Depression and the last thing they wanted was another war, the standoff after Dunkirk was called "the phoney war". Business continued as normal with the lend-lease business, so the armaments business still continued.

Britain and the Empire were under threat and Churchill did all he could to get the US onto the allied side, at that time it was not even clear which side the US would join. The price of US involvement was basically the end of the British Empire and it's coveted trade relations.

The horrors of the holocaust were only made public after the war.
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Re: UN Speaker accuses Hezbollah of civilian casualties

Postby Grifter » Wed 26 Jul 2006, 02:51:32

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', '
')Britain and the Empire were under threat and Churchill did all he could to get the US onto the allied side, at that time it was not even clear which side the US would join. The price of US involvement was basically the end of the British Empire and it's coveted trade relations.


Yes and the motivation would be that as Britain was not going to be a global power whether a winner or not in WWII, Germany would have been a global power making the global chess board a more complicated place.

So the US sided with the allies.

The lesser of two evils.
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Re: UN Speaker accuses Hezbollah of civilian casualties

Postby seldom_seen » Wed 26 Jul 2006, 03:34:37

The rise of Nazism in Europe was appeased to the left to the right and all around preceding World War II. It was only when serious carnage and destruction set in that people started to wake up.

The return of Nazism is appeased to the left and the right and all around. Same story new day. Time is not linear but circular. Thousands upon thousands will have to die before the resurgence of Islamic fascism is once again beaten back to their little corner of the world.

Very few people have even read or understand the history of Islam. Their sacking of India and replacing Hindu temples with mosques. The rampage through Northern Africa and in to Europe. The Taliban destruction of the great Bhuddist statues is symbolic of 1600 years of the Islamic empire. There used to be jews all over the middle east.

Nor do many people even bother to acknowledge the Muslim hatred of jews that goes back to the life of Muhammad. All the way back to Medina. Yes, one of "Islams holiest cities." There used to be lots of jews living there.

The whole idea that Jerusalem is a "holy place" for muslims is complete and total nazi propoganda. Do you think it is just a coincidence that muslims built the al-Aqsa mosque right smack on top of the temple mount, the holiest place for all jews? Mohammad never even set foot near Jerusalem. If you think it's just a coincidence, then plug your ipod back in and take another hit off the crack pipe.

The leaders of Europe have knives at their throats from their muslim populations. At the same time they don't want to upset the applecart of cheap energy. So they meekly stand by and condemn Israel in hopes of not having muslim riots in the streets of France again or bombs in the Subways of Spain and the UK.

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Re: UN Speaker accuses Hezbollah of civilian casualties

Postby Doly » Wed 26 Jul 2006, 03:42:26

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('seldom_seen', '
')The leaders of Europe have knives at their throats from their muslim populations.


If the European leaders were so scared, they wouldn't have participated in the war in Iraq in the first place.
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Re: UN Speaker accuses Hezbollah of civilian casualties

Postby seldom_seen » Wed 26 Jul 2006, 03:45:43

I forgot to add, the leftists, the "progressives," the Che Guevera t-shirt crowd. They the love the Islamists. Because they see in the Islamists what they themselves don't have. The courage to act. The leftists are mostly passivist and weak without the will to carry out "The Revolution."

Someone in this thread described Hizballah as a "leftist" movement. I heard someone on NPR describe the leader of Hizballah as a cross between the Shah of Iran and Che Guevera.

This is so silly and sad it's pathetic. These "progressives" will be the first to have their throat slit when the islamic revolution reaches their neighborhood. All of the social values that they despise and hate in George Bush and the republicans are magnified and on steroids with the Islamic revolutionaries.
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Re: UN Speaker accuses Hezbollah of civilian casualties

Postby Doly » Wed 26 Jul 2006, 03:57:27

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('seldom_seen', 'T')hey the love the Islamists. Because they see in the Islamists what they themselves don't have. The courage to act.


Seldom_seen, do YOU have the courage to act? What action have you taken about peak oil, except ranting?
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Re: UN Speaker accuses Hezbollah of civilian casualties

Postby Grifter » Wed 26 Jul 2006, 04:14:36

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')hey the love the Islamists.


What a ridiculously weak argument you must have. 'They' is everyone who thinks you are wrong yes? We all love religious people do we?

You're just as fanatical as them.
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Re: UN Speaker accuses Hezbollah of civilian casualties

Postby seldom_seen » Wed 26 Jul 2006, 05:09:03

Why do you jump on what I say like a cat on its prey? I don't vote for your George Bushes or your John Kerrys or any of the representatives of your one party shitstem. There is no lesser of two evils, just evil.

Hitler is on the rise in the Middle East and he has a scarf on his head and a koran in his hand. If you can't stomach this fact than deny, obfuscate, appease and come up with all sort of rationalizations for what's happening.

Otherwise just quit being a f'ing pussy and state what side you're on. I'm on the side of Israel, and I hope they crush the Nazis. I have no plans of joining a suicidal death cult that treats their women like this:

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Re: UN Speaker accuses Hezbollah of civilian casualties

Postby seldom_seen » Wed 26 Jul 2006, 05:35:57

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Grifter', 'Y')ou're just as fanatical as them.

Maybe I am. What if I am? Is that a bad thing to have a fire in your belly, to be fervent about something?

All I see in the US and Europe is a bunch of people who's primary concern is plugging in their ipod and then trying to get laid with as many people as possible. The ones that are in to "politics," sit around the coffeehouse all day with their laptops and their Che Guevera T-shirt reading antiwar.com and thinking how cool they are and how superior they are to all those stupid people in "the red states." Of which the "red states" are just a propaganda meme that was planted in your head.

The passive apathy and indifference of the left in the United States is a bit frightening. A smart person said "sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul."

What would you die for? Is there anything you would die for?

The river of life keeps on flowing though. This is just a snapshot in time. The times have already changed, we just haven't adjusted yet.
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Re: UN Speaker accuses Hezbollah of civilian casualties

Postby Miki » Wed 26 Jul 2006, 05:36:37

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('seldom_seen', 'I') forgot to add, the leftists, the "progressives," the Che Guevera t-shirt crowd. They the love the Islamists. Because they see in the Islamists what they themselves don't have. The courage to act. The leftists are mostly passivist and weak without the will to carry out "The Revolution."

This is so silly and sad it's pathetic. These "progressives" will be the first to have their throat slit when the islamic revolution reaches their neighborhood. All of the social values that they despise and hate in George Bush and the republicans are magnified and on steroids with the Islamic revolutionaries.


As you said, when you donn't have a rational response, blame the lefties and the Arabs.

Isn't that what fascists and right-wingers always do anyway?
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Re: UN Speaker accuses Hezbollah of civilian casualties

Postby rogerhb » Wed 26 Jul 2006, 06:02:30

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('seldom_seen', 'I')'m on the side of Israel, and I hope they crush the Nazis.


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Re: UN Speaker accuses Hezbollah of civilian casualties

Postby Miki » Wed 26 Jul 2006, 06:16:03

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('seldom_seen', 'T')he rise of Nazism in Europe was appeased to the left to the right and all around preceding World War II. It was only when serious carnage and destruction set in that people started to wake up.


I see similarities between the situation you're describing and the slaughtering of Palestinians and Lebanese by the Israelis. You don't need to look too far. *Right now* Israelis are slaughtering Lebanese civilians while Americans cheer from the side and send more bombs, and the rest of the world takes it's sweet time in deciding what to do. One can't help thinking that they're doing it on purpose.

Supposedly, things changed after WWII because human rights treaties were invented, along with the UN, etc. But as you can see, the current situation can override all those treaties with the approval of the West and the sponsoring/funding from the US government.

Human rights are conditional to the whims of the US and its allies. It is that simple. And if you still have doubts, ask any of the Americans that were evacuated from here. I dare you to find *one* that thinks Israelis are not doing terrorism in Lebanon.

Also, ask *any* American citizen who has been to Palestine, and let him/her tell you if the Israelis are peaceful people or racists who hate Arabs and don't have any regard for democracy or human rights.

Please understand that you are very knowledgeable in history, but history is not reality. When you come here to the Middle East and talk from experience, I'll take yur word more seriously. Otherwise, all the historical "facts" that you're dwelling on mean nothing to me.


$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'V')ery few people have even read or understand the history of Islam. Their sacking of India and replacing Hindu temples with mosques. The rampage through Northern Africa and in to Europe. The Taliban destruction of the great Bhuddist statues is symbolic of 1600 years of the Islamic empire. There used to be jews all over the middle east.



I don't see how the expansion of Islam through military means is any different from the Imperialism of the West. The West had their Cruzades, didn't they? Why do you expect less of Islam? Just because Arabs are not the same race? Doesn't make any sense to me, unless you're a racist, that is.


$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he whole idea that Jerusalem is a "holy place" for muslims is complete and total nazi propoganda.



You may know a lot about the history of Islam, but you know very little about Islam itself. A lot of Westerners ignore that Jesus is one of the most important prophets in Islam. Muslims actually think that He will come back in "the last day" to fight the devil. It is written in the Koran. Ask any Imam or read the Koran yourself.

Also, Islam arose from Jewish and Christian traditions, and MANY elements in Islam are taken from Christianism and Judaism. That's why Jerusalem is a sacred city in Islam.


$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')o you think it is just a coincidence that muslims built the al-Aqsa mosque right smack on top of the temple mount, the holiest place for all jews? Mohammad never even set foot near Jerusalem. If you think it's just a coincidence, then plug your ipod back in and take another hit off the crack pipe.


No, it's not. During the Middle Ages, which is when all this happened, both Christians/Jews and Muslims were using military means to expand their territories and had no problem destroying churches or temples from the nations that they had conquered.

Remember that in those times, the conquerors even felt they had the right to burn people alive. Why wouldn't they destroy temples?

You're viewing events that happened in the Middle Ages in the view of the West of the 21st century. Again, you know a lot about history, but your perspective is not objective.


$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he leaders of Europe have knives at their throats from their muslim populations. At the same time they don't want to upset the applecart of cheap energy. So they meekly stand by and condemn Israel in hopes of not having muslim riots in the streets of France again or bombs in the Subways of Spain and the UK.


More conspiracy theories. If you like facts and history, why do you dwell so much on hypotheses? How about you examine the slaughter of Palestinian civilians in the last few decades? Those are *realities*, not hypotheses. The killing of Lebanese civilians are realities, not hypotheses. I should be able to tell you a word or two about that. I'm in Lebanon right now.
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