[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', 'W')ords have meanings. As a physician, you know this better than I do. And "never" has a very specific meaning.

[Jack]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', 'W')ords have meanings. As a physician, you know this better than I do. And "never" has a very specific meaning.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', 'J')esus. I just admited you were right. What do you want? Flowers?

[Miki]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')nd Nasralleh the leader of Hizballah "the party of god"

[Miki]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'Y')ou believe that the origin of so-called human rights was post WWII? That's a surprising assertion. Some suggest that the Protestant Reformation, circa the 16th century, was in fact the necessary precursor to the very concept of human rights.

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', 'H')ow are you doing with the US involvement in WWI/WWII?

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', '.')..Churchill was quite complimentary of Mussolini.

[Specop_007]

Sad but true.
No wonder theres so many civilian casualties.

Click

Hizbullah Used Civilians, Mosques in Attack on IDF
10:19 Jul 27, '06 / 2 Av 5766
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

Hizbullah refused to allow civilians to leave their village and used mosques in their ambush on IDF soldiers at Bint Jbeil Wednesday. Names of the nine fallen soldiers were released. Morale is high.


Hizbullah stored ammunition and weapons in mosques, knowing that the IDF does not attack religious sites. Civilians were not allowed to leave so that Hizbullah could use them as cover. IDF officers said they ordered pilots not to strafe Bint Jbeil in order to spare civilian casualties.

A United Nations peace keeping officer from Canada told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. that Hizbullah used the same tactic to draw fire on the UNIFIL post which resulted in the death of four U.N. observers. "This is their favorite trick," he said. "They use the U.N. as shields."

[Magus]

Forgive me if I fail to find this article from the Israel National News credible. Why is this not being reported internationally, especially in the United States? Until that happens, I'll regard this piece as propaganda.

[lateralus]

I was born in the middle east and sent to Canada when I was small.

My father was in Hizbollah, and my mother was in the IDF. They met on a cruise ship off the coast of southern France when times were more peaceful. A forbidden love in a tragic world.

Now, many years later, I am pained when I make phone calls home.

"Your father is wearing his vest and lying in front of my tank again...did you know that?"

"No mother"

"Well its true...and why just the other day he called me a dirty Israeli whore. I can't believe I used to love him. *sob, sob*"

"She lies that dirty women...don't believe her....and she won't put on a veil...ahhhhhh"

What's a poor boy to do?

[Miki]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'H')izbullah refused to allow civilians to leave their village and used mosques in their ambush on IDF soldiers at Bint Jbeil Wednesday. Names of the nine fallen soldiers were released. Morale is high.

[duke3522]

Earlier I saw this same story reported on Fox News. Now we know it’s true. :lol::lol:

[Magus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('duke3522', 'E')arlier I saw this same story reported on Fox News. Now we know it’s true. :lol::lol:

[Free]

As usual a highly entertaining and insightful read:

War Nerd Column

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')July in Fresno, and yet I'm happy. In a mean way, the only way I know. For once I don't care how hot and miserable it is, because I've got something waiting for me at home: AC and CNN. God, I love watching CNN right now. Watching that needlenose whiner Anderson Cooper, trying not to state the obvious: Hezbollah is not only winning every round of this fight, but it was bound to win from the start. Get Jane Fonda out in the streets again, spray some pain relief on her saggy old throat, stuff a bullhorn in her liver-spotted hand and have her sing out: "Who needs Ho Chi Minh/Hezbollah is gonna win!"

The rest of you idiots actually seem to take Cooper seriously when he talks about how the IDF is going to "expel Hezbollah from Southern Lebanon." Christ, Hezbollah IS Southern Lebanon. You might as well try to expel ants.

...

Add in a couple of real important facts nobody ever mentions on CNN -- birthrate and morale. The Shia, who cluster in the slums of S and E Beirut and in the rural south of Lebanon, have the highest birthrate in Lebanon and have always been the poorest, most death-hungry people around. That's the stuff you make great soldiers from.

And Hezbollah has great soldiers. That's one reason I can't help liking them. They're some of the most underrated soldiers on earth facing what I consider the most overrated military force on earth, the IDF. The Israelis have been coasting on their reputation for a long time, but way back in Gulf War I it was clear they made their record like a Don King fighter, padding their Win column against a bunch of bums. When I saw those pitiful Arab "soldiers" crawling toward US camera crews on their hands and knees to surrender, the first thing that went through my head was, "Whoa, so that's the kind of opponent the Israelis have been showboating against? Well Hell, my high school marching band could've beaten those Arab chickenshits!"

I'm not alone in that conclusion either. One of the top US commanders in GW I called the IDF "a bunch of arrogant pricks who wouldn't last ten minutes on a European battlefield." Well, that bit about a "European battlefield" is another sad case of our NATO obsession, but the point is, the IDF doesn't deserve its rep. It did once, back in 1948 and during Suez, when it was manned by double-tough survivors of the European Jews who were determined to show up the book-nerd stereotype by kicking ass from Haifa to Damascus. Those dudes were truly tough.

...

[lateralus]

Quite a unique and funny style of writing, entertaining as all hell. My favorite part:

It's easy to look tough rolling through refugee camps in the world's most heavily armored tank.


That was the best written article I have read yet from any souce, priceless. Thanks for the link. I'm gonna read this war nerd guy more often now.

[Free]

Yes definitely do so, his collected works are really a must read:

http://www.exile.ru/archive/by_author/gary_brecher.html

There are too many gems in there to pick my favourites now, but I promise you will learn a lot while being entertained in a horrible and great sort of way at the same time...

Nothing better than a cynic with brains and some wisdom to share...

[nemo]

Gotta love War Nerd. He's a straight talkin' sumbitch. Usually his analysis rings brutally true compared to the usual MSM echochamber punditry.

[Eli]

I am not as impressed by his writing style as some of you are but I do think much of his analysis is spot on.

I feel very sad for the people of Israel long term they are going to loose this war with Islam. The Arab's have all the numbers on there side and they are much more willing to suffer pain and losses in order to ultimately win.

Israel will likely get a rest from this current mess but the IDF's performance has only embolden Hezbollah. And the next time the fighting breaks out it maybe curtains for the nation we know as Israel.

[Miki]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Eli', 'I') am not as impressed by his writing style as some of you are but I do think much of his analysis is spot on.

I feel very sad for the people of Israel long term they are going to loose this war with Islam. The Arab's have all the numbers on there side and they are much more willing to suffer pain and losses in order to ultimately win.

Israel will likely get a rest from this current mess but the IDF's performance has only embolden Hezbollah. And the next time the fighting breaks out it maybe curtains for the nation we know as Israel.

[mekrob]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he Arab's have all the numbers on there side and they are much more willing to suffer pain and losses in order to ultimately win.