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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 01:57 PM Original message |
Hizbollah declares victory and goes . . . stays home |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Are you kidding? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. there's nothing in Nasrallah's posture, character, or actions |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. mmmhmm... Bigtree has spoken! |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. By all measures, Israel did lose and lose dismally in this latest |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. some arabs disagree... |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. while I agree with the author's sentiments about Hizbollah and Hamas |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. LOL, sorry but this is an Op-Ed piece by one person reflecting, not the |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Wealthy Arabs who believe that our prez is a "Man of History"? |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Is this guy's name Lieberman? LOL n/t |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Agree. Israel has lost more than it's gained in this war of theirs. |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Not only did israel lose dismally |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. But I am sure Bush will say Israel won. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. LOL, yep, he just did, how did you know??? |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 04:10 AM Response to Reply #17 |
49. I sometimes recall reading 1984 |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Is Hezbollah occupying one square inch of Israel? Hezbollah lost |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:49 PM Original message |
Hezbollah has never wanted to occupy Israel so to say because they |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. Israel got to the river, they seriously weakened Hezbollah, etc |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Let's look at the goals, various as they were, Israel set when |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 04:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Hezbollah's goal was to destroy Israel |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Hezbollah has never tried to invade Israel, only to remove the IDF |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 05:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. You obviously have never heard Nasrallah say he wanted |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 05:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Reaching the Litani was never a STATED goal by Israel... |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #42 |
57. This was one battle in a long war |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. Hezb started the transition to the ballot box in the '90s. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I agree that Nasrallah needs an incentive to disarm |
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daydreamer (503 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. But do you think Israel would have withdrawn from Lebanon 5 years ago if |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I'm more of the belief that all of that could have been avoided |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. You didn't answer the question. |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. israeli withdrawl without hizballa... |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. If the US and Israel would have helped the Lebanese army, |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 04:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. Hezbollah ministers are dictating to the Lebanese army |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 08:19 AM Response to Reply #43 |
54. maybe you think they should reflect OUR beliefs and interests |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I will judge their 'leader's' willingness to set them against each other |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Oddly enough |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. interesting |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Now you have added another qualifier. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 04:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. No. Born of violence was your phrase. I disagree that Israel needed to be |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Without militarized resistance, the US of A would still be a colony of |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. nothing achieved of lasting value "in that region" nt |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Any more qualifiers? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. well, that's what I said originally. It's this conflict, this region that |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. "inevitable, unassailable response" |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 04:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. must every one of my contentions be against someone else's |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Ahhh, so it all depends on "who's ox is being gored" as the saying |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 04:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. This is the case we're discussing. I don't see what the point is |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 04:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. The reason I question your contention is because your intent to |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. That's not what I said at all. It's not a statement of strategy. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I don't disagree at all that diplomacy should be the preferred way to |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. true. |
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daydreamer (503 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 07:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
51. So someone occupies your house at gunpoint, you say OK, I want to |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 08:08 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I think that is a ridiculous analogy |
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daydreamer (503 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Why is it ridiculous? Wasn't Lebanon occupied? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. I really don't believe in violence in most cases |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. Until he dins a flight suite and gives a rousing speach under a banner |
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Freedom_Aflaim (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
46. In other words, they need time to reload and resupply |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
48. In Israel, politicians begin review of war's conduct |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
50. Unfortunately Hezbollah may be stronger because of this action |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
52. Things are bigger than who won this battle |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
56. Bigtree, I think I pretty much agree with you. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. I'll refrain from describing Olmert's government as a regime |
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