News: Lebanese Devastated In All Sorts of Ways
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[Jul 25,2006 11:15am - HailTheLeaf ""]
from http://www.alternet.org/story/39439/
"As the humanitarian crisis worsens by the hour, many Lebanese are angry at Hezbollah -- but they're even angrier at Israel.
Last Thursday Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora told reporters that his country has been torn to shreds. "Can the international community stand by while such callous retribution by the state of Israel is inflicted on us?"
Siniora also accused Israel of massacring Lebanese civilians and attempting to destroy everything that allows the country to stay alive.
The facts on the ground add credence to his remarks. The humanitarian crisis continues to worsen by the hour, with close to a million Lebanese displaced. Officials say at least 64 bridges have been bombed. Many roads are cut by the bombing, and this is hindering transportation of food and aid supplies.
Other Israeli targets have included the country's largest milk factory, a food factory, two pharmaceutical plants, water treatment centres, power plants, grain silos, a Greek Orthodox Church, hospitals and an ambulance convoy."
[Jul 25,2006 11:19am - Josh_hates_you ""]
your point?
[Jul 25,2006 11:20am - CaptainCleanoff ""]
You'll believe anything on that website won't you?
[Jul 25,2006 11:21am - Messerschmitt ""]
debbie schluschul
[Jul 25,2006 11:33am - HailTheLeaf ""]
Josh_hates_you said:your point?
I'm wondering why we're hellbent on starting WWIII over there...I mean, if this is supposed to distract us from how badly things are going in Iraq, they're really going out of their way...The U.S. government has helped to overthrow 14 governments in the past 100 years, maybe it's time we tried leaving everyone the fuck alone and concentrating on our own problems, like our lack of sustainable energy?
[Jul 25,2006 11:34am - powerkok ""]
HailTheLeaf said:
Other Israeli targets have included the country's largest milk factory, a food factory, two pharmaceutical plants, water treatment centres, power plants, grain silos, a Greek Orthodox Church, hospitals and an ambulance convoy."
good, good, good, great, good, ok, great, good, and good.
[Jul 25,2006 11:35am - powerkok ""]
how is Israel 'we'?
[Jul 25,2006 11:35am - HailTheLeaf ""]
CaptainCleanoff said:You'll believe anything on that website won't you?
you're implying that this information is false...have you seen any credible source that says otherwise?
[Jul 25,2006 11:36am - the_reverend ""]
but now where with powerkok get his viagra?
[Jul 25,2006 11:36am - powerkok ""]
and before you give me the US/Israeli connection rhetoric....
Remember, we have no final say in what they do.
Thats what UN is for.
This also, has been a long time coming.
[Jul 25,2006 11:37am - powerkok ""]
the_reverend said:but now where with powerkok get his viagra?
All natural bonerz here, Revvy.
[Jul 25,2006 11:38am - powerkok ""]
Plus....Jew Viagra only hardens a dong up to 3 inches.....the caucasion Viagra works on bigger wangs.
No, I made that up.
[Jul 25,2006 11:39am - ShadowSD ""]
CaptainCleanoff said:You'll believe anything on that website won't you?
Actually, in this case, none of this news is disputed or even hard to find, you just have to turn on the TV to see it.
[Jul 25,2006 11:39am - powerkok ""]
Depends on what channel you watch, and that, is sad.
[Jul 25,2006 11:40am - HailTheLeaf ""]
powerkok said:how is Israel 'we'?
Let's see, Israel doesn't piss until they get permission from the U.S. to do so, therefore we're quite involved. Everytime you turn on the news and hear that an Israeli helicopter fired misiles, or that an Israeli tank blew something up, it's a U.S. helicopter or a U.S. tank.
[Jul 25,2006 11:42am - the_reverend ""]
WRONG, isreal does what ever the fuck it wants and the americans fall in line and still give them 8 billion in aid a year.
[Jul 25,2006 11:42am - powerkok ""]
how did I know, even though I stated no rhetoric, that you would type the typical jargin.
Iraq Iran saudi....etc the list goes on, all have US weapons or transportation of some sort....so I guess gun makers should be sued if a gangster shoots a kid????
[Jul 25,2006 11:44am - powerkok ""]
Rev is 100% correct, you think if we said no, they would listen?
Doubtful.
In fact.....look at the whole Palestine thing about a year ago....we told Israel that it would NOT be a good idea.....did they listen?
History says no, they did not.
[Jul 25,2006 11:45am - ShadowSD ""]
powerkok said:how is Israel 'we'?
Israel is 'we' just like Hezbollah is 'they' (Syria and Iran). We have our pitbull that we don't take responsibility for, they have theirs. We're both willing to let our pitbulls fight without any restraint, until one day, when they gnaw our faces off.
powerkok said:Remember, we have no final say in what they do.
Just like many jackass pitbull owners, we own them and feed them, yet we love to say, "WE don't have control over what they do..."
[Jul 25,2006 11:48am - Man_of_the_Century ""]
the_reverend said:WRONG, isreal does what ever the fuck it wants and the americans fall in line and still give them 8 billion in aid a year.
Exactly, if you watched the news this morning, The U.N. (under the request of the U.S. and other nations) will be sending troops in to enforce a cease fire.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/25/mideast.diplomacy/index.html
They are going there to stop Israel, not help them. We had no (direct) part in this conflict.
[Jul 25,2006 11:48am - ShadowSD ""]
powerkok said:Iraq Iran saudi....etc the list goes on, all have US weapons or transportation of some sort....
Not billions of dollars of military aid every year for the last half a century, including nuclear technology. How can you say that's the same?
That's like if you were fighting some dude, and I gave him a bazooka and you a nerf bat, and said well I'm arming both of you, so what are you complaining about?
[Jul 25,2006 11:50am - the_reverend ""]
kok, we actually stopped payment on 400K that was the ammount they were using of our money towards a wall. it was later paid back in full, but during that time, donation from the US to Isreal must have skyrocketed.
[Jul 25,2006 11:50am - ShadowSD ""]
Man_of_the_Century said:They are going there to stop Israel, not help them. We had no (direct) part in this conflict.
No one said it was direct. That's how we get away with it.
[Jul 25,2006 11:50am - powerkok ""]
Now, comparing military and government to a canine is just astoundingly silly.
Im not defending Israel, fuck them, fuck Hezbollah too...I just cant take all the bleeding heart bullshit.
Take care of your own backyard, motherfuckers....if youre so worried about the fanatics over there...then please, go there and contribute to their aid.
Maybe get beheaded or gunned down in the process, by either side.
[Jul 25,2006 11:53am - powerkok ""]
ShadowSD said:
That's like if you were fighting some dude, and I gave him a bazooka and you a nerf bat, and said well I'm arming both of you, so what are you complaining about?
I could totally take out a bazookaist with a nerf bat, no prob!
[Jul 25,2006 11:54am - the_reverend ""]
what? you couldn't even conquer pot smoking with kick boxing you liar.
[Jul 25,2006 12:00pm - hungtableed ""]
HailTheLeaf said:Josh_hates_you said:your point?
I'm wondering why we're hellbent on starting WWIII over there...
first off, Israel does what they damn well please , secondly, none of this would have happened if the fucking head cutters in the Hezbollah death cult never kidnapped Israeli soldiers. If you think that Hezbollah is a bunch of good guys that never did us any harm, try and google 'Hezbollah attacks on the U.S.' You'll learn that they killed 200+ marines in a bombing attack in 1983 and kidnapped and killed a military officer in the same decade as well as at least a dozen other attacks on us personally. Admit it, you fucking hate America soooo much that you're logic is so fucking twisted that you cannot help but BLAME AMERICA FIRST.
[Jul 25,2006 12:03pm - the_reverend ""]
much like htb's blind hatred makes his posts unamerican.
it's the american way to have a fat ass and bitch about the government. that's what we fucking do. if you don't like it GO BACK TO WHERE TO CAME FROM ASSHOLE.
[Jul 25,2006 12:03pm - hungtableed ""]
the_reverend said:WRONG, isreal does what ever the fuck it wants and the americans fall in line and still give them 8 billion in aid a year.
bingo.
however, it still doesn't give an ounce of validity to HTL's comment regarding America being hell bent on starting WWIII. The only cock smokers who have mentioned WWIII, other than the drive by media, was Hezbollah who quote "Welcomed war with America and the start of WWIII"
[Jul 25,2006 12:03pm - powerkok ""]
the_reverend said:what? you couldn't even conquer pot smoking with kick boxing you liar.
That is easily conquered by pot smoking WHILE kickboxing.
[Jul 25,2006 12:06pm - ShadowSD ""]
powerkok said:Now, comparing military and government to a canine is just astoundingly silly.
Im not defending Israel, fuck them, fuck Hezbollah too...I just cant take all the bleeding heart bullshit.
Take care of your own backyard, motherfuckers....
That's why this story is important, it has everything to do with our backyard. To moderate Muslims, at this point we seem unwilling to reign in Israel no matter what they do, and to most of their daily lives, that is a more extreme position and a bigger security threat to them than terrorists. This automatically means more sympathy, recruitment, and safe harboring of terrorists around the world. Not good news for our backyard.
We could have responded to Israel's overreaching by saying they had a right to retrieve their soldiers, but firing weapons at the entire countryside of a sovereign nation with a democratically elected goverment will not be tolerated by ANYONE; we could threaten to cut off aid and unconditional support. Or at least draw a line in the sand SOMEWHERE where we would consider Israel to be "going too far". Any of those actions would yield only positive foreign policy ramifications, and no negative ones. It would undermine the key recruitment drive of the terrorist cause at no cost to us.
But we'll never do that the way things are going, even to save our own backyard. And that is what pisses me off.
[Jul 25,2006 12:06pm - hungtableed ""]
the_reverend said:much like htb's blind hatred makes his posts unamerican.
it's the american way to have a fat ass and bitch about the government. that's what we fucking do. if you don't like it GO BACK TO WHERE TO CAME FROM ASSHOLE.
what are you talking about? it is sooooooooo American to hate. You must have forgotten that we are much better than everyone else.
[Jul 25,2006 12:09pm - powerkok ""]
I mean our BACKYARD.
Here.
In the continental US.
not a 'controlled' region halfway around the globe.
Also...a sovereign nation?
Please!!!!!
Make me laugh some more!!!!
That place is full of bomb weilding terrorists.
[Jul 25,2006 12:11pm - ShadowSD ""]
hungtableed said:the_reverend said:WRONG, isreal does what ever the fuck it wants and the americans fall in line and still give them 8 billion in aid a year.
bingo.
however, it still doesn't give an ounce of validity to HTL's comment regarding America being hell bent on starting WWIII. The only cock smokers who have mentioned WWIII, other than the drive by media, was Hezbollah who quote "Welcomed war with America and the start of WWIII"
Fox News mentioned World War III over and over when the story began, and were the only ones on the news to do it (Colbert showed a montage of this at least twice). The first person I saw bring up WWIII anywhere else was you on this board a week or two ago. I can find the thread if there is any doubt about this...
[Jul 25,2006 12:12pm - the_reverend ""]
hungtableed said:what are you talking about? it is sooooooooo American to hate. You must have forgotten that we are much better than everyone else.
I am ignorant of this statement so I obviously have a rather large opinion that I'm going to force you to listen to. Now if you interrupt me with dudes kissing while I'm talking about the bible, you are going to be excommunicated.
[Jul 25,2006 12:14pm - powerkok ""]
awww whats wrong with doods kissing....gay rights blah blah, equal gay rights blah blah, I am a bleeding heart, blah blah.....FART!
[Jul 25,2006 12:14pm - ShadowSD ""]
powerkok said:I mean our BACKYARD.
Here.
So do I. This stuff can affect us here. See 9/11.
powerkok said:Also...a sovereign nation?
Please!!!!!
Make me laugh some more!!!!
That place is full of bomb weilding terrorists.
Lebanon actually did have a democratic election last year, and the Bush administation couldn't stop bragging about it and taking credit. They've used those words more than anyone else, so I can hold them to it.
[Jul 25,2006 12:15pm - powerkok ""]
Bush also calls this the internets...whats your point?
[Jul 25,2006 12:16pm - hungtableed ""]
ShadowSD said:hungtableed said:the_reverend said:WRONG, isreal does what ever the fuck it wants and the americans fall in line and still give them 8 billion in aid a year.
bingo.
however, it still doesn't give an ounce of validity to HTL's comment regarding America being hell bent on starting WWIII. The only cock smokers who have mentioned WWIII, other than the drive by media, was Hezbollah who quote "Welcomed war with America and the start of WWIII"
Fox News mentioned World War III over and over when the story began, and were the only ones on the news to do it (Colbert showed a montage of this at least twice). The first person I saw bring up WWIII anywhere else was you on this board a week or two ago. I can find the thread if there is any doubt about this...
look it up if you want, but If I remember correctly I was referencing Hezbollah and their comments that I just repeated here. And what makes you think that Fox News isn't part of the drive-by media? CNN had a program on last night titled (something along the lines of) The Crisis in the Middle East - a sign of Armageddon?
[Jul 25,2006 12:17pm - HailTheLeaf ""]
the_reverend said:WRONG, isreal does what ever the fuck it wants and the americans fall in line and still give them 8 billion in aid a year.
Somehow I doubt that, but even if they did act without a word from the U.S government, they're funded by us, we pay taxes so they can blow the fuck out of whoever they want? Using our weapons to do so? We're responsible in either case.
[Jul 25,2006 12:17pm - hungtableed ""]
the_reverend said:hungtableed said:what are you talking about? it is sooooooooo American to hate. You must have forgotten that we are much better than everyone else.
I obviously have a rather large opinion that I'm going to force you to listen to.
shit man, me too, as well as about 85% of this forum....it's surprizing that we don't get along better than we do here.
[Jul 25,2006 12:18pm - powerkok ""]
No...not really.
By saying that, youre saying were responsible for basically any and all conflicts in the world.
[Jul 25,2006 12:19pm - powerkok ""]
that was to htl
[Jul 25,2006 12:20pm - ShadowSD ""]
hungtableed said:first off, Israel does what they damn well please
We're their only military ally. They've been completely dependent on our military aid and protection as long as they've been a country.
hungtableed said: , secondly, none of this would have happened if the fucking head cutters in the Hezbollah death cult never kidnapped Israeli soldiers.
Yup, you're right. And there would be no Hezbollah if the US hadn't decided to give away land that it didn't own or have any claim to to create Israel in 1948.
[Jul 25,2006 12:20pm - powerkok ""]
Hers some news for you, HTL...
Did you know, that Israel actually trains US!?!?!
Countless US soldiers, civilians are trained in 'Israeli tactics', ranging from Handgun training to bomb defusal.
Look it up.
[Jul 25,2006 12:24pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
Fuck Israel.
Fuck Hezbollah.
Both of your religions are nonsense. You are kidnapping, assassinating, and fighting over absolutely nothing. Please finish each other off and take your prehistoric conflicts and ideals with you.
[Jul 25,2006 12:24pm - ShadowSD ""]
hungtableed said:CNN had a program on last night titled (something along the lines of) The Crisis in the Middle East - a sign of Armageddon?
Ha, well I guess they're catching up then. Around the same time last week that Colbert was busting on Fox using the WWIII term, Jon Stewart was making fun of the fact that CNN was so cautious that they were calling the story "Brink of War?" (like there needs to be a question mark).
[Jul 25,2006 12:25pm - ShadowSD ""]
DrinkHardThrashHard said:Fuck Israel.
Fuck Hezbollah.
Both of your religions are nonsense. You are kidnapping, assassinating, and fighting over absolutely nothing. Please finish each other off and take your prehistoric conflicts and ideals with you.
[Jul 25,2006 12:25pm - hungtableed ""]
yea, do you want to know why too?
Because their tactics are better than ours. That's why in week 1 of basic combat training, recruits learn the Israeli form of jujitsu. The martial arts employed by the Israeli's is one of the most deadliest in the world.
[Jul 25,2006 12:27pm - hungtableed ""]
ShadowSD said:DrinkHardThrashHard said:Fuck Israel.
Fuck Hezbollah.
Both of your religions are nonsense. You are kidnapping, assassinating, and fighting over absolutely nothing. Please finish each other off and take your prehistoric conflicts and ideals with you.
:NEWHORNS::NEWHORNS:
however, I fucking hate the smell of curry, so I could probably never really like them fucking muslims.