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7/13/2006 3:43:19 PM

^^Now that is funny.

So what will Israel's response be now that an Israeli group has kidnapped a group of palestinians? I can't imagine that they could get away with doing nothing.

[Edited on July 13, 2006 at 3:47 PM. Reason : ^]

7/13/2006 3:47:20 PM

karim, dude, you're wrong.

1. as i stated, the oil industry is already responding inlight of today's events. the price of barrels have already risen. israel and lebanon may not be major suppliers of oil, but their allies certainly are - iran, syria, saudi arabia, etc. iran, particulary, has been a staunch supporter of lebanon. analysts are projecting the oil companies' losses to be projected at the pumps. the prices have already jumped almost $2 just today - in less than 24 hours since the attacks began. prices at the pump are expected to hit $3 a gallon, and $4 in some markets, next week.

2. hezbollah is recognized as a terrorist organization by the u.s. and u.n. they're not supported by the lebanese government (atleast not in an official, overt capacity). instead, hezbollah is well-known to be supported by terrorist states, such as iran. as you probably know, hezbollah was formed in the early 80's in response to israel's invasion into lebanon. even if it was formed in a defensive spirit, hezbollah behaves as a terrorist group. they're most famous act was perhaps the u.s. marines barracks bombing in '83.

3. hezbollah initiated this current conflict with israel. firstly, they kidnapped an israeli soldier. then, they launched missile attacks into israel. israel responded this morning with attacks on an airport and two military air fields. subsequently, hezbollah retaliated with more missile attacks further inside israel. most recently, israel attacked the airport again.

the lebanese government has already said they have no part in hezbollah's actions, and specificially said they don't support hezbollah's actions in any facet. hezbollah is accused of simply instigating conflict. israel just wants their soldier back. hezbollah, the kidnappers, are refusing to comply. hezbollah is threatening attacks deeper into israel.

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"what by bombing a populated international airport they didnt bomb hezbollah, they bombed lebanon big difference israel is so arrogant, they think they can do what they want, it will catch up with them, and I cant wait"

dude, they didn't level the damn airport or anything. matter of fact, there hasn't been a single report of injuries or deaths from either side.

israel destroyed one runway of the airport, and two fuel tanks. that's a strategic move. they're not attacking the lebanese people. they recognize, as does rest of the world, that hezbollah isn't acting on behalf of the lebanese government. however, hezbollah basically controls southern lebanon, so israel is simply reducing hezbollah's military capacity to some degree.

[Edited on July 13, 2006 at 3:51 PM. Reason : ]

7/13/2006 3:48:25 PM

dude israel struck first with the missles today

the kidnapping was after an attack i believe where they attacked israeli solders accused of killing a palestinian man

[Edited on July 13, 2006 at 3:50 PM. Reason : .]

7/13/2006 3:50:00 PM

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"So what will Israel's response be now that an Israeli group has kidnapped a group of palestinians? I can't imagine that they could get away with doing nothing. "

did this just break?

o wait this happens all the time

im suprised this made the news and not "Palestinian throws rock at israeli, his town is burned to the ground"

7/13/2006 3:52:48 PM

uhhhh i'm not quoting whoever said it...but there has definitely been injuries and deaths as a result of these attacks

7/13/2006 3:54:37 PM

it is good that you can look at the issue from even ground

7/13/2006 3:55:02 PM

the missile attack on that israeli port city was in response to israel's attack on the airport and airfields. however, hezbollah previously launched a missile attack just over the border previous to israel's attacks.

i have no idea why the israeli soldier was kidnapped. however, the fact is that they still kidnapped an israeli soldier. everyone knows how israel responds to such acts. israel doesn't fuck around, and they're more eager to pull the trigger than our texan cowboy, g-dub. hezbollah committed a deliberate terrorist act, hoping to incite what we are witnessing right now.

7/13/2006 3:56:03 PM

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"it is good that you can look at the issue from even ground"

its a good thing the US government will do the same thing


oh wait its Isreal. nevermind.

7/13/2006 3:56:36 PM

mess with the bull. get the horns

7/13/2006 3:57:42 PM

i mean, i am not condoning the level of israel's reaction

but the region was in the middle of efforts to compromise and having productive peace talks

then hamas and hezbollah decide to commit terrorist acts against a country known for extreme reactions and not negotiating with terrorists

if you think that hezbollah didnt WANT israel to go batshit crazy, you are kidding yourself

7/13/2006 4:00:12 PM

git-r-done

7/13/2006 4:02:10 PM

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"they didn't level the damn airport or anything. matter of fact, there hasn't been a single report of injuries or deaths from either side. israel destroyed one runway of the airport, and two fuel tanks. that's a strategic move."

You do realize the landing strip is essentially the most important part of the airport and you can't really repair it over night. And they destroyed all 3 runways

7/13/2006 4:03:20 PM

my political stance is to fuck israel. they have no business trying to occupy that region. at the same time, england and others had no fucking business sticking their collective noses into that area. they fucked up the middle-east in the very same manner they fucked up yugoslavia and the czech republic. on top of all that, israel behaves like a bunch of fucking idiots.

our allegience with israel is the single, most-prevalent reason why the united states has so many enemies within the arab nations. there is no reason for us to support israel in the capacity that we do. it's fucking stupid as shit. fuck israel.

^ my understanding is that only one runway was damaged. of course, i could be mistaken. i don't condone the severity of israel's response, but it shouldn't be a suprise to anyone. it is what hezbollah wanted. israel has requested lebanon to send military forces to southern lebanon to quelch the hezbollah guerillas, but lebanon doesn't want to play. lebanon needs to get a grip on hezbollah, or their country is going to continue to be attacked by israel.

[Edited on July 13, 2006 at 4:08 PM. Reason : ]

7/13/2006 4:03:25 PM

i think the majority of the people in lebanon who arent extremist muslims are equally as upset with hezbollah as they are with israel right now

7/13/2006 4:05:22 PM

^ I agree...I honestly think if we say "fuck israel" on this , we'll come out better

7/13/2006 4:06:01 PM

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"my political stance is to fuck israel. they have no business trying to occupy that region. at the same time, england and others had no fucking business sticking their collective noses into that area. they fucked up the middle-east in the very same manner they fucked up yugoslavia and the czech republic. on top of all that, israel behaves like a bunch of fucking idiots. our allegience with israel is the single, most-prevalent reason why the united states has so many enemies within the arab nations. there is no reason for us to support israel in the capacity that we do. it's fucking stupid as shit. fuck israel."

I AGREE 100%

7/13/2006 4:08:22 PM

there is a large portion of lebanon that disagrees with hezbollah, but they are also the same group that allows israel to play bully and hide behind the US because they just dont want any more war, i cant blame them

7/13/2006 4:10:39 PM

^^well what do you suggest then?


[Edited on July 13, 2006 at 4:13 PM. Reason : like a solution, not "isreal is bad and shouldnt be there"]

7/13/2006 4:12:33 PM

the only way to fix things is what is happening now

war

7/13/2006 4:13:43 PM

yeah let them destory each otehr and stay out of the way... when there is only one country left standing it will be easier to deal with one as opposed to 378463784638

7/13/2006 4:15:46 PM

we move troops into lebanon (with their permission) and defend against israeli attacks if they would even attack with us there

7/13/2006 4:16:17 PM

israel definitely has a problem with overreaction

but if you were a member of the single most persecuted group of people in world history who have been repeatedly removed from whatever piece of land you currently called home and you were finally able to establish a state in your historical homeland, wouldnt you fight to keep it?

7/13/2006 4:17:31 PM

^^^^see thats what i cant stand about that region

like it just boggles my mind that these people would rather kill themselves than live in peace

[Edited on July 13, 2006 at 4:18 PM. Reason : ,]

7/13/2006 4:18:15 PM

problem with the "homeland argument" is that several other ethnic and religious groups have equal "right" to claim that region as their "historical homeland".

7/13/2006 4:23:10 PM

who cares, let them all kill themselves

lets solve some domestic problems and tap our oil reserves in the process, wait out their inevitable demise and then move in

7/13/2006 4:25:03 PM

^^right

so why can't they live there together?

it wasnt the jews who started attacking the arabs b/c there were too many of them moving there

[Edited on July 13, 2006 at 4:25 PM. Reason : a]

7/13/2006 4:25:26 PM

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"who cares, let them all kill themselves lets solve some domestic problems and tap our oil reserves in the process, wait out their inevitable demise and then move in"

the thing is, the world is now basically one giant body affected by the individual organs. the shit going on there is going to fuck all of us. our dumbfuck "leaders" are going to get involved if this escalates into an all-out war. when we get involved, so will iran and syria. germany, england, and probably others will support the united states. china will back iran and company.

this is exactly what some forces want. iran, probably enticed hezbollah to start this kidnapping and shit. the proverbial shit will hit the fan all over the world. fucking north korea is over there fucking around. difference with their fucking around before and now is that global situation is much more fragile now. even though they essentially have nothing to gain, the numb sack dictator will happily incite a war in eastern asia. south korea and japan will get in it with north korea, and then so will we.

the u.s. is going get fucked the worst out of anyone in this. we can't support three major theatres of war: europe, the middle-east, and all of asia.

7/13/2006 4:35:53 PM

essentially if this escalate, every country in the world will be in a lose-lose situation

there would be no possible stance that the u.s. could take that wouldnt result in trouble

7/13/2006 4:37:21 PM

i know but it is nice to think isolationism could still work...even though it cant

7/13/2006 4:38:00 PM

the saddest thing about being an american is that we have all these resources, but dont utilize them

7/13/2006 4:41:43 PM

^^ no, but it pisses me off that we (the u.s.) have become imperialists - the very thing we revolted against. it's not like this was a recent turn of events. the united states turned to imperialism in the 1800's. it didn't take long for us to become hypocrites, did it?

^ my friend and i talked about that just the other day during a road trip. japan would be 10 fold what the u.s. is now if japan occupied this same land.

[Edited on July 13, 2006 at 4:45 PM. Reason : ]

7/13/2006 4:43:12 PM

we dont want to, we want to use everyones else up so that we are the only ones left with it and have supreme power... but the govt forgot that it most likely wont run out any time in the next couple hundred thousand years or so or longer

7/13/2006 4:43:35 PM

^^hello and welcome to human nature

7/13/2006 4:44:39 PM

from what i was told in history class, imperialism lasted all the way until world war 2

7/13/2006 4:44:54 PM

oh and then it just magically stopped?

7/13/2006 4:45:25 PM

dude, we're imperialists now. iraq, anyone?

7/13/2006 4:45:54 PM

idk i guess they dont define the period after world war 2 as imperialism

7/13/2006 4:46:01 PM

we arent imperialist definitively b/c we dont explicitly rule over country's

however we do go along way to establish puppet's or govt that are extremely sympathetic


and dnl, YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR ELEMENT

[Edited on July 13, 2006 at 4:48 PM. Reason : (well except for peurto rico i guess. and guam. and...oh n/m)]

7/13/2006 4:47:33 PM

i'm on tww homie, i'm not "out of my element"

7/13/2006 4:48:28 PM

did you just call him a hatian, if so that is funny!

7/13/2006 4:48:55 PM

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"in my opinion it really sucks for americans... we are the top nation in the entire world, yet we have to posture to all these shitty ass nations we could take over sooooooooo easily if we went about the right means to do it... america doesnt get the respect it deserves, we could fuck shit up so easy and we dont, BUT DO WE GET A THANK YOU? nope, just more bullshit from countries like iran and north korea"

7/13/2006 4:51:46 PM

somehow, someone will say this is all America's fault, they will get power, teach thier ideas to someone else and more terrorist will be born.

Thats why I dont like this war

7/13/2006 4:56:21 PM

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"we got enough nukes to fuck up the world tenfold and we could run shit "

second strike capability
mutual assured destruction

look them up.

7/13/2006 4:59:40 PM

what are things the middle east doesnt have?


i'll take more dumb responses to dumb comments for $500, alex.

7/13/2006 5:01:40 PM

america drops a ton of nukes on the rest of the world

look that up

seriously i bet thats all it'd take to get people to act right would be to drop a few really really really strong bombs on them

7/13/2006 5:02:26 PM

as much as i like nukes, dropping them is bad, for everyone. It screws up the enviornment and dropping alot of them could fuck our enviornment up too. I am no tree hugger, but "nukes are bad mmmkay!"

7/13/2006 5:03:57 PM

WHAT A REVOLUTIONARY THOUGHT

NUKES ARE BAD

YOU SHOULD WRITE A PHD DISSERTATION ON THE SUBJECT

7/13/2006 5:05:00 PM

lets not forget that the world will literally be destroyed/explode if too many nukes are dropped. also, others may not have nuclear weapons, but they have nbc armament.

7/13/2006 5:05:20 PM

so they will attack us with "must see tv"??

THE HORROR

7/13/2006 5:07:18 PM