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| Hague: 'Belligerent' Israel should tame its rhetoric |
| 2011-02-09 |
| British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Wednesday warned that "belligerent" Israel should tame its rhetoric and said unrest in Arab countries may hinder the peace process. "O is my basnet a widow's curch? Or my lance the Wand o' the willow tree? And is my hand a lady's lilly hand, That this |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #14 Would this quote be applicable in respect to Israel? Latin, it seems to have a subtlety of it's own, in getting to the point. In pace, ut sapiens, aptarit idonea bello. In peace, like a wise man, he appropriately prepares for war. |
| Posted by: Elmomolet Sforza9640 2011-02-09 23:19 |
| #13 finally, TW has sunk to my depths. Lotp next! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-02-09 21:38 |
| #12 Y'all are delightful and I adore you! I don't view strong language as unladylike or ungentlemanly, but simply as rhetorical reserve ammunition for the strongest circumstances. Which this is -- as someone said, they're trying to make it impossible for Israel to defend herself. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-02-09 21:38 |
| #11 Maybe, TW, we should be a bit more diplomatic to the Foreign Secretary, by saying, "sod off," instead of STFU. It's only good manners. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2011-02-09 21:35 |
| #10 shut the fuck up This is certainly a high-water mark - an utterance so far divorced from modern realities and so monumentally stupid as to cause our own tw to emit unlady-like curses. Well done, Mr. Hague; moronitude of the first water. Color me impressed! And yeah, what she said. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-02-09 20:25 |
| #9 If only to be surrounded by Israel's shiny-happy-neighbors. Couldn't get better. |
| Posted by: Goober Glearong9707 2011-02-09 19:55 |
| #8 Yes they have. And if you want to know more about it, read The Vichy Syndrome, by Theodore Dalrymple. It's a new book and Rantburgers will love it! |
| Posted by: Omolurong Ghibelline1929 2011-02-09 16:21 |
| #7 Si vis pacem, para bellum. If that makes me belligerent, make the most of it! Have the Brits forgotten the study of Latin, of Roman history, or even of their own history? |
| Posted by: Shereter Poodle9774 2011-02-09 15:04 |
| #6 Nah, tw. I think they should do it in Cockney for a more dramatic effect. ;) |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2011-02-09 13:29 |
| #5 Wow, tw. You tell 'em! :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-02-09 12:56 |
| #4 O were there war between the lands, As well I wot that there is non .... For now, at least. |
| Posted by: lotp 2011-02-09 12:47 |
| #3 Well, GOD Loves Israel, so maybe it's time for the big battle to get the world to walk the line again. God helps those who help themselves, newc. Of course, it greatly helps Israel's survival that God gave her the Arabs (and Iranians) as enemies. The IDF has already begun moving units to the Sinai against future need, and they've altered their planning to assume another all-out war. What Israel will need to do is to tell the British Foreign Secretary and all his little friends to shut the fuck up about matters that don't concern them. In English, so they'll be sure to understand. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-02-09 12:42 |
| #2 Well, GOD Loves Israel, so maybe it's time for the big battle to get the world to walk the line again. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-02-09 11:42 |
| #1 Should a future fully islamofascistic Egypt remilitarize Sinai in violation of treaty obligations Israel would be subjected to overwhelming diplomatic pressure to hold still. The 'international community' has systematically delegitimized Israeli defense of any kind and will continue to do so. Israel is expected to remain passive in the face of attacks on its own territory, so an Israeli military reaction to Egypt operating on Egyptian territory would not be well received. The Camp David Accords might actually offer little security to Israel, at least in the current international political environment. |
| Posted by: Caesar Fleaque2608 2011-02-09 03:36 |