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2010-08-07 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Report: US transferred $720M to Lebanese army since 2006

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Posted by Goober Goobelopolous 2010-08-07 10:38|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 invested some $720 million

How is 0.7 billion an investment?

Posted by john frum 2010-08-07 12:51|| 2010-08-07 12:51|| Front Page Top

#2 It's an investment because it has a dividend. You know, like a "peace dividend"... er, um, yeah.

Posted by American Delight 2010-08-07 13:53|| http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/ 2010-08-07 13:53|| Front Page Top

#3 I just love how all administrations keep funding the enemies of democracy and freedom. It works so well. Kinda like Rome giving the German tribes "aid".

Posted by DarthVader 2010-08-07 15:07|| 2010-08-07 15:07|| Front Page Top

#4 In 2006, which wasn't that long after the Hariri assassination, things looked different. It wasn't yet obvious that Hezbollah was the real government in Leb -- in fact it seemed at the time as though the Lebs might actually throw off the Persian yoke.

That didn't happen. It could have, but they couldn't take the thought of a new civil war, which Hezbollah would have brought them. Instead the Hezbullies brought them the Green Helmet Man War, in which lots of downtown Beirut was bounced. Sometime in the not very far future there will be another roung and this time the Israelis won't hold back because they'll be fighting the entire country and not just Hezbollah.

Posted by Fred 2010-08-07 19:47|| 2010-08-07 19:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, at least we can look at the hopeful sign that we're not really getting our money worth out of the money we've sent them for training; they had the advantage of being the ambushing party and still lost 3:1.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-08-07 20:57|| 2010-08-07 20:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Seems to be a lot going on (whispering and scheming) right now between the Lebs, Hezbollah, Syria, Iran, the Saudis, and the Turds.

Posted by Goober Goobelopolous 2010-08-07 21:46|| 2010-08-07 21:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Somehow they'll make it into a sh!+ sandwich in spite of the best efforts of Zero.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-08-07 22:16|| 2010-08-07 22:16|| Front Page Top

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