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2005-02-25 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Eye of the storm: A strategic switch for Hizbullah?

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Posted by Fred 2005-02-25 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Judith Kipper, an American specialist in the Middle East. "The Hizbullah is the most nationalistic force in Lebanon, and thus inherently opposed to the Syrian occupation."

A specialist compared to what?

Posted by gromgoru 2005-02-25 6:43:40 AM|| 2005-02-25 6:43:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 A proctologist?

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-02-25 7:23:28 AM|| 2005-02-25 7:23:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Compared to someone who knows nothing at all.

Posted by Jame Retief 2005-02-25 7:27:00 AM|| 2005-02-25 7:27:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Didn't someone say something about a Lepord and his spots.

Posted by raptor 2005-02-25 7:32:05 AM|| 2005-02-25 7:32:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Raptor: Al Gore said a leopard never changes his stripes.

Posted by Jackal 2005-02-25 8:38:59 AM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-02-25 8:38:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 gromgoru:

An expert is someone who knows everything about a subject. This woman is not an expert but a specialist: she ignores everything who is not about the Middle East. That doesn't mean she knows much about it.

Posted by JFM 2005-02-25 11:40:32 AM|| 2005-02-25 11:40:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 JFM

Hizballah is the least nationalist of all Lebanise factions. Even a "specialist" should know that.

Posted by gromgorru 2005-02-25 3:14:06 PM|| 2005-02-25 3:14:06 PM|| Front Page Top

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