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2005-11-03 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by Steve 2005-11-03 08:52|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I have never heard such a brutal and shocking injustice that I cared so little about. -- Capt. Zap Brannigan

Posted by SteveS 2005-11-03 09:09|| 2005-11-03 09:09|| Front Page Top

#2 What about the "booms" on Israeli buses?

"Human rights" groups are all for those. Legitimate resistance against oppression, dontchaknow.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-11-03 09:17|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-11-03 09:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Sorry. We had no idea.
We'll drop bombs instead.

Posted by IAF 2005-11-03 09:24|| 2005-11-03 09:24|| Front Page Top

#4 As a kid in the 50's we loved sonic booms. But hey weren't done at 500 feet. Has anyone heard of windows being shattered or is these just a boom from 10 angels? Are the booms inaudible in Israel because it has installed the Halliburton Sonic Boom Fence?

Posted by Snuling Ebbains7645 2005-11-03 09:33|| 2005-11-03 09:33|| Front Page Top

#5 pacifist lefty "physicians" whining about something they should STFU about.

How about "Engineers against Kabuki"? Same moral standing

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-11-03 09:51|| 2005-11-03 09:51|| Front Page Top

#6 What a load of crap ,I lived near Fort Carson Army base and airforce academy and heard sonic booms all the time at low altitudes, it shook windows alot, but other than that I am alright :)

Posted by djohn66 2005-11-03 10:44|| 2005-11-03 10:44|| Front Page Top

#7 Doctors' groups have filed a petition at the Israeli Supreme Court seeking to halt air force jets from breaking the sound barrier over the Gaza Strip. The UN says the tactic is an abuse of human rights, causing widespread fear especially among children, and medics say it induces miscarriages.

Not a problem. Send in the IDF to clear Gaza of its "militants", and any reason to induce sonic booms is gone.

Simple, no?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-11-03 10:58|| 2005-11-03 10:58|| Front Page Top

#8 medics say it induces miscarriages.

... thats certainly a first-order prognostical stretch. More likely coitus interruptus...which is a defensible goal I'd say. And I thought all this time the little buggers, unlike laying hens, actually enjoyed loud noises and clatter.

Posted by Besoeker 2005-11-03 11:33|| 2005-11-03 11:33|| Front Page Top

#9 when i was in Israel years ago, sonic booms were routine. Its a small country, not much room for a patrolling fighter.

Color me unimpressed by this "issue"

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-11-03 12:59|| 2005-11-03 12:59|| Front Page Top

#10 Medics condemn Gaza sonic booms

Be glad they're just "sonic."

Posted by Zenster 2005-11-03 14:08|| 2005-11-03 14:08|| Front Page Top

#11 I condemn the sonic booms, too.

Real bombs are much more effective in the long (and short) run.

Anybody know how many bunker-busters or MOABs it would take to turn Gaza into the world's largest swimming pool? I'm sure we could lend them to the Israelis. :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-11-03 15:20|| 2005-11-03 15:20|| Front Page Top

#12 Sonic booms were only a minor problem when I was stationed at Shaw AFB. Having F-16s come directly over my house (base housing) on final was much worse. The real noise problems I had were when the F-111s would visit RAF Alconbury, and warm up their engines 40 FEET from the "temporary" building (built in 1942) I worked in. That caused a large part of my tinnitus problem.

If they don't like 'em at 100 feet, drop down to 50, and fly in formation. If they want 'em to stop, stop the a$$holes from firing Kassam rockets into Israel. Simple, no? If Israel REALLY wanted to get nasty with the paleos, we could always "lend" them a couple of AC-130's for a month or two...

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2005-11-03 16:48|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2005-11-03 16:48|| Front Page Top

#13 Wha'd you say?

Posted by Jiger Omemp7875 2005-11-03 16:49|| 2005-11-03 16:49|| Front Page Top

#14 Wha'd you say?

Somebody set us up the bomb.

Posted by Phil 2005-11-03 18:25|| 2005-11-03 18:25|| Front Page Top

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