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2006-07-26 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by Sherry 2006-07-26 12:15|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 He said "a key stipulation for such a halt in fighting would be that the parties must not, I repeat, must not take advantage of such a pause to conduct offense operations, redeploy or resupply."
Unless you give me or my son money.

Posted by plainslow 2006-07-26 12:45|| 2006-07-26 12:45|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Crairt Phomotle9768 2006-07-26 13:06|| 2006-07-26 13:06|| Front Page Top

#3 I can't figure out who Kofi is shilling for Hizb'allah. It is a given that any 'ceasefire' would be used by Hizb'allah to resupply and re-enforce it's fighting force. His statements don't comport with reality.

Rice's statements and position does. We are not going to fund peacekeeping in Lebanon I hope.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-07-26 16:24|| www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]">[www.sockpuppetofdoom.com] 2006-07-26 16:24|| Front Page Top

#4 I think it's time the US went in, helped out Israel to kick the he$$ out of everybody, then stay there to do the rebuilding. At the same time, keep advancing beyond Lebanon through Syria, joining up with the troops advancing from Iraq, then moving north to the Turkish border. While we're involved there, bomb Iran until the only things the bombing is doing is bouncing rubble. THEN we MIGHT be able to get a handhold on the Middle East and make some progress. Oh, and expell the UN and all its minions from the entire area, so they can't mess it up. Authorize Darth Bolton to begin offensive operations inside Turtle Bay, and give him lots of help. Dump every bit of trash we've ever collected on everyone involved, and collect some more.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-07-26 16:55|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-07-26 16:55|| Front Page Top

#5 There's this old negotiating tactic called the 'slow roll'....

Posted by Nero 2006-07-26 17:28|| 2006-07-26 17:28|| Front Page Top

#6 The White House plan won't work as it is, BUT...during the Central American conflict, US diplomats - Reaganite in philosophy - operated on a "two-track" posture, wherein military aid continued unabated thereby imposing unilaterally beneficial pre-conditions on the other side. It worked.

However, the fact that the Iraq Parliament is backing Hizbollah is scary. If Condi is passing a message that Iraq Shiites will be squeezed by the developing (maybe) "Sunni Umbrella" then they will be crushed. The possibility of Syria changing sides is not unthinkable. The Baath government once massacred 20,000 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood. Hizbollah's fast-breeding colony of primitives pose an even greater threat. Does anyone else believe, as I do, that Syria has already been somewhat brought on line? If that's true then Condi is icing the cake.

Posted by Griper Whegum8464 2006-07-26 20:32|| 2006-07-26 20:32|| Front Page Top

#7 We have to remember that these guyz are tribal. E.G., GW1, Sammy (a sunni) went into Kuwait. Saudi sunni princes, though their a$$es were in a sling, did nothing until Powell et al came in and laid the reality on. Once Sammy was pushed out of Kuwait, then the sunnis wanted to stop the fighting. They let Sammy get off. These guys are tribal, blood is thicker than water. They have no basic principles, its kinship, horsetrading, etc. Anthro 101.

Same with Iraq. The majority ruling dudes are Shiites. Hizb is Shia. Blood is thicker than water. Same shiite, different venue. This is no surprise.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-07-26 22:12|| 2006-07-26 22:12|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Crairt Phomotle9768 2006-07-26 13:06|| 2006-07-26 13:06|| Front Page Top

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