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2014-01-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-01-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top
File under: Hezbollah

#1 An all out war is a natural state of Lebanon.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-01-06 02:26|| 2014-01-06 02:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Lebanon (Switzerland of the Mideast, Beirut, the Paris of the...) has been a problem for a long time. Hezbollah bombed the Marine barracks in 1983 killing 241 servicemen. They kidnapped, tortured, and murdered William F. Buckley, CIA station chief in 1984. Even before that during WWII, this area was occupied by Vichy France (allied with Nazi Germany) until the Brits went in to counter this influence. It seems the Vichy authorities in 1941 allowed Germany to move aircraft and supplies through Syria to Iraq where they were used against British forces.

I often think the best mideast policy would be to let the muslims thin out the herd in their internecine conflicts such as occurred when Iraq and Iran were at war for nearly a decade rather than use this useless "Fair and balanced" buzzword diplomacy of JFK and Champ.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-01-06 09:16|| 2014-01-06 09:16|| Front Page Top

#3 .....let the muslims thin out the herd

Not only permitted, but celebrated.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-01-06 10:37|| 2014-01-06 10:37|| Front Page Top

#4 One of the problems. with that approach is that Muslims aren't very careful about who they kill. Christians are just targets of opportunity to them, especially in the chaos of civil war.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2014-01-06 11:31|| 2014-01-06 11:31|| Front Page Top

#5 And Rambler they don't seem very efficient in their use of ammo. Seems to be real low kill rates when they're supposed to be shooting at other Muzzies.

Posted by AlanC 2014-01-06 18:58|| 2014-01-06 18:58|| Front Page Top

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