I haven’t had the time to jot down a word on two on this blog in a while; the reason being that I’m simply at a loss for words. What is happening in the already volatile region ails me to no end. From Gaza to Iraq and now to Lebanon, things are deteriorating from bad to worse. Israel’s actions in Lebanon are yet another form of collective punishment that the Jewish State has so skillfully mastered over the years, with the latest example being Gaza where dozens of civilians, including women and children, have perished. Someone, somehow, must put an end to the carnage. It really is beyond comprehension.
What Hizbullah did was provocative and stupid. I see it as Hizbullah’s way of flexing their muscles. They say their attack across the border was to show solidarity with the Palestinians. What I see is that they not only drug their whole country to the bring of war, and killed civilians from both sides of the conflict, but, ironically, they have managed to distract the world’s attention away from the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Lebanon occupies a special place in my heart. I have visited this beautiful country so many times and every time I go there I fall even more in love with this breathtaking place. I have a number of Lebanese friends who I admire greatly and have the utmost respect. My heart goes out to you in these very difficult times. My heart also goes out to the Gazans who are also being bombarded for the actions of one group who also chose the now trendy regional game of muscle flexing.
My heart also goes out to the Iraqis who are now immersed in a civil war. My heart also goes out to the Syrians, the Egyptians, the Jordanians, the Somalis and eventually to humanity itself for what we are witnessing nowadays is a sheer insult to our state of being.
Jim, Thank you.I was just about to mention Dafur and Sudan. Cat either doesn’t know about what’s going on in both those places or perhaps he doesn’t know what genocide is.
From Abu: “Posted “I would point out that Natasha is currently living here and at no point has she been asked to convert to some form of religion,”
Um, you dont read here much do you? She is already Christian!”
Um, no. Since when is Christianity the only flavor of religion?
I was, of course, referring to Scientology. *chuckle*
This may be the most uninformed comment I have read so far: “Don’t worry, genocide and ethnic cleansing is a White/Jewish thing. Hizbouallah may want to see the end of jewish racism but their religions and ideology does not permit genocide.”
The stated goals of the P.L.O and Hizbullah are pretty clear that Israel, or any of her citizens, surviving the final end game isn’t a concern in the final sum of costs. Nor is ethnic cleansing strictly a “White/Jewish thing” so you may want to adjust your tinfoil beanie because the propeller on the top seems to be blocking any form or reasonable or rational thought from entering your head. *cough* Darfur, the Sudan, the list goes on. *cough*
Natasha, I’m just sorry your blog seems to draw comments from the fringe element.
Best,
Jim
dm “Middle Easterners are so used to the constant terror toward Israel that it seems unimportant to them”
Cat, I didn’t say that. That’s not a quote from any of my comments. Night Studies wrote that. Take another look above.
Excellent point.
Posted “I would point out that Natasha is currently living here and at no point has she been asked to convert to some form of religion,”
Um, you dont read here much do you? She is already Christian!
Sorry, but my heart doesn’t go out to the Lebanese. None of them. Nor does it go out to the Palestinians.
All of Lebanon is to blame for not disarming Hezbollah as they had originally promised in return for Israeli withdrawl from southern Lebanon. They failed to implement 1559 as they stated they would. Instead, they allowed Hezbollah to grow in strength, gain control over large swaths of the country, acquire new and more sophisticated weapons, and menace Israel.
As for Gaza: well, it is the stronghold of Hamas. Hamas initiated this kidnapping. The Palestinians voted for terrorism and this is what they got. I hope they are satisfied.
No more mercy for these appeasers and enablers of terrorism. Israel withdrew from Gaza and Lebanon and this is what it got. What a rip-off. Israel hasn’t withdrawn from the West Bank and that part of the territories has actually been stable. The lesson to be learned here is that concessions were a mistake.
Israel should reoccupy and permanently annex a small chunk of southern Lebanon – maybe even build settlements – in revenge. They also need to abolish the Palestinian Authority and turn the clock back twenty years on Palestinian autonomy.
dm “Middle Easterners are so used to the constant terror toward Israel that it seems unimportant to them”
Craig the Jerk: here you go again playing victim to the people you brutalize. you are devoid of decency.
Night Studies “Israelis must be imagining Hezbollah with nuclear tipped missiles.”
Don’t worry, genocide and ethnic cleansing is a White/Jewish thing. Hizbouallah may want to see the end of jewish racism but their religions and ideology does not permit genocide. you on the other hand respect thing: slavery, genocide against the natives, the nuking hiroshima and nagazaki, 3 millions murdered in vietnam, slaughter of hundreds of thoousands in latin and south america, ethnic cleasning of non-jews in palestine, murdered over 500,000 Iraqi babies, and now the destruction of a nation in Lebanon. there is nothing anyone can do to compete with your brutality. You teach all of us the value of limitless violenace. in a way, the suicide bombers are your creation.
…to finish Iran is going nuclear. Israelis must be imagining Hezbollah with nuclear tipped missiles.
Also, as brutal as the attack on Lebanon is, there are military purposes to the attack. The usual propaganda aside, it’s not all collective punishment, which I’m sure the Israelis realize is a double edged sword. I hope the leaders are smart enough to not try collective punishment at all, though I wonder.
In any case I think they’re trying to prevent Hizbollah from being able to move their weaponry and from being resupplied (thus the attacks on roads and airports).
I think Israel’s reaction was more to the long range missiles and what they may some day carry than to the kidnapping.
Middle Easterners are so used to the constant terror toward Israel that it seems unimportant to them. It’s probably never even remembered.
But no stronger country would have put up with that provocation for a week, let alone for years.