By: waxbanks
I read this idiot's bile and figured the MeFi thread would help clear up why we should give a damn about his opinions. Fool me twice...
View ArticleBy: Sukiari
"And, you know, the fact that quite a lot of antisemetic rhetoric masquerades as criticism of Israel. I'm sorry, but you can't dismiss it all with a wave of the hand." I thought that any criticism of...
View ArticleBy: caddis
Gibson is such a ridiculous tool I almost believe this. However, since Drudge put this up more than 24 hours ago no credible media sources have latched on. Gibson is still a loser, and it looks like he...
View ArticleBy: SenshiNeko
postroad: What the heck was a Chinese observer doing there? Um, there's an entire battalion-minus of Chinese peacekeepers as part of UNIFIL (since April), supporting the Ghanaian and Indian battalion...
View ArticleBy: dsquid
Their lives were ended in the worst blunder of a campaign which is reckless at best and genocidal at worst. IMO people are far too cavalier with the "G" word.
View ArticleBy: Skeptic
So, Israel does something outrageous and DEBKA and WorldNetDaily try to excuse it with some transparently racist "Yellow Peril" shit? Now, colour me surprised. Frankly, Taskinen's rant was disgusting....
View ArticleBy: elpapacito
Certainly there is some "hawkism" going on in Israel, but it may not be limited to the usual religious nuts Justice Minister Haim Raimon certainly need to engage in proactive silence (in the elite...
View ArticleBy: quonsar
them camel jocks ain't careful, the jews are gonna light up the desert with thier very own pillar of fire one of these days.
View ArticleBy: scarabic
Give Mr. PHP a break. He's clearly emotional over the deaths of the UN observers. He identifies with them. Their lives were ended in the worst blunder of a campaign which is reckless at best and...
View ArticleBy: scarabic
I was under the impression that the general sentiment in Israel is supportive of the attacks on Hezbollah. For lack of any better strategy to support, yes, but I'm not hearing overwhelming support from...
View ArticleBy: caddis
Hezbollah leader said to be hiding in Iranian Embassy. Uh oh, now Israeal has an excuse to take on Iran.
View ArticleBy: saulgoodman
The important thing here, and something that Israel as a nation has to face up to one day is that the entire arab world no longer wishes for it's disolution, only a few religous zealots wish that and...
View ArticleBy: boaz
only a few religous zealots wish that and they are being marginalized day by day. Or, you know, elected president of Iran.
View ArticleBy: mk1gti
Yeah homunculus, I was on Broadway waiting for a bus home and thought it was a 'Critical Mass' bike thing. So I looked up the news on what the situation was and read about the Seattle Jewish Federation...
View ArticleBy: Unregistered User
Geez, what is it about Seattle? Nine "bizarre" murders in Seattle in nine days
View ArticleBy: Pastabagel
Oh, necrophilia is not okay on Metafilter now? When will the moratoriums end! posted by Astro Zombie at 4:56 PM EST on July 28 [+fave] [!] Bunch of lousy anti-deadites...
View ArticleBy: fingers_of_fire
sorry, bab sarabia, but I havestatedrepeatedly, in this thread and others, that I by no means find that Israel's actions in this or any other conflict are beyond reproach. Rather, I think the word I...
View ArticleBy: Zed_Lopez
I think we're losing sight of the bigger issue. PHP is a crime against humanity that Taskinen shares the blame for.
View ArticleBy: bob sarabia
Everyone except fingers_of_fire, that is. For those following along, the key phrase is "Isreali defending itself". It can do no wrong, it's defending itself.
View ArticleBy: -harlequin-
"Is there no-one else who thinks that the bombing of civilian populations is wrong, full stop, and that therefore Hezbollah and Israel are both in the wrong?" Uh... pretty much everyone thinks this.
View ArticleBy: MikeKD
Sorry, Postroad, but worldnetdaily is hardly what I'd call reliable. (And my understanding of DEBKA is that it runs on a lot of rumors, but I'm not sure of its track record or biases.)
View ArticleBy: imperium
Is there no-one else who thinks that the bombing of civilian populations is wrong, full stop, and that therefore Hezbollah and Israel are both in the wrong? On a tangent, A189, there are plenty of...
View ArticleBy: aeschenkarnos
There is a philosophical problem that democracy uniquely suffers, when democractic governments decide to do something deplorable. The whole idea of democracy is, the people of a country collectively...
View ArticleBy: A189Nut
This from Wikpedia. 1948 - 1967: Occupation of the Gaza Strip by Egypt. Under the United Nations Partition Plan of 1947 it had been allotted to the proposed Arab state in Palestine. 1948 - 1967:...
View ArticleBy: fingers_of_fire
delmoi, I too look down on the use of warfare to capture territory, and I wish Israel and its Arab neighbors would have reached an agreement long ago whereby Israel returned the land captured in 1967....
View ArticleBy: A189Nut
And I can't find any record of the Chinese Embassy being hit during the first Gulf War. Do you mean in Belgrade in 1999?
View ArticleBy: delmoi
THAT is part of the risk of going to war, and the Arabs should have considered that before they started piling troops in the Sinai, the Golan, and the West Bank. Actually, since wwII the use of warfair...
View ArticleBy: -harlequin-
As I recall, though I can not at the moment cite the spot, the Chinese guy was NOT a UN person stationed there. The BBC and CNN cites above both have the UN listing the four dead/missing (including the...
View ArticleBy: bob sarabia
As I recall, though I can not at the moment cite the spot, the Chinese guy was NOT a UN person stationed there. According to everything I've seen, the victims were a Austrian, a Canadian, a Chinese and...
View ArticleBy: KirkJobSluder
jefgodesky: Coming from an American, Christian background, my natural disposition was in favor of Israel. What is interesting about this is that the government of Lebanon is almost equally split...
View ArticleBy: Postroad
As I recall, though I can not at the moment cite the spot, the Chinese guy was NOT a UN person stationed there. Similarly, when we bombed a spot in Iraq in the first war, the Chinese complained that it...
View ArticleBy: elpapacito
fingers_of_firewrites"On the other hand, this post gives a platform to what I consider hate-speech - I just think you don't joke about nuking Israel, or anyone, for that matter" Quoting from the...
View ArticleBy: fingers_of_fire
A189Nut, I don't know the answer to your question, but I do recall seeing a speech by Abba Eban, then Israeli ambassador to the UN, given to the General Assembly in 1967 in the immediate aftermath of...
View ArticleBy: -harlequin-
"What the heck was a Chinese observer doing there?" Why shouldn't there be a Chinese among the observers? It was a United Nations post. What skullduggery are you infering the UN (or China?) was up to...
View ArticleBy: A189Nut
Out of interest, is there any other example in post war history of occupied territory not being given back?
View ArticleBy: delmoi
link, please? Well, I said that I thought that, not that I knew it was certain. The reason I think that is simply the number of civilian targets being hit. I mean apartment buildings and such, even in...
View ArticleBy: -harlequin-
"nuclear retaliation is a bit of a red flag for me" Do a search for "Iraq" and "Iran" threads with "glass carpark" suggestions. Advocating nuclear retaliation is common as dirt in American discussion.
View ArticleBy: jefgodesky
jefgodesky, my take on I-P debates is that people tend to bring to them a pre-determined emotional sympathy with one of the sides. There's a great deal of truth to that. Coming from an American,...
View ArticleBy: Astro Zombie
As far as for the "Fuck the Jews" comment, that's lamentable, but the Lukidnik types have done everything they can to equate non-steadfast support for Israel with anti-Semitism. It poisons the debate...
View ArticleBy: fingers_of_fire
delmoi, not TOTALLY different - certainly it's related - but your point is well-taken.
View ArticleBy: fingers_of_fire
delmoi: I honestly think the Israelis are trying to increase the number of civilian casualties, or at least have a blatant disregard for them - link, please? Do you object to the notion that Israel has...
View ArticleBy: blacklite
It's hoping for the mass slaughter of Israelis on a scale that is exponentially higher than what the Israelis are inflicting on the Lebanese as we speak. I don't know where anyone could get the idea...
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