The shame of being american....

[ckeo]

Dexter Sinister:

Its actually israeli occupied territory ( Shebaa Farms ) and israel was frequently invading lebanese airspace.

And yea... i guess they dont target civillians.


The amount of mis-information and unsubstantiated facts in the media that people believe with out researching and looking at the facts is utterly unbelievable.

 

[fuflans]

Dexter Sinister:

Its actually israeli occupied territory ( Shebaa Farms ) and israel was frequently invading lebanese airspace.

Do you mean that Israel is occupying Lebanese territory? I thought the region 'belonged' to Syria (not Lebanon) when it was captured in 1967?

 

[I think not]

I'm ashamed.

*runs away crying*

 

[ckeo]

According to wikipedia
nope... it actually goes waaaayyyyy.... back.... the french are actually to blame. Syria and lebanon both agree that it belongs to lebanon.

Also from wikipedia An interesting history of hezbollah.

 

[fuflans]

Interesting read. I guess it's one of those things that will always be fought over. However, the Wikipedia entry seems to say that the region did indeed belong to Syria at the time of the 1967 war (although the inhabitants may have felt differently). I liked the bit about the faked map. I wonder what caused the Syrians to change their minds?

 

[ckeo]

RE: The shame of being am

im not entirely sure.... im guessing that the area is a good military vantage point tho im not sure... it dosnt really appear to be.

a better interpretation i guess... would be syria adding fuel to the fire for hezbollah.

 

[fuflans]

You're probably right. The whole thing is one big mess.

 

[agentkgb]

Re: RE: The shame of being am

Is this post for real?

Hezbollah hides and operates among civilians. Israel does its best to avoid and minimize any civilian deaths, but this unfortunate situation can be blamed squarely on Hezbollah. If they stopped using innocent people as cover, this sort of thing wouldn't happen.

And if the US didn't supply Israel with weapons to defend itself, Israel would have been blown off the map years ago. Funny how people who are all up in arms about "crimes against humanity" apparently don't think obliterating a country and its people would be a big deal...

With all due respect, it's not as if Israel keeps its military bases as far from civilian towns as possible. Israeli military bases are often so near towns you can't tell what Hezbollah was actually aiming at. Hezbollah doesn't have US-supplied laser-guided missiles like Israel does.

 

[The Project Man]

People have this irrational notion of war. War is a brutal animal. Where the idea came that only a selected few can be picked off, I have no idea. The rules have change. We nolonger setup like a chess board and simply have at it. The main problem is the inter-woven enemy. I am not saying anyone is correct. We all know what war is, death on a platter. Served cold to those who appose it, and served red hot to those involved, including civilians. This is an unfortunate thing. The soldiers know when they enlist they may have to go fight, not for right or wrong but at the behest of their government, whomever is calling the shots. It a shame for anyone to go and fight being oblivious to the true cause.

Ashamed of being an American, never. Ashamed of some of the BS we pull, certainly.


Thank you,

 

[jimmoyer]

Every argument ends up being all about what
the King of the Forest said,

LET GO OF MY TAIL.

RRRRR

RUFF !!

Not duke nor p-p-p-rrrince !

But King of the Forrrrrrrest !!!