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Skriven 2007-05-26 23:04:11 av Mimi Gallandt (1:123/789.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Alan Hess
Ärende: Carter vs. Bush
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Alan Hess -> all wrote:
 AH> As you've all probably heard, Jimmuh Carter has called the current Bush
 AH> administration, with regard to foreign policy, "... the worst in
 AH> history."  While I do think this administration is lousy, Carter has
 AH> absolutely no room to talk.  His foreign policy was even worse.  Even if
 AH> GWB is second from the bottom (and I don't know enough about all the
 AH> previous presidents to say that), Carter definitely ranks below GWB.

 AH> He should stick to kissing the butts of Palestinian terrorists.  Better
 AH> yet, stick to building houses - that's a decent thing.  *adh*

Hey, Alan, have you seen (or heard about) this?

Monday, May 21, 2007
Fighting Rages in Gaza, Lebanon [Updated]
From the headlines, someone with a cursory view of the news might assume that
all the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza is due to Israeli aggression. "Israeli Air
Strikes Stoke Gaza Violence" reads one typical headline. To many, it is all a
fault of the "Zionists" in Israel. But look at what's really going on...

For the past few weeks (and longer) Hamas has been firing rockets into Israel,
while they also fight with rival Fatah factions in the Gaza Strip (Hamas
supports the Palestinian prime minister, Fatah supports the president). At
least 50 Palestinians dead so far. The factions made another "truce" on
Saturday, but since its the five one in almost a week, I'm not terribly
confident... To the North, the Lebanese Army is fighting Fatah militia members
in the Palestinian refugee camps, at least 60 people confirmed dead there so
far. Interestingly, one of the dead is Saddam El-Hajdib, who was wanted in
connection with the attempted bombing of German trains last year.

Don't so many Palestinian supporters say that if Israel just left, we would
have peace in the Middle East? Maybe the Lebanese and the Palestinians need to
get their own houses in order before Israel even thinks about further
withdrawal. They gave up the Gaza strip a few years ago (against strong
internal pressure) and the reward for that was further rocket attacks into
Israeli cities.

Update 5/22/2007 10:50am: Yesterday the Lebanese army began firing shells
directly into the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp. This situation is so
convoluted, I don't know if it was the right or wrong decision. But can you
imagine the world outrage if the US or the UK did this? But I guess as long as
its muslims killing muslims, the usual suspects such as Al-Jezeera or The
Guardian aren't sure who to blame

More at:
http://shieldofachilles.blogspot.com/2007/05/fighting-rages-in-gaza-lebanon.html



-- 
"For violence and hurt tangle every man in their toils,
and for the most part fall on the head of him from whom
they had their rise; nor is it easy for one who by his
act breaks the common pact of peace to lead a calm
and quiet life."

Lucretius on the Nature of Things.

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