George Galloway on Israel and Lebanon

Good post Calgary 123 , Opposition is a good thing George did an amazing job . Don't worry about what Bart says ...he's a patriot so regardless what he may feel deep down about Bush or this war he would still shake hands with Bush and support the cause .

Kind of a blah day-off (after 15 straight 12 hour shifts). Thought I'd do some cooking and cleaning and check-in what's new at CKA.

Mygawd does Galloway ever own that stupid bitch!

"Oh please, try to have a memory longer than four weeks,..."

That would've been the cue for a semi-intelligent person to suckback and reload, but this wench not only let's Galloway lead her to the edge of the minefield, she then proceeds to blaze a path of her own right thorugh it. Unfuckingbelievable!

If Israel had intended to unite the various faction grappling at power in Lebanon, their plan has succeeded brilliantly.

Hezbollah enjoys 87% support among Lebanese, Sunnis and Shiites are fighting side-by-side, the Druze are talking of joining the fight against the invasion and Lebanon's PM is threatening to call-up 15,000 Reservists and commit them to stopping Israel. I wouldn't be at all surprised if, when the U.N.'s crass ceasefires are rejected, that the Arab League puts it's weight behind the freedom fighters. If not militarily, then economically (can you say nineteen-seventy-three? I knew you could).

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Lebanon Will Not Accept a One-Sided Ceasefire That Seeks To Blame Someone Other Than Israel

Israel was taken by surprise when Lebanon announced Monday it would deploy 15,000 troops to southern Lebanon after a ceasefire and complete withdrawal of Israeli forces.

Olmert called the proposal "interesting" but aides said an international force would need to support those Lebanese soldiers.

Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, in an interview with CTV's Janis Mackey Frayer, was pessimistic about the outcome of the offer.

"Israel got us used to her and we know that every time it comes to a point where they could be a kind of peace, Israel will throw it away and find any excuse to continue its wars," he said.

He also said the Lebanese army would fight beside Hezbollah if necessary.

"If the army is being attacked, if the land of Lebanon is being occupied, it is the duty of the Lebanese army to fight Israel."

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If that comes to pass, it would be virtually impossible for Syria (and possibly Iran) to stay on the sidelines.

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Eric Margolis (always a favourite target of the ultra-rightists) has an interesting perspective on the cause(s) of the latest flare-up.

A Foolardy War, Unleashed By Fools

To find out what’s really going on in Israel, I turn to that nation’s finest newspaper, `Haaretz.’

Last week, `Hareetz’ columnist Doron Rosenblum, wrote a remarkable, explosive analysis that no one would ever dare print in North America, where any criticism of Israel brings a storm of abuse and often terminates careers.

The real cause of the latest Lebanon war, wrote Rosenblum was not seizure of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbullah, but an earlier TV speech by Hezbullah’s leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, that provoked Israel’s leaders to fury and an act of supreme folly.

Nasralleh taunted Israel’s new triumvirate of PM Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz, and Chief of Staff Dan Halutz, sneering they were `small’ compared to Ariel Sharon. `Adding fuel to the fire,’ wrote Rosenblum, `Nasrallah emphasized the `small’ with his fingers.’

According to Rosenblum, `bad-tempered’ Olmert, `egocentric’ Peretz, and `arrogant Halutz’ flew into rages at this grave Levantine insult to their manhood, and sought to prove they could out-Sharon Sharon by turning a minor skirmish into an all-out war.

This sounds bizarre, but remember, George Bush Sr invaded Panama after its ruler, Gen. Manuel Noriega, called him as a `wimp.’

Israel’s old Lebanese curse just keeps getting worse. A number of respected press agencies have reported the skirmish that triggered this war didn’t occur in Israel, as Israel claims, but just inside Lebanon.

If true, this would hugely embarrass Israel and sink it deeper into the hole it has already dug itself after laying waste Lebanon and killing scores of civilians at Qana with a US-supplied missile.

Israel first claimed it was targeting missile launchers firing from Qana. Its amen chorus in North America went into high volume to justify the attack.

But Israel’s military now admits there were no rockets being fired from Qana the day of the attack. A decade ago, Israeli artillery killed 106 civilians there.