You won’t get this on CNN
July 19, 2006You won’t get this on CNN. Death/wounded toll since Israel declared war upon Lebanon:
Libanese civilian death toll: over 300.
Libanese civilian wounded toll: over 1000.
Israeli death toll, civilian as well as military: 28.
Yup. Besides that, half a million Lebanese civilians have fled their homes. Now, how does that corespond to two soldiers being held captive as trading material for Palestinian prisonders? If this is an acceptable reponse to two kidnapped soldiers… I’m afraid what will happen to my country when the US attacks us over Nathalee Holloway.
Actually, it IS on CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/19/mideast/index.html
Comment by Eugenia — July 19, 2006 @ 9:54 pm
And it’s on the US Edition too: http://us.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/19/mideast/index.html
Comment by Eugenia — July 19, 2006 @ 9:54 pm
Those were posted AFTER my entry. And of course it was more a punchline than fact.
Comment by Administrator — July 19, 2006 @ 10:24 pm
No, they were there for many hours now. The times on CNN is the time of update, not the time of first-posted. I read these articles more than 6-7 hours ago.
Comment by Eugenia — July 19, 2006 @ 10:42 pm
Did a terrorist organization occupying a large part of your country and with the approval of your government invaded the US, blow up a tank and kidnapped Nathalee Holloway?
Did people on your country danced, laughed when Nathalee Holloway was kidnapped?
Does your country launch rockets at foreign countries hitting schools, train station and hide the rocket launcher in urban areas.
Is your country controlled by foreign powers, dictatorships and medieval theocracies that pose a threat to the entire free world and enslave millions of it’s own citizens in ignorance and religious mambo-jambo.
Why don’t we learn anything???
Comment by Hugo — July 20, 2006 @ 4:13 pm
Did a terrorist organization occupying a large part of your country and with the approval of your government invaded the US, blow up a tank and kidnapped Nathalee Holloway?
Hezbollah is not supported by the government of Lebanon. The prime-minister has openly criticised Hezbollah multiple times. Hezbollah did not kidnap those two soldiers with approval of the Lebanese government. They did it on their own. Other than that, Hezbolah only operates in the border area in the south of Lebanon, so calling that “a large part” is overdone.
So, all parts in the quoted sentence do not apply as they are factually incorrect.
Did people on your country danced, laughed when Nathalee Holloway was kidnapped?
People did dance in the streets here after 9/11 (I am not kidding you). The answer to your question is no, however. However, Lebanese people did not dance in the streets either. You have any proof for that?
So, again, factually incorrect statements. And funny that some Dutch Muslims indeed danced in the streets after 9/11. The imagery was all over CNN.
Does your country launch rockets at foreign countries hitting schools, train station and hide the rocket launcher in urban areas.
I think you are a victim of misinformation here. The rocket launches started AFTER Israel invaded Lebanon. So, it was not an action, it was a REaction.
Is your country controlled by foreign powers, dictatorships and medieval theocracies that pose a threat to the entire free world and enslave millions of it’s own citizens in ignorance and religious mambo-jambo.
So, because some governments over there are wrong (and may I add Lebanon is a democracy)… The civilians should be punished? Huh?
Why don’t we learn anything???
With the only difference that during the holocaust, the Jews were nothing but innocent victims. Now, they are anything but victims. They are agressors themselves.
Other than that, comparing all this to the holocaust shows how little you seem to know about the holocaust. It makes me sad so many people seem to have no clue whatsoever about the holocaust, seeing they compare it to what is happening now.
Comment by Administrator — July 20, 2006 @ 5:19 pm
This is an interesting read..
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-US-Mideast.html
Comment by Stefan — July 20, 2006 @ 5:30 pm
The lebanese president:
http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0607195720171908.htm
The dancing and shit:
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=73926
And those links aren’t from CNN
btw: the link wasn’t about the holocaust, it was about pacism at all cost (Neville Chamberlain)
Comment by Hugo — July 20, 2006 @ 5:40 pm
Ok, I’ll give you the dancing. But you see how little it means– the dancing also happened in The Netherlands after 9/11. So big deal.
As for the Lebanese president– you do know he actually is a Christian, right? Just for the record (Lebanon’s constitution demands that each religion gets a prominent governmental position).
Anyway, I do not really know what that link is supposed to tell me. Why should he not thank Iran from helping Lebanon in fighting Israel who is attacking them? I mean, the US and most of the west are supporting Israel, right? Like I said in a previous blog post, it makes total sense that Arab countries support each other. I have no problems with that at all.
As long as the west acts as Israel’s lapdog, I do not have problems with the Arab countries seeking help from one another.
Comment by Administrator — July 20, 2006 @ 5:58 pm
I don’t know, perhaps the same reason we don’t thank North Korea for developing nukes and long range missiles, Hitler for invading Poland and Pol Pot for his massacres, because they are ruthless bastards and peace with them is not an option.
You ask why do we support Israel, I ask why should we support the arabs?
Comment by Hugo — July 20, 2006 @ 7:14 pm
Well I work at a local ABC affiliate in a military town.. I gotta tell you I think Israel has been rather selective in their targeting of targets in Lebanon and Gaza. Considering the unselective targeting of a driveby bomber or a human bomb on an Israeli bus or in a marketplace for the last 20 years.
Israel is at least trying to target military targets.. an unguided rocket like the terrorists are throwing out is nothing more than a shotgun blast into a city street while having your eyes closed and ear plugs in so you have no clue as to who or what you are hitting.
Think about it.. who would you say is being the most militarily effective in their expenditure of munitions.
Not to mention the fools started it and I applaud Israel for wanting to finish it.. It is nothing that we the United States did not do after 9/11 neither is it anything the Russians didn’t do.. If you remember when one of their military was killed they killed 100 of the enemy either soldiers/terrorists/ and or civilians.
So folks think about this would you want the Israeli’s to dill with a threat of terrorism or would you rather that threat grew until they bombed your local church synagog or perhaps train station or bus station.
Comment by Charlie — July 20, 2006 @ 8:32 pm
I don’t know, perhaps the same reason we don’t thank North Korea for developing nukes and long range missiles, Hitler for invading Poland and Pol Pot for his massacres, because they are ruthless bastards and peace with them is not an option.
You are a sick, sick person. You are discrediting EVERY person who died by the above people when you compare the current events to the crimes of either of those two. It feels to me as if you are 14, and just learnt in school about the above names and events. Well let me tell you, sonny, learning about the above does not constitute understanding the above.
You making this comparison makes it painfully obvious you have absolutely no understanding at all about the events you name.
You ask why do we support Israel, I ask why should we support the arabs?
I explained before. We should not support EITHER of them until they are BOTH 100% compliant to UN resolutions– this means, among others, dearming of Arab militias, and Israel signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty AND Israel respecting the borders fo the state of Palestine, and othe rnations there. Until then, we should not support EITHER of them. And with that I mean their governments and military officials. The peoples we should continue to support, they have no part in this conflict.
The fact you keep on denying the seperation from state/org. and the people it “serves”, again speaks volumes about your apparant lack of understanding of how the world works.
Comment by Administrator — July 20, 2006 @ 9:32 pm
No, not really, it’s called rhetoric, the same rhetoric as in your death toll post and your demagogic reply. Besides comparing the Khmer Rouge with Hezbollah is actually a very good comparison.
Actually i’m 30 and i’ve learned those names and events a long time ago, they precisely what made me realize that blind pacifism never works with tyrants and terrorists.
Is that a palestinian flag on your right sidebar??
Comment by Hugo — July 20, 2006 @ 11:57 pm