Comments on: Every Bomb Makes Hezbollah Stronger

By: *ilson46201

*ilson46201 — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:41:39 +0000

Virt’s comment has left us — his previous few comments in here were just for his blogwhoring

By: Jane Hamsher

Jane Hamsher — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:41:36 +0000

CaseyL 31 — don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

These comments are now closed.

By: angie

angie — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:36:07 +0000

I believe you are completely wrong about that, Virt. Could you please point to at least one comment here that supports your allegation?

By: citizen k

citizen k — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:22:48 +0000

Bruce Dean #195:

When someone says, stop flailing about wildly, you are going to drown, that doesn’t mean they want you to quietly sink below the surface.

By: klyde

klyde — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:20:42 +0000

http://www.antiwar.com/blog/20.....ddle-east/

By: tpx

tpx — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:18:34 +0000

When a young boy sees his little sister obliterated by a bomb he will grow up and pray for the day he can get revenge.

Sirhan Sirhan is supposed to have found a finger blown off another Palestinian in his playground when a child in Palestine.

By: ab initio

ab initio — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:17:20 +0000

Kurt-13. Good point.

We need a more nuanced and balanced position. We need to support both Israeli’s and the Palestinian’s right to exist within secure borders and enable their peoples to get on with their lives in peace.

We cannot have a knee-jerk support Israel no matter what position. Unfortunately because of the success of AIPAC and other jewish lobbies both the Dems and Repubs cannot have a balanced position. Witness Hillary and Feingold recent statements.

At the same time we cannot determine who are the legitimate representatives of the Palestinians and other other groups. Hamas was elected by the Palestinians. Just because we don’t like them we shouldn’t support their toppling. We need an open mind and be willing to talk with all parties and be a real honest broker in facilitating dialog and a real peace and territorial treaty.

By: Hugh

Hugh — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:15:41 +0000

While Bruce Dean is entitled to his fact free view of history and current events, I do not see it as particularly helpful or useful. Hezbollah poses no threat to the existence of Israel. Israel is a nuclear power with around 200 weapons. It has a top notch military with the finest equipment in the world much of it bought and paid for American taxpayers. It is after the US Army in Iraq the preeminent power in the region. This is the realpolitik of the Middle East.

Bombing civilians, engaging in collective punishment, and then justifying these actions as self defense fools no one but those who don’t need facts to support their views.

By: calscientist

calscientist — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:14:14 +0000

Excellent post, truly brilliant analysis.

By: *ilson46201

*ilson46201 — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:07:11 +0000

my point about ultra-Israelis and their supporters saying “it’s all ours coz it was 2000 years ago” could be applied wordwide to other indigenous peoples. Jews have no intrinsic “right” to Palestine based on Biblical history. Native Americans have a stronger historical claim in Indiana (where we have no reservations or recognized tribes nowadays).