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War of the Camps, Revisted
August 16, 2011 | Posted by Abu Muqawama - 8:42am | 18 Comments
The following is the unedited, full text of Hizballah's statement condemning the Syrian Navy's shelling of the Palestinian refugee camp at ar-Ramel:
I see what you did there!
I see what you did there!
Ha! I can't believe it took
Ha! I can't believe it took me that long to get it.
Question: What in Hizballah's
Question:
What in Hizballah's past makes some people think they would abandon or condemn the Assad regime? Were people making these same noises when Nasrallah failed to condemn the Basij and IRGC for cracking heads in 2009?
What's different now?
It's really more surprising that some people seem shocked that Hizballah chose the Syrian and Iranian regimes over the Syrian, Iranian and Palestinian people.
They have been and are being extremely consistent. It's adorable (and/or sad) that some people think they are actually principled.
strawman: People are shocked
All I'm askin' is that this visitor treat other political groups and governments with respect, in order to demand respect in return.
I have no way in hell of telling what is going on in other countries from the information published in the media, including on line; my sphere of apperception ends a ways away from where I sit right at the moment, and that too is where my grip on reality ends.
But then there is the Internet ... I prefer information delivered without insinuations of bad faith.
Government are killing people all over the place here. Yeah, we noticed.
Elf, I found a couple of lines* that fit in with the conversation re: Alinsky.
Except, that's not Alinksy, is it?
I think we can conclude you don't live in Germany. But maybe not, maybe the actual security we all live in is as porous as the various Lulz keep pointing out.
That gun/knife/poision in your hand? How do I know it's not pointed at me?
Well, I don't.
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* http://www.cnas.org/blogs/abumuqawama/2011/04/how-much-little-girl-learn...
The section of the above
The section of the above comment starting with "Elf" should be here:
http://www.cnas.org/blogs/abumuqawama/2011/08/34-years-successful-coin-d...
I didn't mean to hijack what I think is an important conversation to have.
...
"All I'm askin' is that this
Right - because if nothing else, Bashar al-Assad and those who stand by him while he's murdering hundreds of his own citizens, deserve respect.
As for the rest of your comment, although it would be easy pickings, it's not really worthy of a response.
Sorry, chap.
This is kind of like the
This is kind of like the Bloods beating up the Crips...and then the 18th Street Latino's making a public statement condemning the Bloods for kicking the Crips arse. Kinda comical.
This is not a defense of
This is not a defense of Bashar al-Assad; it's pot, kettle.
Governments are killing
Governments are killing people all over the place here. Yeah, we noticed
I cannot read the text. Is it
I cannot read the text.
Is it supposed to be an image?
But then isnt this true for
But then isnt this true for all, or most, of those pertaining to be the saviors of the Palestinians? Arab regimes and other groups, some even claiming to be humanitarian aid groups, have cynically used the Palestinian agenda to further causes only marginally relevant (at best) to the welfare of Palestinians. If the same people who have made so much noise in the past few years for the Palestinian cause really cared about the Palestinian people, you wouldnt have the refugee camps in Syria and Lebanon any more, and the situation in Gaza would be completely different.
How droll. Certainly ironic
How droll.
Certainly ironic from someone who has served in the civilian killing grounds of Afghanistan.
LOL.
LOL.
I will point out Hizbollah
I will point out Hizbollah exists to fight Israel. That is it's purpose.
Does everything make more sense now?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/0
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/world/europe/24turkey.html?_r=1&hp
Another government behaving badly. What is the world coming to?
Why isn't more attention
Why isn't more attention being paid to this government behaving badly? asks Mr. Goldberg.
http://www.theatlantic.com/jeffrey-goldberg
about hizballah i do not know
about hizballah i do not know so much
i want peace
i want peace
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