Fred1new
- 06 Jan 2009 19:21
Will this increase or decrease the likelihood of terrorist actions in America, Europe and the rest of the world?
If you were a member of a family murdered in this conflict, would you be seeking revenge?
Should Tzipi Livni and Ehud Olmert, be tried for war crimes if or when this conflict comes to an end?
What will the price of oil be in 4 weeks time?
cynic
- 09 Apr 2011 17:18
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If this violence escalates there are going to be pro Palestinian demonstrations all over the Arab world
in a word - rubbish! ...... YOU and your nutter friends thinks the arab world is preoccupied with a few palestinians in a bit of disputed desert; they're not ..... MB is certainly a bunch of fundamentalist rabble-rousers and would love to cause trouble - anywhere ..... fortunately, they are at least currently, too splintered and disorganised to be much more than just a nuisance ..... however, it would suit shiia iran very well indeed to have the region destablised, and it is that that is causing concern
all over-simplified i know
cynic
- 09 Apr 2011 18:10
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but now for something a bit more lighthearted for my golfing brothers .....
your opponent hits the ball out of the meat, but either straight right or straight left into the jungle = an Arthur Scargill - great strike; you(re) lost
your opponent hits a very weak putt = a dead sheep - still you (ewe)
finally
one of your opponents in a 4-ball hits his shot somewhere; his partner does not see it, so asks you its whereabouts - hezbollah in the bunker, you shout gleefully, hoping it is also plugged!
better still of course, is if he has carved it away into the boonies or even o/b ..... it can then become, "hezbollah dead"
Haystack
- 10 Apr 2011 18:40
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The Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said it was decided that the United Nations Arab group would ask for a meeting of the UN Security Council aimed at stopping the Israeli aggression and enforcing a no-fly zone over Gaza.
The Arab League has also asked the UN, Security Council and the Quartet to shoulder responsibilities in stopping the ongoing attack and to help protect the unarmed Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
The Arab League held an emergency meeting Sunday that included its permanent delegates headed by the Sultanate of Oman and attended by the Secretary-General Amr Moussa.
The council called on the world community to take necessary measures to deter Israel from continuing the attacks and to prosecute Israeli war criminals and bring them to justice.
It also emphasized the need to end the siege and the Gaza Strip and open all border crossings to and from the region through a crossings agreement.
cynic
- 10 Apr 2011 19:32
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and no doubt many pious words will emanate, and guaranteed inaction ...... wakey wakey! few care very much
Haystack
- 10 Apr 2011 19:36
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More seem to be caring as events progress.
cynic
- 10 Apr 2011 19:40
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so you would wish ..... but then i wish you would just disappear in a puff of dust ...... so i guess it's hello fom me and hello from him here in Cloudcuckooland
In The Land of the B
- 10 Apr 2011 20:25
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"enforcing a no-fly zone over Gaza"
Hilarious !
Will it stop the scores of missiles launched against Israel (like the one which targeted the yellow school bus a couple of days ago) by your Hamas mates ? LOL
Haystack
- 11 Apr 2011 01:31
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The Palestinians fire rockets that usually hurt no one. The Israelis in response have killed 20 people in the last 4 days and injured around 50. Israel has killed 49 people in Gaza including 7 children since the beginning of the year. Israel's response is hardly measured or proportionate. Israel has used white phosphorus bombs in the last couple of days. White phosphorus is a weapon intended to provide a smokescreen for troop movements on the battlefield and is outlawed in dense civilian areas. Its use is regarded as a war crime.
http://disquietthoughts.blogspot.com/2009/01/zionist-white-phosphorus.html
cynic
- 11 Apr 2011 05:54
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how much time do you spend in m/e? ...... probably none
on the other hand, i come to dubai 2/3/4 times a year and on those trips i often go to saudi and bahrain ..... and no, my time is not just spent with ex-pats but with business people at many levels
it's a funnny old thing, but in all these years, i haven't once heard anybody discuss either israel or gaza
however, on this trip, there has certainly been much talk about libya, bahrain, egypt and saudi and to a limited extent about syria ...... but strangely not even the vaguest of allusions to israel or gaza ....... guess that means that no one much cares
Fred1new
- 11 Apr 2011 11:13
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Or the media is directing its focus to the areas you suggest.
Perhaps, it is a little to do with media control.
We can't all wire tap.
Haystack
- 11 Apr 2011 11:40
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Cairo and Ankara on Sunday declared their support for the Arab League's decision which called on the UN security council to impose a no-fly zone on the densely-populated Gaza Strip in order to prevent Israel from striking civilians.
Egyptian minister of foreign affairs Nabil Al-Arabi said the Arab demand for a no-fly zone over Gaza is a fair request and Egypt supports it.
Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu for his part said that Israel should stop its attacks and blockade on Gaza and the international community should do its best in this regard.
"If there is any Arab proposal in this regard, Turkey will support it," Davutoglu added.
cynic
- 11 Apr 2011 13:37
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so what and/or and then what?
i don't just cut and paste; i talk to real people in the arab world ...... which bit of "they're not much interested in this peripheral squabble" do you not comprehend?
In The Land of the B
- 11 Apr 2011 13:50
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The parrot's ego is so tiny he desperately spends his life searching the web for opinions and propaganda (to him they are called "facts") to confirm his bought-off- the-shelf nazi Israel hating opinion. When he finds such propaganda his ego swells because he has been "proved" right.
It's also the only thing which turns him on LOL
Haystack
- 11 Apr 2011 18:29
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Israeli warplanes carried out on Monday afternoon a series of mock raids on different parts of Gaza,
cynic
- 11 Apr 2011 19:35
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yes? how frightfully interesting ...... when my children were young, they made mock castles out of sand on the beach, which is equally fascinating
cynic
- 11 Apr 2011 20:29
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clearly bin laden doesn't go weakly then
Fred1new
- 11 Apr 2011 20:36
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Exec,
Hide the news.
Cynic.
When your children were building sand castles were they frighten for their lives.
I suppose it doesn't matter as long as it is someone elses kids.
cynic
- 11 Apr 2011 20:39
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i used to scare the living daylights out of them - great sport!
Fred1new
- 11 Apr 2011 20:42
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Why didn't you pick on somebody your own size?