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[yamansalahi.livejournal.com]

This will be the effect of Israel's slaughter of the Lebanese.

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[towith.livejournal.com]

Christmas trees will take up arms?

[yamansalahi.livejournal.com]

The Cedar Tree is Lebanon's "mascot" and its on the Lebanese flag. This tree is made of the limbs of massacred humans, with their blood reaching to grab a gun.

[towith.livejournal.com]

Now that is a scary image. Countdown to Christmas Vs. Hanukkah jokes.

lebanese flag

[stupiddumbpanda.livejournal.com]

The more you know...

[java-drinker.livejournal.com]

thank goodness you aren't serious....

What part of "A force of armed men crossed to border, attacked a checkpoint, killed 8 solders and kidnapped 2. This after 3 weeks of random rocket attacks on civilians and farms." was Israel asking for?


Source: BBC

[yamansalahi.livejournal.com]

You are confusing Palestinian attacks with Hizballah attacks.

[java-drinker.livejournal.com]

ummm, nope!

The fighting was triggered when Hizbollah, the guerrilla group which is backed by Syria and Iran and is part of Lebanon's government, seized two Israeli soldiers and killed eight in a cross-border raid on northern Israel on July 12.

[java-drinker.livejournal.com]

Hezbollah fighters based in southern Lebanon launch Katyusha rockets across the border with Israel, targeting the town of Shlomi and outposts in the Shebaa Farms area.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41886000/jpg/_41886550_mau_203_afp.jpg


In pictures: Border clashes
In a cross-border raid, guerrillas seize two Israeli soldiers before retreating back into Lebanon, insisting on a prisoner exchange and warning against confrontation. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert describes the capture of the soldiers as "an act of war".

In response Israeli planes bomb Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon and troops cross into southern Lebanon for the first time since the military withdrawal of 2000.

However, the troops encounter heavy resistance - eight are killed and two others are injured during fighting with Hezbollah. Israel calls up reserve troops as it pledges a swift and large-scale response to the Hezbollah attack.

[stupiddumbpanda.livejournal.com]

What part of being indiscriminately bombed were the lebanese people asking for?

[java-drinker.livejournal.com]

http://community.livejournal.com/politicartoons/716098.html?thread=12993602#t12993602

[jfboyd.livejournal.com]

I disagree. Both communities are culpable for this violence. If the Israelis and Islamists (Lebanon, Syria and Iran) around the area really wanted peace, they'd find a way. They clearly don't, so they'll have to fight it out. As far as I'm concerned, you can't blame Israel any more than you can blame the Islamist states. They're both to blame equally.

Why should any of the rest of us be concerned, really?

[yamansalahi.livejournal.com]

Of course, both are culpable. Issues: Lebanon and Syria are not "Islamist" states. Hizballah, the Islamist political party of Lebanon, carried these attacks out without the foreknowledge or consent of the Lebanese government, which has been trying to halt the offensive ever since.

The rest of us should be concerned because if Syria and Iran join, the United States will too. Are you ready for another longer, bigger war?

[jsingood.livejournal.com]

And what's the effect of the Lebanese slaughter of Israelis? Oh, right. A massive ass-kicking.

[yamansalahi.livejournal.com]

Which Lebanese slaughter are you talking about? Do you mean the Hizballahi rocket attacks on northern Israel, which have killed less than a dozen people, and were started AFTER Israel began bombing cities and civilian areas, leading to the deaths of over 150 civilians? Is that what you meant? Just checking.

[cabinessence.livejournal.com]

"We will never leave, even if Lebanon is reduced to scorched earth." (http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2006/July/middleeast_July327.xml&section=middleeast)

Sounds like Hezbollah doesn't give a shit about Lebanon, either.

[yamansalahi.livejournal.com]

It doesn't, but it's not the one bombing the shit out of it. Ever heard of rhetoric?

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[weswilson]

UN Security Council Resolution 1559 of September 2004, which referred back to Resolution 425, called "upon all remaining foreign forces to withdraw from Lebanon"; "for the disbanding and disarmament of all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias"; and supported "the extension of the control of the Government of Lebanon over all Lebanese territory".

Syria eventually complied with 1559 and removed its occupying forces. However, the Lebanese government has not disarmed Hezbollah nor has it sent its armed forces to secure southern Lebanon and the border with Israel.

In addition, Hezbollah is actually part of the Lebanese government, which contains two Hezbollah members in the Cabinet. The Lebanese government, therefore, cannot abstain from responsibility for the actions of a part of its own leadership.

Oh yes, Israel is now enforcing UN resolutions...

[yamansalahi.livejournal.com]

Courtesy of: http://www.jatonyc.org/UNresolutions.html

Palestinian Refugees have the right to return to their homes in Israel.

General Assembly Resolution 194, Dec. 11, 1948

"Resolves that the refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbors should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under principles of international law or in equity, should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible."

Israel's occupation of Palestine is Illegal.

Security Council Resolution 242, Nov. 22, 1967

Calls for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from territories occupied in the war that year and "the acknowledgment of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of every state in the area and their right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force."

Israel's settlements in Palestine are Illegal.

Security Council Resolution 446, March 22, 1979

"Determines that the policy and practices of Israel in establishing settlements in the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 1967 have no legal validity and constitute a serious obstruction to achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East."

Palestinian have the right to Self-Determination.

General Assembly Resolution 3236, November 22, 1974

Affirms "the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people in Palestine...to self-determination without external interference" and "to national independence and sovereignty."

Reaffirmation of a Palestinian State

Security Council Resolution 1397, March 12, 2002

Affirms "a vision of a region where two states, Israel and Palestine, live side by side within secure and recognized borders."

[shadowfox24.livejournal.com]

20 years too long delayed, justice is coming for Hezbollah. They will be broken. Hezbollah is a fully owned unit of Iranian Revolutionary Guard, they don't make a move without approval from Tehran and Damascus. Both knew of the kidnapping plan ahead of time. Assad is making a dangerous gamble that by causing a humanitarian crisis in Lebanon that he can have an excuse to reinvade the country.

Bashar better reconsider or he'll find himself laying beside the smoking ruins of Hezbollah. Israel will not accept a "UN brokered truce" this time, and his threats against them are laughably unenforceable.

[ccnuggie.livejournal.com]

You fuck with the bull, you get the horns...this ass whupping is long overdue. Say goodbye raghead.

[tbonestg.livejournal.com]

Slaughter?

If there are Lebanese left, then the Israelis aren't slaughtering them. It wouldn't take them 6 days.

[geologybabe.livejournal.com]

It is so easy to say "go get them!" in regard to Hezbollah. I suppose many think that Israel is doing no wrong and, in fact, probably doing the world a favor. However, this is not a war with Lebanon...Hezbollah is a small political faction (it has a very small percentage of seats in the current Parliment) that has had problems with Israel's occupation of the Golan Heights. Israel's response to Hezbollah has been to attack Lebanon. Somehow, I don't think this is just, even if Lebanon supports the position of Hezbollah. This "guilt by association" way of thinking that many have adopted leaves much to be desired. If this is the case, then all that support this reasoning are no better than the terrorist that blame the United States for all that is wrong in the countries they reside. Even if it is american corporations that establish commerce (with the blessings of their government), all of america is blamed for what they deem corruption of their way of life. So, all Lebanese should be punished because one group of terrorist kidnapped two Israeli soldiers? I guess I think that is wrong and Israel should have taken a different route to resolve this conflict...

Of course, I am sure that those that oppose peaceful conflict resolution will be quite vehement in responding to this post...

[vlion.livejournal.com]

I think Isreal had to draw a line somewhere to stop the skirmishing. But I think Isreal drew the line and went way overboard. It's an undeclared war right now, and unless I'm being misinformed by the media, Isreal is clearly culpable of overreacting and being barely discriminate in its assault on Lebanon.

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

A giant pyramid that walks on a set of fingers is going to pass by an Ak-47 that's lying on the ground? Man, that's creepy. Stop the war now!

[vlion.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I believe the cartoon is correct. Isreal's overreaction- even obliquely condemmed by Bush, for wonders!- is not going to make them friends.