Re: Hezbollah Was Using U.N. Post As 'Shield'
- From: Fred J. McCall <fmccall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:27:44 GMT
Peter Skelton <skeltonp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:35:36 GMT, Fred J. McCall
:<fmccall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:
:>Peter Skelton <skeltonp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>
:>:On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:59:48 GMT, Fred J. McCall
:>:<fmccall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>:
:>:>Peter Skelton <skeltonp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>:>
:>:>:On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:27:12 GMT, Fred J. McCall
:>:>:<fmccall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>:>:
:>:>:>Peter Skelton <skeltonp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>:>:>
:>:>:>:On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:49:03 GMT, Blair Haworth
:>:>:>:<bhaworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>:>:>:
:>:>:>:>Peter Skelton wrote:
:>:>:>:>
:>:>:>:>> You talk about Lebanon as if it had an effective government with
:>:>:>:>> some kind of consensus and pro-Hezbolla will[....]Given
:>:>:>:>> that good infrastructure is essential to effective police work
:>:>:>:>> and that policing is the only real answer to the threat, does it
:>:>:>:>> make sense to smash up the infrastructure?
:>:>:>:>
:>:>:>:>That may be backwards; it looks to me like Israeli campaigning is based
:>:>:>:>on the assumption that any Lebanese asset is susceptible to being used
:>:>:>:>against Israel by Hizbullah as long as Hizbullah isn't eradicated.
:>:>:>:
:>:>:>:Put that together with what I've said and you wind up with the
:>:>:>:need to go after H. The infrastructure winds up being something
:>:>:>:you need.
:>:>:>
:>:>:>Perhaps, but when the 'infrastructure' is currently only being used by
:>:>:>the 'bad guys', you take it out and replace it later when there is
:>:>:>some desire on someone's part to police things.
:>:>:>
:>:>:>Absent that desire, only the 'bad guys' benefit from intact
:>:>:>infrastructure.
:>:>:
:>:>:Nonsense. First they're going after things like power stations
:>:>:and housing which aren't much use to H but a lot of use to
:>:>:people who live there.
:>:>
:>:>You think those aren't much use to Hezbollah? Remember, they're part
:>:>of the government. They don't just hide out in holes in the ground.
:>:>Plus, this is a lesson to the Government of Lebanon. Let Hezbollah
:>:>run free and do whatever it wants and you reap the same whirlwind as
:>:>they do.
:>:
:>:Nice shift Fred. Thank you for mouthing the obvious. Now care to
:>:address the issue I raised?
:>
:>Asked and answered.
:
:OUtside the truth Fred.
Perhaps you can come back inside the truth sometime.
:>:>:Second, the disruption is generating a situation where policing
:>:>:is not possible. Action that makes a situation you don't want
:>:>:permanent is stupid action.
:>:>
:>:>Action that damages the enemy while not reducing anything positive,
:>:>since no 'policing' was going on, is reasonable action.
:>:
:>:I see, becasue the past is bad, it makes sense to ensure the
:>:future will continue to be bad.
:>
:>As usual, your myopia betrays you and you 'see' all sorts of things
:>that aren't really there.
:
:No answer to the point, Fed comes up with an insult.
That wasn't a 'point'. It was a stupid remark. It got all the answer
it merited.
:>So tell us, Peter, just how long do you think they should have waited
:>for 'something positive' to happen? Examine your own history here.
:>How long do YOU wait?
:
:Tell me where I suggested waiting Fred. NIce strawman though.
You don't like them acting. You don't suggest waiting. Clue, this is
Peter ... oh, never mind. Just a waste of time.
:Lie, insult, strawman, no point in hanging around.
Yes, if that's all you're going to do, there is indeed no point in you
hanging around.
:Bye, Fred.
Run away! Run away!
--
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territory."
--G. Behn
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