From: John Woodgate on 5 Aug 2006 02:22 In message <44D3C6A1.50663F3D(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, dated Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> writes >I'm also totally for a strong Lebanese military who can properly >control their own territory. Lebanon simply historically never had one >though. Yes, they've always given way under pressure. Hence the expression 'the ceders of Lebanon'. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK
From: Eeyore on 5 Aug 2006 03:39 John Woodgate wrote: > In message <Xns9815D2FABE048jyanikkuanet(a)129.250.170.83>, dated Sat, 5 > Aug 2006, Jim Yanik <jyanik(a)abuse.gov> writes > >John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote in > >news:3ptbWzycMm0EFwvd(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk: > > > >> In message <hhm4d21q5mgl9vu47lcd7krn5cfrb35b7t(a)4ax.com>, dated Thu, 3 > >> Aug 2006, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> writes > >> > >>> And, you should be afraid of us. You should be _very_ afraid. > >> > >> Rest assured, John. We ARE very afraid of people who express views > >> similar to those you express. They are so like those expressed by > >> militant Islamists. > > > >Then you have a misplaced sense of things. > >Our ACTIONS speak for themselves,and so do the Islamics. > >You seem to believe they are equivalent. > > Well, the actions being proposed by JF and others of similar opinions > are VERY like those comprised in a jihad. Ironic isn't it ? I guess they simply don't have the mental agility to examine their own position objectively. Graham
From: Eeyore on 5 Aug 2006 03:43 John Woodgate wrote: > In message <44D41E6E.D684D343(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, dated Sat, 5 Aug > 2006, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> writes > > >Your mistake, which seems common in the US is to see all 'Islamists' - > >they're called Moslems btw as freedom-hating terrorists. > > 'Islamists' means zealots, like 'Zionists'. The vast majority of Muslims > want nothing to do with Islamists. There's a difference AIUI. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/islamist http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/zionist But is the average American capable of making this distinction ? I'm regularly deemed anti-Semitic by these guys yet at its most I'm merely simply mildly anti-Zionist ( and even then not very - just anti their extreme faction ). Graham
From: Eeyore on 5 Aug 2006 03:44 John Woodgate wrote: > In message <4ji12eF83vuqU2(a)individual.net>, dated Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Dirk > Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> writes > >And it will have to be one with enough teeth and muscle to fire on the > >Israelis as well as Hezbollah. > > Almost certainly it will never need to, in defence. Let us fervently > hope that it never fires on Israel in aggression. Likewise. I'd hope Israel isn't that daft. Graham
From: Eeyore on 5 Aug 2006 03:46
John Woodgate wrote: > In message <44D41E11.6A70D29(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, dated Sat, 5 Aug > 2006, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> writes > > >Negotiation finally fixed the Irish problem. Do you think war would > >have ? > > Yes, a war would have settled it, with about 5 million casualties. Not a > desirable option. I'm not confident even then that it would have been a total fix. Think of the number of Irish Catholics abroad sensitive to Republican issues. Graham |