From: John Woodgate on
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'.
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2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely.

John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK
From: Eeyore on


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


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


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


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