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From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 1 Aug 2006 18:55 John Woodgate wrote: > In message <44CEA715.E7397B30(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, dated Tue, 1 Aug > 2006, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> writes > >> In the current conflict in Lebanon it seems Israel with America's >> blessing tried to go for the military knockout blow before diplomacy >> and seem to have bitten off more than they can chew. > > Israel didn't start the conflict on its northern frontier. Should it > have continued to absorb Hisbollah rockets without any counter-measures? >> No. It should have destroyed the entire infrastructure of Lebananon, killed hundreds of civilians, runied its economy and weakened the government for not disbanding Hesbollah. Something that Israel itself seem unable to do. I assume that is what you meant by 'counter-measures'? Dirk
From: John Larkin on 1 Aug 2006 20:21 On 1 Aug 2006 17:02:11 -0700, bill.sloman(a)ieee.org wrote: >In Melbourne (Australia), Cambrdige (U.K.) and Nijmegen (Netherlands) >the universities all rely on mechanical lawn mowers, perhaps to avoid >exposing the students to this sort of temptations. > >-- >Bill Sloman, Nijmegen In San Francisco, we have numerous underground reservoirs (for fire extinguishing in the next Big One), usually grass-covered, and they use goats. I'm not sure which union they belong to. John
From: Jim Thompson on 1 Aug 2006 20:25 On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:21:30 -0700, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >On 1 Aug 2006 17:02:11 -0700, bill.sloman(a)ieee.org wrote: > > > >>In Melbourne (Australia), Cambrdige (U.K.) and Nijmegen (Netherlands) >>the universities all rely on mechanical lawn mowers, perhaps to avoid >>exposing the students to this sort of temptations. >> >>-- >>Bill Sloman, Nijmegen > >In San Francisco, we have numerous underground reservoirs (for fire >extinguishing in the next Big One), usually grass-covered, and they >use goats. I'm not sure which union they belong to. > >John BWA (Baaa Workers of America) ?:-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
From: krw on 1 Aug 2006 22:07 In article <4ja4fvF72d1eU2(a)individual.net>, dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com says... > John Woodgate wrote: > > In message <44CEA715.E7397B30(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, dated Tue, 1 Aug > > 2006, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> writes > > > >> In the current conflict in Lebanon it seems Israel with America's > >> blessing tried to go for the military knockout blow before diplomacy > >> and seem to have bitten off more than they can chew. > > > > Israel didn't start the conflict on its northern frontier. Should it > > have continued to absorb Hisbollah rockets without any counter-measures? > >> > No. > It should have destroyed the entire infrastructure of Lebananon, killed > hundreds of civilians, runied its economy and weakened the government > for not disbanding Hesbollah. Something that Israel itself seem unable > to do. They seem to be doing an admirable job. Give 'em another week or two. > I assume that is what you meant by 'counter-measures'? ....but nukes would be faster and cleanse the vermin better. -- Keith
From: krw on 1 Aug 2006 22:07
In article <4ja4adF72d1eU1(a)individual.net>, dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com says... > John Woodgate wrote: > > In message <4j8tkgF6p57hU1(a)individual.net>, dated Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Dirk > > Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> writes > >> Eeyore wrote: > >>> Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: > >>> > >>>> And how can Israel militarily defeat an organisation as nebulous as > >>>> Hezbollah? Are they going to kill every Lebanese supporter? From the > >>>> air? > >>> Replace Israel with Britain, Hezbollah with the IRA and Lebanese > >>> with Irish for an > >>> intereting perspective ! > >>> Graham > >>> > >> > >> I wonder whether there would have been American whining if we'd > >> invaded Eire and bombed Dublin? > >> > > I don't think any UK government would be so utterly mad, so the question > > doesn't arise. The Irish government had no more control over IRA that > > the Lebanese government has over Hisbollah. > > And the Israelis are utterly mad if they think they are going to achieve > any kind of victory this way. All they will do is destroy Lebanon and > boost the popularity of Hezbollah. Perhaps, but the next step is vitrification of Lebanon (and perhaps Syria and Iran). Israel cannot continue taking a few hundred Iranian rockets every day. > What they should have done was strengthen the Lebanese government and > helped improve the lot of its people. Good idea! Then you arm Hezbollah with *your* weapons. I'm glad you're only a kibitzer, standing on the sidelines. > If you read up on Hezbollah you > will see that it is far more than a military org and does, in fact, fill > a large gap in the social services which a Lebanese govt should have > done but so far has been unable to. In fact, the latter will have lost > whatever capability they did have thanks to Israel. Castro is a sweetie too. -- Keith |