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White House Statement on Hizballah Kidnapping //Rice: All sides must act with restraint
IMRA/White House/State Dept ^ | 7-12-06

Posted on 07/12/2006 1:25:31 PM PDT by SJackson

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1 posted on 07/12/2006 1:25:35 PM PDT by SJackson
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
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2 posted on 07/12/2006 1:26:34 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do!)
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OK, straight out of araRATfink's playbook. State Dept talking appeasement will now coordinate a negotiating meeting with these terrorists through the A-RABS.


3 posted on 07/12/2006 1:27:22 PM PDT by lilylangtree
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Screw restraint. Where is the restraint on the part of terrorists?


4 posted on 07/12/2006 1:28:16 PM PDT by conservativebabe
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I don't envy Rice's job right now.



5 posted on 07/12/2006 1:28:19 PM PDT by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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I don't see how you can kidnap someone and still be acting with restraint.


6 posted on 07/12/2006 1:28:32 PM PDT by Brilliant
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If Israel were any more "restrained" in their fight for survival, they'd be blowing up their own buses.


7 posted on 07/12/2006 1:30:02 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: lilylangtree; SJackson

Here we go...more smoke and mirrors. You can bet the real action is being decoyed with this skirmish.


8 posted on 07/12/2006 1:30:15 PM PDT by Froufrou
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The kidnapee is in restraints........


9 posted on 07/12/2006 1:30:53 PM PDT by Red Badger (Follow an IROC long enough and sooner or later you will wind up in a trailer park..........)
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I don't envy Rice's job right now.

To execute the President's foreign policy. The White House made a statement, she expanded on it by calling for restraint. I presume that's what she was expected to do.

10 posted on 07/12/2006 1:31:26 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do!)
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I condemn today's kidnapping by Hezbollah, a terrorist organization, of two Israeli soldiers. Hezbollah's action undermines regional stability and goes against the interests of both the Israeli and Lebanese people.

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I know she can't really say anything other than this, but wouldn't it be nice if she could really speak out? Being Secretary of State must be torturous.

11 posted on 07/12/2006 1:31:35 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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White House Statement on Hizballah Kidnapping //Rice: All sides must act with restraint

Why?

12 posted on 07/12/2006 1:31:44 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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I don't see how you can kidnap someone and still be acting with restraint.

You don't work for the State Dept. That was before, this is now. Ask for the prisoners back and exercise restraint from this point forward. After the next attack, do it again.

13 posted on 07/12/2006 1:33:25 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do!)
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At this point is this not simply a HOT war between two countries?


14 posted on 07/12/2006 1:33:25 PM PDT by RobRoy (The Internet is doing to Evolution what it did to Dan Rather. Information is power.)
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"Today Hizballah terrorists operating from Lebanon kidnapped two Israeli soldiers and launched rocket attacks against civilian targets in Israel."

Rice: "All sides must act with restraint."

At this rate, I might as well make this my tagline:

We are doomed.

I used to be such an optimist, but even Bush has lost his guts, I fear.
15 posted on 07/12/2006 1:34:46 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Free Iran! WARNING! Forbidden Cartoon: .. . *-O)) :-{>. . . .)
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Makes sense to me. I'm getting tired of the old run-it-up-the-flagpole-and-see-what-the-Americans-will-do-next B.S.


16 posted on 07/12/2006 1:36:04 PM PDT by Froufrou
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To: trisham
I know she can't really say anything other than this, but wouldn't it be nice if she could really speak out? Being Secretary of State must be torturous.

She could, read the White House statement. It could have been stronger, but it hit the essential points and focused blame where it belongs. It's all that was necessary. Clearly there was a desire to dilute the message being sent.

17 posted on 07/12/2006 1:36:56 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do!)
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To: metmom
Why?

To save civilian lives, terrorist lives, and prevent damage to infastructure.

18 posted on 07/12/2006 1:38:08 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do!)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Nah...chin up- this is what Rice has to say- she is our chief diplomat...here is what the White House said:

We also hold Syria and Iran, which have provided long-standing support for Hizballah, responsible for today's violence. We call for the immediate and unconditional release of the Israeli soldiers.


19 posted on 07/12/2006 1:38:18 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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No Way! They have every right to not use restraint. Crossing an internationally recognized border to kidnap and kill is an "Act of War."


20 posted on 07/12/2006 1:38:22 PM PDT by papabrody (This world is going to hell and a handbasket)
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