Stressed Out And Anxious In Beirut

BBC ^ | 8-5-2006 | Hugh Sykes

[tet68]

For many in Beirut the bombing feels like collective punishment

No, that would be carpet bombing.

[AnAmericanMother]

If the crazy woman not only won't keep her house free of rats and vermin, but puts out food for them, and they come in great numbers, and spread to the neighbors, somebody is going to do something about it.

And the crazy woman will whine that it "isn't fair" as they haul her out and demolish her house as "uninhabitable."

[observer5]

"For many in Beirut the bombing feels like collective punishment"

When you sleep with dogs.....

[Torie]

Allowing a terrorist gang to run rampant, well reminds me a bit of Afghanistan. Being unable or unwilling to establish law and order in your own nation, or actively facilitating the perps, is a terrible thing. The consquences are almost always uniformly bad in every way.

[LibWhacker]

We were never Hezbollah. But we are all Hezbollah now.

Good. Then no worries about collateral damage.

[mikeybaby]

Say goodbye to your tourist season, you terrorist butt-kissers.
You kids and the UN had your chance.
Now the adults have taken over.
Live with dogs, get up with fleas.
Let Iran and Saudi Arabia fund reconstruction.
The Islam nations really helped out in Pakistan.

[Flintlock]

I don't really see the problem here. Hezzies were VOTED in and were part of Lebanon's government. Ergo, when they attack and launch missile strikes against a neighboring nation it's called 'declaring war'.
Nation vs. nation.
Ya gets what ya vote for, dummies.

[C210N]

although far fewer have died in Israel...

If these Beirutians feel terrorized and would like some relief, I have the perfect Idea:

They should all pick up a few belongings and head South. The Northern Israelis would be glad to put them up for a few weeks in their bomb shelters, where they could live and breath free from the threat of Isreali targeted bombing.

[dinasour]

"We were never Hezbollah. But we are all Hezbollah now.

Then it would seem that we are targeting correctly, after all.

[em2vn]

Stressed out and anxious in Beirut. What a foolish headline. Everyone on every side is stressed out and anxious in a war when near the action.
I believe an examination of the people in Israel would find the same condition in many of them.

[blam]

"I believe an examination of the people in Israel would find the same condition in many of them."

That's not allowed...remember, Israel is the enemy.

[mtbopfuyn]

People keep saying to me, "We are not Hezbollah - why are they bombing our homes?"... And I don't think "But we are all Hezbollah now" is just talk.

So, which is it? They're either with or against terrorists but can't play the sides depending on the wind.

[Ronin]

The bombing of Beirut will stop when the people who live there put a stop to Hisballah using it to launch rockets into Israel. This is a no brainer.

[Bommer]

People keep saying to me, "We are not Hezbollah - why are they bombing our homes?"

"We were never Hezbollah. But we are all Hezbollah now. The Israeli response is completely unjustified."

Damn make up your minds you morons! Now you know why the bombing will not stop. You aren't and never were but you are. If Mel Gibson, as an actor, can't convince the ADL he is not an Anti Semite, these idiots sure as hell will never convince the Israeli army they are not all terrorists!

[dighton]

“We were never Hezbollah. But we are all Hezbollah now.”

Also by Mr. Sykes, The uneasy Republicans.

Does anyone see a pattern?

William Coleman, like several of the uneasy Republicans I met, told me he will grit his teeth and vote for that other Vietnam War veteran, John Kerry.

[AmericaUnited]

Sleep with dogs, wake up with fleas. WHAT DON'T WE UNDERSTAND HERE?!

[aculeus]

Meanwhile Chomsky, Zinn and others ...


http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1835915,00.html

[Dog Gone]

The BBC is blatantly leftwing, opposed not only to conservatism, but to the West as a whole. It hasn't met a dictator or terrorist it doesn't like yet.