LIVE THREAD: UN Security Council Meets to Discuss Israeli Strike in Syria

Fox News/CNN/MSNBC | October 5, 2003

[Howlin]

Just started....

[prairiebreeze]

has questionable ties to terrorism at best

Your arguments lost steam right there IMO.

Prairie

[Desparado]

I was jut talking to a professor from Jeruselam Univ. yesterday and he told me that the biggest threat in the middle east today is that there is going to be a civil war between the Arabs because the majority of the Muslims want to come into the 21st century and the Jihadists are destroying their chances. He said that Isreal's big challenge is to stayout of the crossfire when this civil war erupts. He also said that President Bush has good intentions but is misguided because there can never be a democracy in Arab Country because the Arabs only understand one kind orf leadership... brute force and absolute power. He said that as soon as the US leaves Iraq, the War Lords will take over and divide the country into Kurds, Shiites, and Wahabbis.

[tazman3]

RE: replies 490 and 500.

I totally agree. You said it better than I could have. Great replies.

[goodnesswins]

So...it's all hopeless?

[prairiebreeze]

It's almost a relief in a strange way. I understand what you are saying. You put it into rational words, and thanks for the interesting info on your dad's perceptions pre-WWII.

see tagline

Prairie

[Peach]

That sounds right to me on some days and other days I am more optimistic.

I think unless we are willing to stay in Iraq for 10 years or so (which I doubt we would be willing to do), then I think the professor you talked to is right.

My fear is that Israel tries to contain the PLO until a huge chemical blast or catastrophe occurs. Then it's all out war.

But I have been keeping up with the Iranian threads we have on FR post by DoctorZin (sp?) and I can see that the young people especially want freedom from the tyranny they live under. As well, there have been a few books written that detail how young people across the world with access to the internet are seeing that countries they have been taught are monstrous, are really not and they want what we have - freedom.

The internet will change the world in more ways than we imagined. IT won't happen overnight, but it will happen over decades.

[JFaron]

Yeah it is and has been looking that way for a long time. Even so Lord come quickly!!!


YBIC, JFaron aka Alan J. Hanson

And this is the cornerstone of my faith:
Jhn 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. "

[Peach]

Thank you.

[prairiebreeze]

Yes, and maybe the other New Europe countries. My how I loved that line from your namesake!! LOL

Prairie

[Peach]

Reading your tagline reminded me of how pale and sad Tony Blair looked on television yesterday. He has been a staunch ally; we owe him so much and he's paid so dearly.

[wizardoz]

Kesha's a weirdo, eh? And now I see that the National Socialists weren't socialist, according to her, because you could own private property. (Oh, taking Jewish property and redistributing it doesn't count, she mentions.) Got it. Massive denial. Typical German.

[sfRummygirl]

Ha-HA! Yes, that was a good one, wasn't it? The stuff that comes out of that man's mouth just kills me sometimes. Says it for me, he does.

[sfRummygirl]

Yeah, you found it. The bit about the paintings really proved it. What a commie jerk.

[PureSolace]

Speaking on the Live MSNBC feed now!

[PureSolace]

I think it's the Syrian Amb. Live now on MSNBC feed

[mhking]

Anybody in the gathering crowds look like they want to come over to the cameras and talk yet?

(Running back and forth to the kitchen to make sure my pasta doesn't stick and my spinach comes out OK)

[judicial meanz]

Doesnt the Syrian Ambassador look like he needs a case of Maalox?

[prairiebreeze]

you have mail

[sfRummygirl]

I wish C-SPAN put it on live. But of course, they have book lectures to do.

[mhking]

Got it. My feed is running a bit slow.