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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (2317)4/13/2002 9:07:05 PM
From: sylvester80  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 32591
 
All the guerilla campaigns that I know of have had civilian casualties. Even the western "supposely" just campaigns of Iraq, Afganistan, Serbia, Vietnam etc.. etc.. have had many civilian casualties. Why is it ok to have civilians casualties one way and not the other way? What makes one police state just and the other unjust. Some of you people need to get a long hard look in the mirror. You may not like what you see. I will scream it one more time for those educated enough to understand. AN EYE FOR AN EYE WILL NEVER WORK!!! NEVER EVER EVER!!! It will just grow more hatred for current, new and next generations.



To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (2317)4/13/2002 9:23:54 PM
From: epsteinbd  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 32591
 
Right. Like Skorzeny freeing the duce with a few gliders, the Trojan horse...
Innovation, skills, boldness.

Suicides are not the weapon of the poor.
But the weapon of the Idiot.
The Greatest Nobel Idiot.

CARE FOR A PROOF ? (first disclosure, first hand.)
As simple as a telephone call...

On January 2OO2, at 01:20 local time, two large helicopters flew over the city of Eilat, Israel, corridored between the Jordan mountains and the Egyptian borders.
They were heading strait south.
I watched them, very visible and slow, wondering where in the world they could go, while the sound of their engines took minutes and minutes to fade away, and their red beacon still very visible in me binoculars ( 20X80, Pearl, night vision : free add).

Taba, a few kilometers away was my first and only answer.

So Peres is going to a secret meeting with top Egyptians of Palestinians in the local Hilton! Great.
But the helicopters kept their true heading south, right in the middle of the gulf, between Egypt and Saudia, bound to nowhere : hundred and hundreds of Km with no refueling possible before Jibouti, 2500 Km away.

Twenty minutes later, two other helicopters, just as big and noisy...
On the same course!
Another five minutes and a fifth one closed the party.

By that time, a few thousand people in Aqaba, the next Jordanian city (50%+ Pals population) had heard and seen them just as well, providing they were not sleeping, same for Egypt or Saudia cities all along the 6 miles wide gulf.

And I wondered where they could go? What in hell can they hope to achieve ?
An attack on Egypt ? Impossible!
On Saudia ? The same.

Thus, I tried to remember the writings of von Clausevitz, like others the Red book.
And came up with only one answer :

"A naval operation is underway to seize a ship in the Red sea, with Al Qaeda flieers, possible Binblastard too, to hole into Libya or Lebanon.
Great scoop... For my use only. The best!

So I opened a bottle of wine, closed the computer and phone, and kept my eyes opened, feverish, my mind boiling for many hours to come... Tomorrow billions will rejoice, laugh, strangers will kiss each other on the streets. And my only regret is not to be able to share my exhaltation with you people that read this now, you who provide me with so many valuable infos, profound analysis, no (g)...

But I was mistaken. Disapointed even. The many fighters of Israel were just enroute to seize some Karine A and its fifty shitty tons of death, a couple of hours down the Red sea.

Why in the name of Allah, didn't General Arafat station a guy in Aqaba, for a couple of days, with average ears, eyes and phone ? With a clear order to call in case of emergency...? And someone else to relay the call to the ship.

Within less than an hour, the Karine A crew could have dumped all their deadly cargo into the sea (recoverable if they are not stupid), and the Israelis would have been laughed upon all over the world :
"High sea pirating of baby food for starving Palestinians.
Would have been the press titles. 200 posts just here...

CONCLUSION :

Should Allah the Maginficent be blessed
For having such Idiots as enemies ?

No, for had those who call themselves his troops
Been normal, average, sane.
We would have had Peace.

Two generations ago.
Last generation,
Last year,
Yesterday.