Israel Bombs Beirut Airport

CoLawman · 07-12-2006, 23:08

This just in..........Israel Bombs Beirut International Airport.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13823680/

Any thoughts on what Syria and Iran will do in response?

dedeppm · 07-13-2006, 00:51

If they have any semblance of common sense, I would expect them to do absolutely nothing. Any course of action they could take would probably result in yet another ass-stomping by the IDF, if history is any indication.

**The Reaper** · 07-13-2006, 07:45

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Originally Posted by dedeppm

If they have any semblance of common sense, I would expect them to do absolutely nothing. Any course of action they could take would probably result in yet another ass-stomping by the IDF, if history is any indication.

The Iranians are not next door, and I would expect them to continue with their rhetotic and support of Hezbollah.

The Syrians are, and will likely keep anything they do low profile.

Just my .02, YMMV.

TR

mconrad · 07-13-2006, 07:51

Don't worry. Kofi Annan is sending a three man peace keeping team.

NousDefionsDoc · 07-14-2006, 21:14

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Originally Posted by mconrad

Don't worry. Kofi Annan is sending a three man peace keeping team.

Somebody requested Refugee Rape?

HOLLiS · 07-13-2006, 08:40

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Originally Posted by dedeppm

If they have any semblance of common sense, I would expect them to do absolutely nothing. Any course of action they could take would probably result in yet another ass-stomping by the IDF, if history is any indication.

I think the Terrorist have figured they have a good plan, not to engage Israel on a direct military scale, but to use terrorism and world opinion coupled with the Islamic block in the UN to just constantly bleed Israel. There are a lot of people who believe this is a "Two State" problem and that Israel is as much to blame as the PA. IMHO the Arab will not be happy until Israel is at the bottom of the Mediterranean. As long as a "Two State" solution is pushed, terrorism will continue against Israel.

dedeppm · 07-13-2006, 13:57

This is exactly what is taking place at the UN, actually. A bloc of Muslim states on the new human rights council have passed a resolution criticizing Israel's treatment of the poor Palestinians. The same resolution, of course, makes absolutely no mention of the HR abuses being carried out by Hamas and Hizbollah. It is this kind of situation the US was trying to head off a few years back when we pushed for a new regime, when it came to light that human rights stalwarts like the Sudan were eligible for chairmanship of the council. Looks like the new one's every bit as broken as the old one though. Oh that crazy United Nations, what will they think of next?

Books · 07-14-2006, 21:19

Just a couple quick questions. . . are there any predominantly Muslim countries that have good human rights records? By what measure is one gauged before one is placed on a human rights council? Just curious. If all Islamic countries acted like Sweden, I doubt the world would be in half the trouble it is. My .02.

Seriously though, which countries specifically are arguing for the PA?

Books

dedeppm · 07-15-2006, 14:02

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...cle%2FShowFull

New UN rights body targets Israel
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
GENEVA

The new UN Human Rights Council voted Friday to make a review of alleged human rights abuses by Israel a permanent feature of every council session.

The resolution, which was sponsored by Islamic countries, was passed by a vote of 29-12, with five abstentions. It effectively revives a practice of the UN's dissolved Human Rights Commission, which also reviewed alleged Israeli abuses every time it met.

Israel protested Friday's vote, calling it a perpetuation of "the old infamous habits" of the widely discredited commission.

The resolution requires UN investigators to report at each council session "on the Israeli human rights violations in occupied Palestine."

The resolution also said the council "decides to undertake substantive consideration of the human rights violations and implications of the Israeli occupation of Palestine and other occupied Arab territories at its next session and to incorporate that issue in its following sessions."

One of the United States' main criticisms of the 53-nation Human Rights Commission that was replaced this year by the council was that it spent one week of its annual six-week session criticizing Israel and made other frequent attacks on the Jewish state.

"Voting in favor of this draft resolution will lead you directly to the old infamous habits of the commission," Israeli Ambassador Itzhak Levanon told the council. "Voting yes essentially means that no lessons have been drawn. It means that there is no fresh beginning."

Besides Arab and other Muslim countries, "yes" votes were cast by African nations, Brazil, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, India, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia and Sri Lanka. Canada and European Union members on the council voted against it.

The United States is not a member of the council and, like Israel, was unable to vote.

The council has two more sessions this year, starting in September and December.

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