RE: There is no such thing as war on terrorism

I’m sorry Geforce, but war is all about black and white. You can’t fight an enemy and say: well, he’s not so bad, and we’re not that good people either. That is not gonna work.

But it might help if you choose you analogies more carefull. I did read your entire post, and it didn’t make sense to me at all. The entire Western world should be alert for terrorism. Muslim extremists made it very clear that they want to destroy the entire western world, but that they would start with the US and the Jews. But the entire Western world is in danger. Perhaps not in acute danger, but it is. Just the other day there was a story in a news program, called NOVA, about what some imams preach in the Netherlands. Shocking, to say the least. They detest Western society, they want Westerners to either be converted to Islam, or to be killed. And that, Geforce, is dangerous. It would really help if the EU, and European countries would start to understand that.

Shalom,

Jonathan

RE: There is no such thing as war on terrorism

So actually Al Qaida are the good guys now? And no muslim extremists perpetrate horrific acts of violence. Hmm, interesting view.

RE: Weird development of this thread…

Dutchy, the children, no, the people in Iraq are suffering because the regime wants them to suffer, to show the world how bad the West is, or how bad the US is. Fact is, that SH has built numerous palaces after the sanvtions came into effect. Fact is, that Iraq has bought weapons after the sanctions came into effect. Fact is, that Iraq exports oil illegally through Syria and via other ways. Does Iaq buy medication and food for it’s people with that money? NO. Instead, it offers money to Palestinian’victims’, and it sends medication (!), you know, that stuff Iraq is allegedly lacking, to the Palestinians. I’m sorry Dutchy, but the suffering of the Irqi people has little to do with the embargo.

Shalom,

Jonathan

RE: Same old anti – US Crap

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 17-06-02 AT 09:34 AM (GMT)]So we should sacrifice democracy, and let the Taiwanese be ruled by a totalitarian regime? Great. Just great.

RE: PIM FORTUYN has been SHOT

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 11-05-02 AT 11:48 AM (GMT)]I’m sorry, but here we disagree. By constantly trying to push him in the extreme right corner, by asking questions like: are you the Dutch Haider or Le Pen, and by politicians like Tom de Graaf, using Anne Frank for his own political purposes and thus comparing Fortuyn to Hitler, they demonized him, thus creating an atmosphere in which a politically motivated murder could take place. Whether you like him or not has got nothing to do with it.

Shalom,

Jonathan

RE: Sa’ar 5

Israel indeed doesn’t have large shipyards, and it is also probably funded by US tax dollars. Sorry Vortex ;).

RE: The UN

The point with Syria was that a country which is known for actively supporting terrorism, can be a temporary member in the Security Council, and can influence decisions there. UN regulations do not allow nations involved in acts of aggression to take a temprorary seat in the Council. And then in the newspapers it’s always reported that a UN Security Council resolution ‘calling on Israel yada yada yada …’ was blocked by a US veto, as if the US is wrong when taking such a measure. When you look at which countries actually preside in the Council, one can only laugh. Did you know Israel is the only country in the UN that can’t get a temporary seat in the Security Council?

As for the UN after 1956: the mandate was something like preventing the two sides from fighting. Well, when one side chose it wanted to fight, the UN immedtiately pulled back it’s troops to make room for the Egyptian troops. But when Israel defended itself with a pre-emptive strike, guess who was condemned for aggression?

RE: After learning more about West Beirut..

This wouldn’t be the first UN team who’se only mission is to blaim Israel. Just remember that the UN rights commission already called Jenin a massacre. I just can’t see how the outcome of this ‘investigation’ can differ much from that. At best the commission says that no evidence of a massacre was discovered, but that the ‘large scale demolition was unjustified’. The UN has a very bad record vis-a-vis Israel.