On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:16:17 -0600, "Morris Dovey"
wrote:

J. Clarke wrote:
| On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:59:38 -0600, "Morris Dovey"
| wrote:
|
|| tom watson wrote:
||
||| Whether we do it ourselves, or have our client state do it for us,
||| we will have to address the Iran nuke problem within the next six
||| months.
|||
||| Either way it will not be pleasant.
||
|| Hmm. Wasn't it just over a year ago that the administration
|| shipped 25 Vipers to Israel? George is probably hoping they
|| haven't been worn-out/used-up hammering UN and civilian targets in
|| Lebanon.
|
| Uh, if by "Viper" you mean the F-16, Israel has more than three
| hundred of them. As for "hammering UN and civilian targets", do
| wipe the foam off your mouth.

I had occasion to visit Beirut before it was bombed the first time,
while it was still a beautiful city. I had American friends who worked
there (for American companies) who were victims of the bombings. While
I can understand that you might not care about innocent civilians
being killed in bomb attacks, others are inclined to care a bit more.
Your response, especially after your comments on the 9-11 attack, is
hypocritical in the extreme.

The UN observation outpost in northern Lebanon was hit repeatedly by
the Israelis - and the air strikes continued even after the Israeli
military command was notified that that's what it was. Video of one of
the Israeli strikes was shown on the Newshour that same night. If you
watch the news, were you able to recognize the aircraft type?

A thought problem for you: If the place where you live were bombed by
jets manufactured in country X (half a world away), how many air
strikes and resulting non-combatant deaths would it take before you
concluded that X was not only not your friend, but your enemy?

|| As far as Iran is concerned, I do find myself wondering about how
|| one might internally resolve keeping the Talmud while attacking the
|| neighbor who provided its beginnings.
|
| Well, gee, the same way they did when they were using the Ark of the
| Covennant instead of tanks and aircraft?

Well, gee, not much of a history buff are you? It shows.

|| Covenants just ain't what they usta be.
|
| That's true. Or maybe not, where _is_ that pesky thing anyway?

The reference wasn't to what you apparently thought it was.
Understandable.

plonk