Take That Hezbollah! At Least 58 Dead In Israeli Airstrikes Today!

[leftchick]

Is it mission accomplished yet?



A wounded boy lies in a hospital after Israeli warplanes attacked several houses in the village of Srifa near the port-city of Tyre in southern Lebanon July 19, 2006. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho (LEBANON)



A wounded boy rests in a hospital after Israeli warplanes attacked several houses in the village of Srifa near the port-city of Tyre in southern Lebanon July 19, 2006. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho (LEBANON)



A bulldozer clears the rubble following an Israeli air raid in the village of Nabi Sheet, near the ancient city of Baalbek. At least 55 civilians were killed as Israeli jets and gunboats pummelled towns and villages across Lebanon and tens of thousands of people fled a conflict that both sides defiantly warned would have no limit.(AFP/Ahmad Shalha)



Buildings damaged by Israeli air strikes in southern Beirut, July 18, 2006. (Adnan Hajj/Reuters)

Israeli air raids kill 58.... http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060719/ts_nm/mideast_dc_431

[LeftCoast]

1. Oh look! Pre-terrorists! And pre-terrorist housing!

:sarcasm:

[jsamuel]

2. ;(

[stepnw1f]

3. They Are Feuling the Fans for WWIII

there will be no excuses if it actually comes to fruition. I just know what side I was on, the side of peace, not war

[leftchick]

5. me too

This makes me so sad for my own babies as I look at these babies. wtf kind of world did I brng my boys into?

:cry:

[stepnw1f]

9. I Kinda Believe it Will Be All Right

but there will be pain ahead before that happens.

[WindRavenX]

4. there is no winner in war

It's always the innocents that end up getting fucked up.

No one is the "right" side in this case...I just pray it ends soon with minimal lives lost on both sides...

[bvar22]

24. The RICH White Men who own the Corporations....

...that provide the weapons and armaments, and profit from the murder of innocents WIN!

[WindRavenX]

29. how heartless of me to forget those poor souls

:(

[ShortnFiery]

31. And our corrupt POLITICIANS fully support the Wars because their campaign

coffers get fatter from Corporations that are part of the War Machine. It's a racket indeed! :puke: :grr:

[MarkDevin]

6. I'm so glad my wife and I haven't had kids!

Imagine the world they'd be living in 25-30 years from now? :scared:

[Swede]

7. This is just an ongoing cycle.

Mounting US casualties in an unpopular war,lead by an unpopular president. The middle east aflame in war,gas prices spiralling. This was 1973.

[Art_from_Ark]

20. 1973 was a little different

US involvement in fighting in Vietnam was officially ended at the beginning of the year, just after Richard Nixon had been sworn in for a second term after winning the election by a 60-40% margin. But the October war in the Middle East did lead to an oil crisis, which sent oil prices climbing and aggravated an already growing inflation rate.

[Swede]

27. Cycles,because we don't learn from history.

Over 30 years ago and headlines are the same.

[Art_from_Ark]

33. The problem with trying to learn from history

is that most people seem to think that history's subtle differences mean that it's always something different, rather than merely variations on the same theme.

[malaise]

8. Are you watching KO

as he shows the people killed in the christian neighbourhood. I tell you they're making haters out of people who were neutral.

[leftchick]

10. Yes, thank God for KO

and I have to say the brave folks dodging bombs in Lebanon like Richard Engle.

[MsMagnificent]

11. Yes, but Stem cells are now safe from

the nefarious, "Culture of Death" unGodly libruls!

[AliceWonderland]

12. Isn't it interesting how certain posters won't go near a thread like this?

Damn, I hate war.

[jonnyblitz]

21. they are too busy in the I/P forum whining about anti-semitism. nt

[Warren DeMontague]

34. No more interesting than the fact that "certain posters" (wink, nudge)

won't go near a thread like this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1669305&mesg_id=1669305


For the record, I hate war, too. And I think Israel is grossly overreacting.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

13. Yes, but...

Israel's that much closer to getting those 2 soldiers back.

[leftchick]

14. I am sure the 300 dead

are worth it. :puke:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

16. Isn't that what the Israeli official said the other day?

re: dead lebanese civilians?

[leftchick]

17. he and our dear UN Amb. John Bolton

he said the Israelis deaths counted, Lebanese deaths do not. Rat Bastard.

[blonndee]

15. What a tragedy.

So sad. :-(

[theHandpuppet]

18. Too bad these children weren't frozen blastocysts

Or George would have rushed in to protect them in the name of, as he put it today, "a decent society".

[leftchick]

19. Haddad said. "These attacks have no military value whatsoever."

<snip.>

Israeli officials have insisted that they're only targeting Hezbollah operations. But civilians have borne the brunt of the strikes, and more than 300 Lebanese have been killed since the bombing campaign began last week. At least 55 Lebanese died on Wednesday, the highest daily toll so far, said Sami Haddad, Lebanon's minister of economy and trade. Another 500,000 have been forced from their homes.


Haddad told reporters in Beirut that Israel had demolished 40 bridges, four factories, numerous storage facilities, airport runways and other infrastructure. There are six-hour electricity blackouts; food and water are growing scarce. Dollar notes have become a rarity and banks are limiting cash withdrawals.


The summer tourism that pumps billions of dollars into Lebanon's economy has dried up, Haddad said, with foreign embassies undertaking massive evacuation efforts.


By midweek, Haddad added, the estimated cost just to repair buildings and bridges was $500 million, and "this number is increasing by the minute." When asked about Israel's claim that it had halved Hezbollah's capabilities, made by Israeli Brig. Gen. Alon Friedman in an interview with Israeli Army Radio, the minister grew angry.


"I see just barbaric attacks," Haddad said. "These attacks have no military value whatsoever."

:(

[tabasco]

22. War crimes.

This is not a valid military operation.

This is indiscriminate destruction.

[CuteNFuzzy]

25. Let's just call it what we all know it is but are afraid to use the word

Terrorism

[blonndee]

26. Yes it is. It is indeed terrorism.

Bravo to you for being among the first to say so.

[tabasco]

30. 15 to 1 civilian to combatant casualties

makes it an invalid operation per se.

[AnOhioan]

23. May these children somehow manage to survive

the coming years...may we all.

[Beelzebud]

28. Vicariously I live, while the whole world dies.

[ShortnFiery]

32. Yes, that should be the new motto for the USA and Israeli Empire -

We live so others may die! :grr:

There's no "good guys" when mostly innocents are being slaughtered. :(