Heartbreaking ABCstory - fleeing Lebanese family separated, Mom in boat,

[chimpymustgo]

boat pulls off before Dad and little boys can get in. Israel has only promised "safety" till sundown, the boat speeds away. Kids left crying on the dock. On top of that, Mom has the passports - she's now in Copenhagen - and Dad and kids can't get out.

THIS IS INHUMANE!!! God, what can we do to stop this madness??? Do our Representatives stand behind this?? Have we no SOUL?

[Midlodemocrat]

1. I just saw that. Heartbreaking doesn't describe it.

The tragedy is just beyond words.

[PCIntern]

2. Were the Israelis piloting the boat?

I'm sorry, I know that Hezbollah gives everyone time to get out before they fire their ball-bearing laden rockets into civilian streets, I know that before Hamas blows up Jewish religious celebrations such as the Passover Seder, they give ample warning to the participants, I know that 241 Marines died in Lebanon while the Hezbollah waved and said "Get out of the building!!!" right before they detonated the truck filled with explosives, I know that on Leon Klinghoffer had to suffer his fate, being pushed over the side in a wheelchair, because of the 'injustices' of the occupiers of the land which the Arabs had so carefully cultivated for 5000 years and which the Jews stole from them.

When will this all stop? Good Question...have THEY no soul? Ask them, not us. We here at Du, at least most of us I thought had a soul. Now, I'm not certain of that fact.

[Critters2]

5. This incident increases the possibility that these boys will join

Hezbollah. Congrats!

[PCIntern]

6. That's just ridiculous...

that's like saying that all this stuff happening in Israel is going to make my family join the Irgun...

...all these bombs falling on Israel are going to make Israeli children even more ruthless when they join the IDF. Two can play that game...

[girl gone mad]

12. Israel is supposed to be better than Hezbollah.

Which makes the "but they do it, too!" defense completely foolish.

[oasis]

13. So you agree with Condi "Let's give war a chance"?

:shrug:

[3waygeek]

3. Just saw the same family

on BBC World News.

[mom cat]

4. We have soul, but most of our congress people do not. They slod out

to big money. We have to let them know how we feel.

[PCIntern]

8. 'big money"

is that a euphemism for "Jews"?

they know exactly how you feel...they also know that the US has very few allies who have military and intelligence capabilities and is an elected democracy, one of these is Israel. Tough luck folks, you're stuck with her...

[mom cat]

9. Big money is not a euphemism for "Jews", at least not in my book.

[ananda]

7. It was on BBC World this evening..

.. and the whole story made me cry. The mother and three of her children are in Denmark, and she holds the papers and passports... while the father and the two other boys are still in Lebanon and can't get out because they don't have the right papers.

BBC said they were waiting for action from the Danish government.

Now would be good.

Sue

[midnight]

10. I was afraid to read this.

I knew that I would have this awful feeling in my gut.

[smacky44]

11. And the same people who wanted to go to war over Elian (remember)

won't give a shit about these children and their parents.

[Cvortex_10]

14. Which children?

You seem to only be focused on one side...apparently all the kids with ball bearings from rockets dont count in your book?