Rice: Hezbollah killing innocent civilians in Lebanon
May 9th, 2008 . by TexasFredWASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Hezbollah, backed by Syria and Iran, is killing and injuring innocent civilians in Lebanon.
Rice says that Hezbollah is trying to protect its “state-within-a-state.â€
Her statement was read at a State Department briefing Friday.
In Lebanon Friday, Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized control of key parts of Beirut from Sunnis loyal to the U.S.-backed government.
The move capped three days of street battles and gunfights that have killed at least 14 people and wounded 20. It has been the country’s worst sectarian fighting since the 1975-1990 civil war.
Rice says Hezbollah’s violence has demonstrated “contempt for its fellow Lebanese.â€
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Rice: Hezbollah killing innocent civilians in Lebanon
Ladies and Gentlemen, I believe that this would be Condi’s version of the warning rattle before the strike, and if there is one it will likely take place as soon as the staff returns from Crawford and sobers up from the wedding party, I just hope Bush doesn’t screw this one up like he did the aftermath of the Debacle in Iraq…
I have personally felt that we were at war with Hezbollah since the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing on October 23, 1983, an attack that resulted in the death of 241 American servicemen…
Vice President George H.W. Bush came and toured the Marine bombing site on October 26 and said the U.S. “would not be cowed by terrorists.â€, and the sad part is, basically, that was all that the USA did:
President Reagan assembled his national security team and planned to target the Sheik Abdullah barracks in Baalbek, Lebanon, which housed Iranian Revolutionary Guards believed to be training Hezbollah fighters. Defense Secretary Weinberger lobbied successfully against the mission, because he was not certain that Iran was to blame for the attacks. SOURCE
Marines have never forgotten Beirut, and they never will!
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It seems to be rapidly deteriorating to the point where “kill ‘em all…let God sort ‘em out” may apply. Sad.
Not that I am in favor of opening up yet a third front, but, this has been a long time in coming.
Time to kick the living shit right out of them.
Carl, I have long felt that way, and have long been castigated for that feeling, screw em, when the goddamned ragheads take over, if any of those that said I was too radical are alive to remember it, I am guessing they will have fleeting thoughts and dim memories of freedom and perhaps they’ll actually remember when many of us advocated it…
Patrick, it’s PAST time, way past…
But as you and I are both painfully aware, where do we get the troops to wage a necessary war while engaged in the Debacle in Iraq?? An action that is STILL nothing more than GWBs midget ego at work??
When we took Iraq and I think it was the 4Th ID was chasing the remnants of the Repub Guard into Syria they were in sight of Damascus before some dummy called them back. I said in 2005 we should have sorted out the whole Mideast while we were about it. There were those who say we didn’t have enough troops. I say it was a missed opportunity that we’ve been paying missing ever since.
Basti, fully agree…
There seems to be some warfighting gene missing from the Bush family, look at the way Daddy Bush f*cked up in Iraq in ‘91, and Jr. has done no better, on a financial scale he’s done a hell of a lot worse, and the dumb bastard isn’t done f*cking us just yet…
Killing and injuring innocent civilians? Wow, Condi, you think so? Gee, you could have asked anyone here and we’ve could have told you that years ago.
Bob, Condi is really smart you know…
And the really sad part is, she really is, she’s hung out with Bush for so long that the ‘dumbass’ has worn off on her…