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Israel Threatens to Hit Damascus-Next step of A Clean Break?:
Lyn David Thomas wrote: This is off topic for soc.history.what-if as this is present/future not past related. Nothing is off-topic for soc.history.what-if; since it accepted Coyu's tirades it has by implication declared itself to be the dumping-ground for whatever crap _anyone_ chooses to post here. Enjoy the environment you helped create - Jordan |
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Israel Threatens to Hit Damascus-Next step of A Clean Break?:
Jordan wrote:
Lyn David Thomas wrote: This is off topic for soc.history.what-if as this is present/future not past related. Nothing is off-topic for soc.history.what-if; since it accepted Coyu's tirades it has by implication declared itself to be the dumping-ground for whatever crap _anyone_ chooses to post here. Enjoy the environment you helped create I have never been off-topic in s.h.w-i. We have been over that many times and no one has produced a single example of it. I did not post one word in this thread until you posted. That I deal with real history regarding WWII and you deal accept Allied proganda as what happened regarding WWII is a long-standing disagreement and will likely never be resolved. -- The US media is indistinguishable from a state controlled media. -- The Iron Webmaster, 3641 nizkor http://www.giwersworld.org/nizkook/nizkook.phtml http://www.giwersworld.org |
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Israel Threatens to Hit Damascus-Next step of A Clean Break?:
Matt Giwer wrote: I have never been off-topic in s.h.w-i. We have been over that many times and no one has produced a single example of it. I did not post one word in this thread until you posted. That I deal with real history regarding WWII and you deal accept Allied proganda as what happened regarding WWII is a long-standing disagreement and will likely never be resolved. Matt, I actually wasn't talking about you. I disagree with you regarding the Holocaust and the role of Jews in European and Mideastern history, but you've never attempted to do real harm to those you debate with. That puts your moral standing at least one order of magnitude above scumbags like Carlos Yu, who tried to get people he didn't like fired from their jobs, and hacked into accounts; or Douglas Muir, who made fraudulent bids on my items on eBay in order to damage my account there. You grasp the basic concept that speech is not harm; they don't. If I met you IRL I'd treat you politely; I can't say the same thing for them. Sincerely Yours, Jordan |
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Israel Threatens to Hit Damascus-Next step of A Clean Break?:
Lyn David Thomas wrote: This is off topic for soc.history.what-if as this is present/future not past related. Hey, Lyn, shouldn't you be cowering in your basement in fear of the feral dogs? - Jordan |
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Israel Threatens to Hit Damascus-Next step of A Clean Break?:
Jordan wrote:
dontcowerfromthetruth wrote: Keep in mind (when reading the following) that Syria has supposedly made some sort of defense pact with Iran. Syria and Iran have made an explicit, open defense pact. So is attacking Damascus the way the Zionists will expand the war for Israel to Syria and Iran next (in accordance with the 'A Clean Break' agenda that esteemed intelligence writer/author James Bamford discusses on pages 261-269/321 of his 'A Pretext for War' book - see the URL about such included after the following) as Bush and Cheney have already said that the US would come to Israel's aid if Israel is attacked which will most likely happen if Israel gets into it with Syria and Iran: Well damn, it would be _nice_ if this happened -- it would get the war with Syria and Iran out into the open and put a powerful ally on our side. Plus, Israel could smack around Syria, maybe bite off another chunk of their territory, keeping the Syrians occupied while we took out the Iranian regime. If, that is, we're ready for it. I don't know though that the timing of this is entirely or at all under Israeli control. Remember that this all started because Hamas, feeling its oats as the new government of "Palestine," has decided to continue to step up terrorist operations against Israel, apparently not fully grasping that _as the government_ these are much more clearly Palestinian acts of war against Israel. I don't think that the Palestinians have much of a concept of self-government. In fact, I don't think that Arabs in general, or many of the other tribal groups in "Chaos-Stan" have much ability to govern themselves. The history of the Middle East seems to be one LONG litany of endless war between tribes and the rise and fall (usually by assassination or coup) of strongmen, warlords, and other various potentates with absolute power. "Government" in the Mideast (excepting Israel) seems to consist of kissing the ass of the guy with the biggest gun/sword and doing what he says, even when his words cause massive death and destruction. This is not a new problem-Muhammad's main goal in spreading Islam was to give the eternally warring tribes of Arabia a universal touchstone that would supersede tribal and warlord loyalties. It worked for about a hundred years, then the empire broke apart and tribes started killing each other again. I'm not a huge fan of Israel, but they have done in a hundred years what their Arab counterparts have NEVER done-produce a unified, stable governing system. The "countries" in the Mideast have been described as "tribes with flags" by Thomas Friedman. This has become painfully apparent in Iraq, where Bush simply assumed that once the oppressive dictator (Saddam) was removed that people would join hands and sing kumbayah and produce a stable democracy without much US help. Instead, they've reverted to the old tribal defaults, and started killing each other with renewed vigor. It's clear that the Iraq Shi'a regard Sadr as their strongman, and are willing to slaughter Sunnis in Sadr's name. If the US national govt was wiped out, Americans would likely establish some sort of democratic replacement eventually. It might take a while, but they would. If the Iraqi, or the Saudi, or the Afghan, or the Syrian, etc national govts were destroyed, you'd have all out civil war within a month, and in Iraq's case within 48 hours. That civil war would last for YEARS, until the cities looked like Beirut in 1985, and it is highly doubtful that any of those countries would ever exist again in any meaningful form. The only way that they would is if some warlord managed to conquer the entire territory, as the Taliban did in Afghanistan, and set himself up as president. I also don't see why all this would be to the Israeli advantage, unless this is combined with a long-term plan to drive the Palestinians out of Gaza and the West Bank. I _hope_ that it is, but I greatly fear that the Israelis still imagine peaceful coexistence with the Palestinians possible -- they've been pursuing that mirage for a very long time now. I don't think that's possible, at least not in today's geopolitical climate. If the Israelis made a concerted effort to clean out Palestine, the whole world (except the US) would jump all over them and make them stop. I don't think that the Israelis can successfully set up a govt in Palestine either, for the reasons that I mentioned. The best outcome would be to persuade Egypt to take back the Gaza Strip and Jordan to reclaim the West Bank. But I should note that when Sadat offered peace in exchange for Sinai, he told Israel that it could keep Gaza. Jordan has disavowed the West Bank. Both countries are more than happy to dump the mess in Israel's lap and let the Israelis deal with it. I think that if the Arab world really wanted to help Palestine, they'd take it back and resettle the Palestinians in their own countries. But the Palestinians are really just chess pawns in a game to destroy Israel, a goal that is a mirage. Instead, the Arabs have created the ultimate dysfunctional society-Pitcairn Island writ large and 100 times worse. The Arabs created the Palestinian monster in the hopes that it would eat Israel, but Israel is a bitter dish compared to the Arabs themselves. Now the monster has joined hands with the Hizbullah monster and threatens to eat EVERYBODY, Israelis, Arabs, Americans, everybody. Though I do think that it's likely that Israel will emerge from this First Terrorist War that began in 2001 with a stronger position vis-a-vis the Islamic world I don't think that Israel can invade Lebanon and win. They tried before, and failed. I think the same about Palestine. Sincerely Yours, Jordan PS - I know full well that you meant this to be alarming and ominous. However, I'm rather pro-Israeli, and see it as a good development for the world if Israeli power grows. Power corrupts, but compared to Arab chaos, Israeli rule looks rather attractive. |
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Israel Threatens to Hit Damascus-Next step of A Clean Break?:
running dogg wrote:
Power corrupts, but compared to Arab chaos, Israeli rule looks rather attractive. The Isrealis really do not want to rule the middle east. Israel's only chance of long term survival is reaching a non-belligerant modus vivendi with its neighbors. As recent events have shown, this is not going to happen. The Moslems are ****ing out of their minds. I think Israel is going to be destroyed in the next ten years. But they will take a big chunk out of their Moslem neighbors when they go down. Think of blind Sampson in the Temple of Dagon. The U.S. might give refuge to a small fraction of the Jews who survive Israel's destruction. The Orthodox will, of course, say we told you so. No Israel until the Moisheach ben David comes. The Europeans will shed crockodile tears over the destruction of Israel and the Moslems of Europe will rejoice and be encouraged. Countries like France and Germany will soon be in the fight of their lives with there internal Moslem population. Just wait. Bob Kolker |
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Israel Threatens to Hit Damascus-Next step of A Clean Break?:
Robert Kolker wrote:
running dogg wrote: Power corrupts, but compared to Arab chaos, Israeli rule looks rather attractive. The Isrealis really do not want to rule the middle east. Israel's only chance of long term survival is reaching a non-belligerant modus vivendi with its neighbors. As recent events have shown, this is not going to happen. The Moslems are ****ing out of their minds. I think Israel is going to be destroyed in the next ten years. But they will take a big chunk out of their Moslem neighbors when they go down. Think of blind Sampson in the Temple of Dagon. I don't think that Israelis will go quietly, even after the cities are vaporized. Some of the survivors will head to the mountains and wage guerrilla war against the "triumphant" Muslims. The settlers that live will turn their already fortified kibbutzes into stockades with remnants of Israel's arsenal and fight off the Muslims. I don't think that the area will ever be completely "liberated" from a Jewish presence. You'd need an organizational structure comparable to the Nazi death machine to wipe out 5 million people, and you'd need compliant people like the European Jews. The Muslims will have neither. Look how hard it has been for the US to get the Taliban out of the Afghan mountains. Now imagine US trained and equipped (even if no new weapons are sent, there will be a considerable stockpile) Jews who know the area like the back of their hand fighting against Muslim forces who are disorganized and corrupt at best. The US can't quell the Iraqi insurgency even though we have the best army on the planet. The U.S. might give refuge to a small fraction of the Jews who survive Israel's destruction. The Orthodox will, of course, say we told you so. No Israel until the Moisheach ben David comes. The Europeans will shed crockodile tears over the destruction of Israel and the Moslems of Europe will rejoice and be encouraged. Countries like France and Germany will soon be in the fight of their lives with there internal Moslem population. Just wait. The US is Israel's biggest cheerleader. The pleas to give refuge to Jews from Israel coming from the Jewish community in America will be too great to ignore, and SOME Jews will be resettled here. But not every Jew will want to leave, even if the area is permanently radioactive. You underestimate the Jews' ties to that land. Some will fight forever, even if their babies are being born with horrifying deformities, even if they're dying of leukemia, even if their food and water is tainted. |
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Israel Threatens to Hit Damascus-Next step of A Clean Break?:
running dogg wrote: Robert Kolker wrote: running dogg wrote: Power corrupts, but compared to Arab chaos, Israeli rule looks rather attractive. The Isrealis really do not want to rule the middle east. Israel's only chance of long term survival is reaching a non-belligerant modus vivendi with its neighbors. As recent events have shown, this is not going to happen. The Moslems are ****ing out of their minds. I think Israel is going to be destroyed in the next ten years. But they will take a big chunk out of their Moslem neighbors when they go down. Think of blind Sampson in the Temple of Dagon. I don't think that Israelis will go quietly, even after the cities are vaporized. Some of the survivors will head to the mountains and wage guerrilla war against the "triumphant" Muslims. The settlers that live will turn their already fortified kibbutzes into stockades with remnants of Israel's arsenal and fight off the Muslims. I don't think that the area will ever be completely "liberated" from a Jewish presence. You'd need an organizational structure comparable to the Nazi death machine to wipe out 5 million people, and you'd need compliant people like the European Jews. The Muslims will have neither. Look how hard it has been for the US to get the Taliban out of the Afghan mountains. Now imagine US trained and equipped (even if no new weapons are sent, there will be a considerable stockpile) Jews who know the area like the back of their hand fighting against Muslim forces who are disorganized and corrupt at best. The US can't quell the Iraqi insurgency even though we have the best army on the planet. The U.S. might give refuge to a small fraction of the Jews who survive Israel's destruction. The Orthodox will, of course, say we told you so. No Israel until the Moisheach ben David comes. The Europeans will shed crockodile tears over the destruction of Israel and the Moslems of Europe will rejoice and be encouraged. Countries like France and Germany will soon be in the fight of their lives with there internal Moslem population. Just wait. The US is Israel's biggest cheerleader. The pleas to give refuge to Jews from Israel coming from the Jewish community in America will be too great to ignore, and SOME Jews will be resettled here. But not every Jew will want to leave, even if the area is permanently radioactive. You underestimate the Jews' ties to that land. Some will fight forever, even if their babies are being born with horrifying deformities, even if they're dying of leukemia, even if their food and water is tainted. ---Please stop cross-posting this OT thread to SHWI. Thank you, Noel |
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Israel Threatens to Hit Damascus-Next step of A Clean Break?:
running dogg wrote:
Robert Kolker wrote: running dogg wrote: Power corrupts, but compared to Arab chaos, Israeli rule looks rather attractive. The Isrealis really do not want to rule the middle east. Israel's only chance of long term survival is reaching a non-belligerant modus vivendi with its neighbors. As recent events have shown, this is not going to happen. The Moslems are ****ing out of their minds. I think Israel is going to be destroyed in the next ten years. But they will take a big chunk out of their Moslem neighbors when they go down. Think of blind Sampson in the Temple of Dagon. I don't think that Israelis will go quietly, even after the cities are vaporized. Some of the survivors will head to the mountains and wage guerrilla war against the "triumphant" Muslims. The settlers that live will turn their already fortified kibbutzes into stockades with remnants of Israel's arsenal and fight off the Muslims. Shut off their electricity, water, food, medicine, you know, the old Gaza treatment. I don't think that the area will ever be completely "liberated" from a Jewish presence. You'd need an organizational structure comparable to the Nazi death machine to wipe out 5 million people, and you'd need compliant people like the European Jews. Send them back to Europe where they came from. -- If the a href="http://www.ussliberty.org"attack on the Liberty/a was a mistake, it is possible to mistake OJ Simpson for Britney Spears in broad daylight. -- The Iron Webmaster, 3649 nizkor http://www.giwersworld.org/nizkook/nizkook.phtml commentary http://www.giwersworld.org/opinion/running.phtml a5 |
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Israel Threatens to Hit Damascus-Next step of A Clean Break?:
dontcowerfromthetruth wrote: Keep in mind (when reading the following) that Syria has supposedly made some sort of defense pact with Iran. So is attacking Damascus the way the Zionists will expand the war for Israel to Syria and Iran next (in accordance with the 'A Clean Break' agenda that esteemed intelligence writer/author James Bamford discusses on pages 261-269/321 of his 'A Pretext for War' book - see the URL about such included after the following) as Bush and Cheney have already said that the US would come to Israel's aid if Israel is attacked which will most likely happen if Israel gets into it with Syria and Iran: Israel Threatens to Hit Damascus-Next step of A Clean Break?: http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&hn=34399 Israel Threatens to Hit Damascus By Hakan Isayev, Cihan News Agency, Cairo Published: Friday, June 30, 2006 zaman.com Israel holds Khaled Mashal, the leader of Hamas' Syrian branch, responsible for the abduction of two Israeli soldiers and wants Syria to expel Palestinian leaders from the country. Israel threatened to kill Hamas militants based in Damascus. Al-Jazeera television said Public Security Minister Avi Dichter claimed they knew the locations of HAMAS and Islamic Jihad leaders in Syria and will not hesitate to kill them. Justice Minister Chaim Ramon said, "The leader of Al Qaeda, Meshal is a terrorist of the worst kind, and the international community must exert pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to expel Meshal from Syria." Ramon claimed Meshaal gave the order for abduction and is now a target for assassination. Syrian security forces said they tightened the security measures to protect the HAMAS leader. Israeli army said yesterday they carried out a low-altitude flight over the palace of Syrian President Bashar Assad in Latakia, in northwestern Syria. Syrian sources reported that they fired at two Israeli planes flying over Syrian air space. Related News: Israel Arrests Palestine Parliamentarians Israel Detains 90 Palestinian Politicians Israeli warplanes buzz Syrian president: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/...ier/index.html Next step of 'A Clean Break' (attacking Syria and then Iran via Lebanon) - read what Bamford wrote on pages 261-269 of his 'A Pretext for War' book by scrolling down to such at the following URL: 'A Clean Break' (scroll down to pages 261-269 of from James Bamford's ' A Pretext for War' book at the following URL): http://www.warwithoutend.co.uk/zone0...ic.php?t=28769 Mearsheimer/Walt on NPR discussing pro-Israel lobby http://www.wamu.org/programs/dr/06/06/21.php#11074 Dennis Ross (who is associated with AIPAC) was also interviewed in the above NPR program with John Mearsheimer as Ross was also nailed for being an AIPAC hack for Israel via the following URLs: http://www.IRmep.org/jm.wmv The Gorilla in the Room is US Support for Israel http://representativepress.blogspot....pport-for.html Professor Spiegel (who was on the NPR program with Mearsheimer referenced above) of UCLA had his class appear before the Syrian Ambassador to the USA as conveyed via the following URL (the Syrian Ambassador responded to the question/comment about the 'A Clean Break'/war for Israel agenda): Syrian Ambassador Calls for Comprehensive Peace Settlement in the Middle East http://www.international.ucla.edu/ar...parentid=25567 Additional at following URL: http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=36041 Listen to Ali Abunimah via the following 'Democracy Now' segment: http://www.democracynow.org/article..../06/28/1421222 US Support for Israel PRIMARY MOTIVATION for tragic World Trade Center attacks in 1993 and on 9/11 as well: http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=39590 http://nomorewarforisrael.blogspot.com Normally I would avoid a thread like this- but this is too much. Israel has a nuclear weapons. No nuclear armed state can be destroyed. They have nukes. In a war with Syria- if the Syrians send ground troops into Israel, and they aren't immediately destroyed, and if (and this is a big if) they managed to threaten Israel exsistence, Israel can turn Damascus into a parking lot. No matter what the street wants, Syria, Iran, Egypt, or any coalition of Arab powers are ever going to fight Israel. It would ammount to sucide. |
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