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George Bush is now calling Hezbollah a "state within a state". According to him this must be a bad thing. That one political party, albeit an extremist one, within a nation would take control and run roughshod over the other, without taking into account the consequences on the entire country is a downright crime. I mean, how dare Hezbollah, a democratically elected political party, with control of a military force initiate agression against another country? Surely that kind of thing only happens in third world banana republics who have no idea how democracy really works, right? So Hezbollah didn't stage a debate or get a consenus on the decision to kidnap some Israeli soldiers. So what that a small number of powerful leaders made a unilateral decision to do so? According to his reasoning (or lack thereof I'm afraid) the Republican party in this country is a terrorist organization attacking other "nation states". They have commandeered the country and through the use of military force are waging a pre-emptive war on a country that did not provoke us. So in addition to the debate regarding who the bigger fascists are, let's also examine who the bigger terrorists are as well.
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Posted By: Beth Posted on: Aug. 21, 2006 at 7:27 PM  7 Comments
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Aug. 22, 2006 at 04:05:01 AM
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| I agree with Indie, but I still love the analogy Beth. It also coulda used a cool graphic with snakes.
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Aug. 22, 2006 at 06:21:23 AM
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| SOMEONE GET THOSE MOTHERF***ING SNAKES OUT THE MOTHERF***ING WHITEHOUSE!!!
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Aug. 22, 2006 at 03:03:36 PM
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| While Indie and Phaedrus might be nicely disagreeing with you I will take a somewhat different tact. You are so wrong about this it is actually embarassing to see that you had a thought like this and instead of it simply being a stupid thought, you proclaimed it to the world in print thus making us all know how off base you are. A comparison of Hezbollah to the KKK with its extreme thoughts or even to that of the Nation of Islam hosted by Louis Farakan (and I don't care if I misspelled his name) would have been closer although neither of them have their own standing military force. If you would have described them as an organization even remotely like that of the IRA in Ireland I could have at least understood your approach, but comparing Hezbollah to the Rep. Party is like comparing the Dems to COmmunist Party of the late Soviet Union, though funny when thought of, there is no real simularity between the two. The Dems want more government working for the people, not employing them for everything. BIG difference. Like Republicans waging a congrressionall approve military action while Hezbollah, a non national military force (militia) doing as it pleases without any constitutional authority to do so. BIG difference. Next time you have an idea, kill it before it spreads to the net. |
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Aug. 22, 2006 at 05:09:00 PM
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| How many times have conservatives pundits compared Democrats/Liberals to terrorists, including that fine hose bag you often rush to defend, mAnn Coulter? Now a liberal dares to compare the Republican party to Hezbollah and you blow a gasket. You know, you're right. I would never compare Republicans to a terrorist group -- the nascent Nazi party of the 30's is more apropos. BTW, it's amusing to see you lecture somebody about the embarrassment of putting stupid thoughts to pen. I'm sure we have all had our moments, but you have had some real whoopers. Glad to see your computer is up and running again. It's no fun without your scathing commentary. Beth, I don't agree with your premise either . . . it's not particularly constructive, and on a purely pragmatic level, will not sway reasonable opinions to our side. But nonetheless, you deserve better that the trash rating that AA gave you. I will try to make up for this with my 10. And congratulations for making the op-ed page of the AZ Repugnant! |
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Aug. 22, 2006 at 07:04:43 PM
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| Why do you have to be so obnoxious AA? While I didn't agree with Beth’s premise in this article, I don't think that she deserved such harsh words. As MiC writes, “you (meaning YOU AS IN AA) have had some real whoopers.” Beth had a wonderful article: [link:www.voiceofarizona.com] She will be a valuable contributor to this site. |
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Aug. 23, 2006 at 03:22:52 PM
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| I don't know indie616. I think I have to go along with Beth on this one. www.MoronInCharge.com, I certainly have to agree with your statement that "I would never compare Republicans to a terrorist group -- the nascent Nazi party of the 30's is more apropos." |
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Right or wrong, a debate on the Afghan and Iraq war was held in the US Congress, and was approved. The American people supported the war. It is true that many of the American people (including me) believed the claims of the adminstration about WMD, terrorist connections etc and have buyer's remorse, but the fact is the democratic process functioned.
This is much different than Hezbollah unilaterally deciding to kidnap/kill Israeli soldiers. Lebanon was making progress towards real democratic reform before this latest debacle.
A state within a state is never going to work. Especially a terrorist organization within a new fledging democratic state.
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