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Originally posted by Daedalus3
"The US is ineffective.. the UN is no good.. the UN is no better than the league of nations.."
oh put a sock in it!!!
ENOUGH!!!
Lets hear 'WHY' some of feel that the UN is not worth it(whatever 'it' might be), and then we have a discussion or our hands..
".... Israel has been a gross human rights violator for some 50 years."
REPLY: Hmmmmm care to remind us of when the last time Isreali people suicide-bombed civilians?
[edit on 28-7-2006 by zappafan1]
Originally posted by bombers8
Also absent is the fact that the conclusion that the UN is anti-Semitic because of space monkeys that tell them to be so. And for the same reason.
Originally posted by bombers8
What is absent from your analysis is attention to the fact that the UN has never said squat about Arafat's sponsor of terrorism.
I wonder if the UN flag will be flown at half-mast, and if Kofi Annan will be "deeply moved" to give a "special tribute" to Ariel Sharon when he finally passses from this world.
Originally posted by hogtie
You're right it doesn't prove anything. Except that one side relies on factual information, while the other relies mostly on rhetoric, which is fine if you judge an issue based on who screams the loudest.
Originally posted by subz
Im sorry but that is no where near to fulfilling the burden of proof required to paint the entire UN as anti-semitic. What the hell is a space monkey?
Originally posted by bombers8
I wonder if the UN flag will be flown at half-mast, and if Kofi Annan will be "deeply moved" to give a "special tribute" to Ariel Sharon when he finally passses from this world.
Why should they give a special tribute to a convicted war criminal like Sharon?
Originally posted by bombers8
My fault. I thought that you were capable of seeing the sarcasm directed against your statement that "israel has been a gross violator of human rights for over 50 years"
Originally posted by bombers8
Convicted war criminal?
The Kahane Commission, an Israeli body convened to investigate the Sabra and Shatila mass murders, found Sharon to be complicit in the crimes, and he was fired by Prime Minister Begin as Defense Minister shortly after the report's release.
Originally posted by bombers8
And Yassar Arafat, who did receive a "special tribute" and a UN flag flown at half mast, was a humanitarian?:shk:
Originally posted by bombers8
It's plain to see which side your sentiments fall on, regardless of your attempt to paint yourself as a moderate.
Originally posted by subz
Are you assuming that what people link to is considered fact? Did you have any criteria to base your tally on? Did you examine the voracity of the links submitted in this thread? If I linked to a wikipedia that was written by some biased authour would you throw that into my 'side' as a factual link?
What you are calling rhetoric I class as people's opinions, which is what this discussion board solicits. We dont want people to only quote external sources and copy and paste URLs, we want to hear what they think and what they have to say. That is to be backed up with pertinent quotes and links if needed, but not necessary.
No one is forcing anyone to believe what you or I say, that is up to the reader to decide. If you feel you have said as much as you can on the topic and that you are convincing, fine, leave it at that. But dont try and paint some kind of superior picture of your 'side' based on the number of URLs posted or quoted in this thread, that's useless.
Originally posted by subz
Ariel Sharon: Profile of an unrepentant War Criminal
Do you know what the Sabra and Shatila mass murder/massacre was? It was the mass slaughter of unarmed men, women and children in Lebanon by forces allied to Israel. Israeli forces surrounded the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps and prevented any refugees from escaping the slaughter. So yes, Ariel Sharon is a convicted war criminal who was sacked from the position of Defence Minister by Israeli Prime Minister Begin.
Originally posted by subz
Since you've been a member for only one month you might not be aware that I source everything I quote.
But you seem to be under some serious misconception that everything that comes from "official" news sources or publications are fact.
Also im not going to be dragged into the minutia of 200+ posts, I simply do not have the time.
Originally posted by hogtie
Ouch. You got me. I'm new, and dumb as a brick, to boot. Most people source their quotes. I'm just suprised you quoted. You get a point!
Originally posted by hogtie
Its a shame, really. At least I read your posts, and did everyone else the same courtesy before replying.
Originally posted by subz
Israeli forces surrounded the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps and prevented any refugees from escaping the slaughter. So yes, Ariel Sharon is a convicted war criminal who was sacked from the position of Defence Minister by Israeli Prime Minister Begin.
Originally posted by subz
It wasnt an attack. You feigned surprise that I sourced a quote. I was giving you a context that I always source my quotes....
I read them all, im just not going to go over them all with a fine tooth comb on a fools errand of tallying up the amount of URLs and pontificating on which are "factual" and which are "false". Gee, I'd have to be paid to do something like that!
It blows my mind this logic. Also i think it clearly shows the propaganda machine in play. Israel bombs a u.n. building, yet it the "terroists" fault.
July 27, 2006
UNITED NATIONS — An apparent discrepancy in the portrayal of events surrounding the deaths of four unarmed U.N. observers in Lebanon threatens to unravel Secretary-General Annan's initial accusation that Israel "deliberately" targeted the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon.
by V Kaminski:
Puhleeze... General Mackenzie is a twice-failed political hack.
Originally posted by V Kaminski
Yes, General Mackenzie's interpretation of supposed "code" (baloney, you call it in - it is what it is) is just that... a dis-informing guess. Like the targetting? There should be "Hell-to-pay", but I really think this'll go "under-rug-swept". Maybe the Chinese will pursue it but I doubt it. Victor K.