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BLONDIE
Barsoom
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Posted - 09/06/2008 : 15:20:01
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| South Georgia would have been even better. It would have been a present from Britain. |
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Tombstone Blues
Earthsea
2295 Posts |
 Posted - 09/06/2008 : 15:56:55
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Originally posted by Daveb
I wonder what would have happen if after WW2 the Jews were given a homeland in the Falklands, for instance. Maybe not a natural homeland but a homeland, could be anywhere.
I wonder what would have happened if oil had never been found in the middle east. |
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Daveb
Earthsea
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Posted - 09/06/2008 : 17:46:17
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| It would be the same as Africa and left to rot! |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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camelot
Barsoom
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2008 : 05:15:48
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| I wonder what will happen when the oil runs out? |
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BLONDIE
Barsoom
491 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2008 : 14:42:51
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| I've ceased wondering. I won't be here when that happens. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 17/06/2008 : 19:42:44
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| Some good news? |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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camelot
Barsoom
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - 18/06/2008 : 04:13:00
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Hopefully Miriam it is good news. But:
Rice warns on Israel settlements
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Jewish settlement building was having a "negative effect" on efforts to forge a Middle East peace deal.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7455231.stm
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 18/06/2008 : 06:05:19
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West Bank 'attackers' arrested.
Good! |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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BLONDIE
Barsoom
491 Posts |
Posted - 18/06/2008 : 14:39:10
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| Israel is never going to give up its illegal settlements. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 18/06/2008 : 14:45:23
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| Oh ... I don't know ... it did withdraw from Gaza which is something we thought we would never see. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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BLONDIE
Barsoom
491 Posts |
Posted - 18/06/2008 : 14:52:09
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| Only because it suited the Israelis'. It was costing a them lot of money to remain there, and it was much simpler and cheaper to send in the odd tank now and again. Typically they destroyed everything they had built before they left. |
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BLONDIE
Barsoom
491 Posts |
Posted - 18/06/2008 : 14:52:45
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| Duplicated post deleted. |
Edited by - BLONDIE on 21/06/2008 03:08:07 |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 18/06/2008 : 14:55:22
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| Actually they did not Blondie ... much was destroyed after they left. No scorched earth policy was employed by the Israeli ... |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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BLONDIE
Barsoom
491 Posts |
Posted - 18/06/2008 : 15:12:44
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| That's not what I was told by friends who lived there at the time. Obviously my news sources are different. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 18/06/2008 : 15:27:09
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| Obviously ... |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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camelot
Barsoom
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - 19/06/2008 : 04:47:12
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I thought I heard that some houses (and a temple?) were destroyed. I will search...it seemed petty at the time I read it but it was not ME being forced from a house I called home. The way things were (are?) the houses probably would have been destroyed rather than occupied anyway. I mean, they were occupied by JEWS after all. Some religous nut would have declared it was better to live in the sand than houses occupied by the non belivers. Arggg!
Settlements will be the undoing of Israel if the Israelies do not wake up and realise it is the ONLY thing that "justifies" outside attacks. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 19/06/2008 : 06:08:47
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Yes, they were destroyed by the Palestinians - after the withdrawal! I remember seeing the newsreels and thinking, the silly sods ... they could have used those places!
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=4843167 |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
Edited by - Miriam Binder on 19/06/2008 06:15:17 |
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BLONDIE
Barsoom
491 Posts |
Posted - 19/06/2008 : 14:30:27
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| They were destroyed by the Israelis BEFORE they left. Read my last post. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 19/06/2008 : 21:49:59
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| I read your last post Blondie ... I have also put up a link which may perhaps show us another side ... |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
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camelot
Barsoom
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - 27/06/2008 : 04:55:35
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Passing up a chance for peace for real estate...argg. Talk about short sighted opportunism. Just go ahead and reinforce the stereotype dear Israeli leadership. This could be the undoing of a great nation if it continues…
"In the 11 months before the Annapolis summit, Israel sought bids to build fewer than 100 homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem , which Israel took from Jordan in the 1967 Six-Day War, according to Israeli government figures. Since Annapolis , Israel has asked companies to start building more than 1,700 homes, a 1,600 percent increase."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080626/wl_mcclatchy/2976946
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Daveb
Earthsea
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 29/06/2008 : 10:17:43
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| I know ... it is unbelievably myopic and so counter productive Camelot. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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camelot
Barsoom
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2008 : 00:37:17
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Syria sees no Israel peace before Bush quits
I have to say thats a good sign...at least we know the chance for peace exsists.
The greatest US president of all time will be gone at about the same time the US television industry must , by law, broadcast in HiDef only. Things should look much brighter and clearer in 2009.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080707/wl_nm/syria_israel_assad_dc |
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camelot
Barsoom
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2008 : 04:05:52
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A new variation on the constant Israeli cry of " there is no one to negotiate with..." Only this time its the Israeli PM. A real conspiracy nut might say that peace was getting to be too close at hand for a certain faction of the Israeli government.
Shaul Mofaz, Israel's Iranian-born deputy premier, launched a campaign to succeed scandal-struck Ehud Olmert as prime minister with a vow to put the country's security at the top of his agenda....
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411366/1983940 |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2008 : 07:05:12
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| Fingers crossed, Tzipi Livni .... |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Tombstone Blues
Earthsea
2295 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2008 : 10:05:47
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'Tzipi' ? is that pronounced 'zippy'?
If so, I can see all kinds of hilarity ensuing in the future. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2008 : 10:18:24
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| I bet!! No, you pronounce the T very definitely ... its like the 'tse' we Jews use in mock resignation. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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FunnyBones
Barsoom
Australia
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 07/08/2008 : 14:21:15
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quote:
Originally posted by FunnyBones
Meaning from Africa?
By all accounts they have fulfilled the promise they made and now they are looking to continue on a case by case basis. So what is your problem with it FunnyBones? |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Israel, Palestine, et al ...
