Braindroppings

Well said Khodadad-e-aziz

completely onesided and along that eternal chart of following the IR-line... right up to the end.

Hezbollah has caused all this. They have repeatedly taunted Israel. While I was there they were doing this too, shooting rockets into Israel and claiming to be fighting for the Palestinians... and not only that, they are also hardcore in Lebanon as well... Always talking about the poor Palestinians and that makes them get away with enforcing their fascism in Lebanon.

Hezbollah is in the Government of Mr. Saniora, and in the parliament of Lebanon, hence, if Hezbollah decides to send rockets into Israel, repeatedly, then that makes the government of Lebanon responsible; this is (a repeated) act of war... But I didn't read anything of you mentioning that... where were you? Living it up uptown Teheran? Well jolly jolly good then.

Of course the Lebanese only tolerate Hezbollah because they can't stand up to it as it is the only remaining armed "party" of Lebanon, willy-nilly and randomly firing shots into Israel as well as enforcing armed checkpoints and even morality in Lebanon, as if they own it....

And where, pretty please, were you when they did this a few days ago, a few weeks ago, a few months ago, and actually the whole time? Were was your support for international law then? Do you know how many UN resultions and human rights laws Hezbollah breaks on daily basis and the government of Lebanon tolerates this because they are under the gun? And what do you say to this? What is it that is going to be justified later by the "arzyaabie shetaabzadeh"? Is all this only to secure another vacation in the Hezbollah mainland or do you seriously and honestly think this way... how far does that IRI education actually go? And what, do you think you are now brave with this stance? What about what goes on in Iran? Or is it okay for you to shoot off whatever against Israel and pro-Hezbollah and when it comes to Iran you can't comment because you live in the States? You want double standards? Look at yourself, and not even the Hezbollah you tolerate on the outside, but the Hezbollah that you tolerate inside...

I am certainly not supporting Israel. I am supporting Lebanon. But the government of Lebanon has one thing stopping it from being the government of Lebanon and that is the IRI-sponsored backwards machine of random and sophisticated aggression called the Hezbollah.

Khodadad, my friend, for once I have little to add. You have spoken many of the thoughts and feelings that are within me. I hope there will be a cease fire soon!

Khodadad, you might appreciate reading the posts of a freelance reporter named Chris Allbritton. He is an American who has spent a lot of time in Iraq in the last few years. He is currently in Lebanon reporting on the situation there. His articles have been published in Time Magazine and various newspapers. I have been reading his blog for several years now and I have found his posts to be very informative and insightful. Here is a link:

http://back-to-iraq.com/

"How about the next time a terrorist organization wants to run for office in your country, you say no?
How about the next time a terrorist organization has its members appointed to your country’s cabinet, you say no?
How about the next time a terrorist organization sets up shop in your capital city, you say no?"

One sided look at the world results in such statements. First of all, it ain't my country.

Second, all of the above happened in Ireland between 1906 and 1955, where the IRA, a recognised "terrorist" organization, took over the country from the very civilised British forces. Then it realised that a country (even not an empire) cannot be governed with the same weapons it was conquered with. It then turned into the Irish governemt. Almost all of the early officials of the Irish Free State and the Irish Republic were formerly officials of the IRA, involved in "terrorist" attacks against the British Forces, including Eamon de Valera. IRA and Ireland were given the chance by the rest of the world to turn non-violent and become the Celtic Tiger, maybe because they were not in the Middle East.

Early Israeli officials, including Isaac Shamir and Menachim Begin were also involved in "terrorist" organisations that fought for the independence of Israel from the British Mandate. Begin was personally involved in the world'd first ever airplane hijacking in 1947. They too were given the chance to turn civil and eventually become legitimate officials of the Israeli government. Again, Israel was given the chance although it was in the Middle East.

IRA disscussion: kucheye Ali (aleihessalam) chap!
A diversion from IRI, and what is going on.

Someone said, "One man's terrorist is another man's patriot". George Washington, who is referred to as "The Father of Our Country" by many Americans was essentially an insurgent leader during the American Revolution. He and his men certainly committed acts of murder against the British, and their hired Hessian mercenaries, that would be considered as terrorism by some people today.

Regarding Iran's role in the current mess, I am not convinced that the Mullahs are mainly interested in exporting their brand of Islamic society. Rather, I think they are using the Hesbollah as pawns to deflect the world's attention away from their desire to attain nuclear weapons. I believe that they will feel immune to attack if they get some nukes, just like North Korea.

I wonder, if there had been no "Axis of Evil" rhetoric by Bush, and no invasion of Iraq, would Iran feel the need for nuclear weapons? Would Israel and Hesbollah be locked in mortal combat, with hundreds of innocent civilians and children dying right now?