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truthpusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 03:29 PM Original message |
(Nearly Half Million Protesters) Answer Hezbollah Call in Beirut |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. The crowd on TV looked huge. |
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Charles19 (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 03:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Syria always has planned to pull out |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 03:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. They may need these troops to protect their country from Bush. |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 04:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Many in the eastern press say the Syrian troops are needed |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 04:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Please point me to a source that "Syria always has planned to pull... |
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kliljedahl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. Why do they hate Freedom®? |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. Ahem..the Today Show said it was "thousands" & showed 5 seconds of footage |
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old blue (225 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yeah, and according to * today, |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Mmmm gonna have to call a "too Jewish" on that line by W |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 04:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. "Too Jewish"??? |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Sorry probably not the best choice |
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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 04:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. but if we remember correctly when it was the Ukraine |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 04:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Actually I heard this morning that the Ukraine was a great victory for W |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 04:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. But the Ukraine had three BushCo backed PR firms |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Pres. Damien Thorn sho' is fast! |
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skippythwndrdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. English signs? |
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DixieSticks (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 08:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
61. Pretty smart... |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. Why, exactly, is this our business? Has anyone called for the US to |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Ummm...the UN has called for Syria to withdraw. |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. And the UN has called for a lot of other things we don't seem interested |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. You missed my point entirely. |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. You miss my point entirely. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Okay....point taken. Regardless, of who else is for it.... |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. What am I against? |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I am for a free and sovereign Lebanon. |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Good. I'm for a free and sovereign everybody. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. We won't know 'til it happens, will we? |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. BTW, I hope you condemned the role of the U.S. in Bosnia and Kosovo... |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Hm Now where have we heard this before. If one is against current foreign |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I value consistency in one's thinking. |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. It is not a sole US vs Syria issue, it is a corporate elite vs Syria issue |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Sadly and tellingly, you left the Lebanese people out of the equation... |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. The Lebanese people do not get a choice, just as Iraqis didn't get one |
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Vladimir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. You mean the half a million in Beirut? |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. The population of Lebanon is over 500,000 people. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 06:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. threats work |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 06:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Where do you get this insight into the psyche of the average Lebanese? |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. that's not the point. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. If you believe its not "our place" (which I agree with), why do you think. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 06:21 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I don't think it's Syria's place either |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 06:22 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. But, you appear to be for the status quo...which is a repressive .. |
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Vladimir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 06:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. Whatever the Lebanese want |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 06:40 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Thanks for the observations... |
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Vladimir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 06:36 AM Response to Reply #52 |
74. No idea as to where the interview |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 06:44 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. mine either |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 06:48 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. I understand, Shadow.... |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 08:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
59. If the people of Lebanon want Syria to stay, should Syria stay? n/t |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. Over Half A Milllion People!!! Where did chimpy*s Democracy go? |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 09:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
78. It's alive and well |
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revolution now (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. I have one thing to say about this.. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 06:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. US shrugs at Pro-Syria rally in Beruit |
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doc05 (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 06:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. Is this what we've sunk |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 06:13 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. I'm not happy. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 06:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Well, heck....don't do that! :) |
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frictionlessO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 07:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
56. Oh no sweety we're just happy so many support our |
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doc05 (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 07:18 AM Response to Reply #56 |
75. "a different view of these events?" |
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anakie (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
23. That these people could protest/demonstrate |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 05:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Don't count your bloodlessness before it hatches, though |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
42. N/t |
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LdyGuique (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
45. The politics in Lebanon is far more complex and Syria has |
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cosmicdot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 11:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
72. would you recommend this source as biased-free? n/t |
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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
55. Nasrullah staged this in a very savvy way...no Hezbollah flags, just |
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Matilda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
57. I have no particular affection for Syria, |
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Toronto Ron (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 08:05 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Israeli domination of the Middle East |
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Matilda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 09:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Menachim Begin agreed to the return of Sinai to Egypt |
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Toronto Ron (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 09:47 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. My reply |
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Matilda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 09:59 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. I'm afraid I don't share your optimism. |
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Toronto Ron (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 08:11 AM Response to Reply #67 |
76. A couple of things: |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 09:20 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. Reichstag fire anyone? |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
60. So much for all of that "Bush liberated Lebanon" nonsense. n/t |
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DixieSticks (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 09:00 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. total... |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
66. NE1 else think it's weird the pro-Syrians are virtually all male? |
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Matilda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 12:41 AM Response to Reply #66 |
73. Islamic women are less likely to be seen taking part in any demo |
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Vladimir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 08:58 AM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Ah but they did manage |
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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
68. Syrian-backed group Amal gave a figure of 1.5 million. |
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catastrophicsuccess (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
69. Just a stupid observation from a newb |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. It use to be, but now is caught in the middle of a tug of war |
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chlamor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-05 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
70. The Lebanese People Remember History- Conquer and Divide |
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