Here's an excellent piece from anti-war.com by Jim Lobe on how hard-line neo-conservatives are opposing the UN brokered ceasefire in the Israel/Lebanon war. The question I have asked many times before and will continue to ask is why, if these people love military conflict so much, don't they ever enlist? I'm sure either the US Army or the IDF would be very happy to have them.
http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=9530
ps I've just been informed that our good friend Stephen Pollard points out on his webblog that Charles Krauthammer, one of the people Lobe mentions in his piece, is in a wheelchair. Fair enough, we can excuse him from military service. But what about the rest of them? And come to think of it, what about you Stephen?
A bit of active military service in Iraq would do wonders for your waistline.
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When you enlist for active service in Iraq, Mr Chimpanzee. As the war is being led by a chimp, I'm sure they'll accept you.
Your last reply contained a libellous claim, Mr chimpanzee, but if you delete that part and send in the rest again, I'll happily post. fyi I've never depicted Belarus as a 'veritable paradise on earth' I've merely sought to correct some of the misinformation about the country that is routinely bandied about.
Neil, by your own logic you yourself aren't allowed to protest or object to the war either if you don't fight.
Sorry Girls, but Neil is right. Talking tough from a pulpit, jowls quivering, is typical for those that use others. War Hawks are normally guys who have never served, been shot at, or known the mindless isolation and fear of war. They are the fans at sporting events. Only worse. They are not "wannabes". They are users. They use up proud young men as their Viagra for their own private purposes.
The whole point about opposing a ceasefire in the Lebanon conflict is the belief that it will lead to further conflict later on, when Hezbollah may be stronger. The idea that they don't want a ceasefire because they have a general love of war is absurd. It is like arguing that someone who believes firemen should tackle burning buildings does so because he likes fires.
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