Bahu Virupaksha

Reply to Israel,The Gaza Blockade and International Reaction in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]There are valid binding resolutions. The Arabs just refuse to obey them[/quote] I think Istrael too has evaded quite a few binding UN resolutions.

Reply to Brad’s bookshelf: February 2010 in Books JoeUser Forums

[quote]With Winter getting along, my wife is insisting that I start taking the books I’ve recently read out of our bedroom and put them away downstairs[/quote] This seesmto be the case everywhere. I too am running out of space. My reading list for the same month, much different. Andrew, Cristopher. The Defence of the Realm: The Authorised History of the MI 5 Burnard, Trevor. Master, Tyranny and Desire McNeely and Wolverton. Reinventing Knowledge:

Reply to Home Owners and Foreclosures: Can Somebody Explain to Me... in Consumer Issues Stardock Forums

The root cause of the economic problems that the USA is facing is the prime lending crisis and the collapse of the housing market.

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[quote]It just goes to show that many (or perhaps most) people do not feel gratitude for those who help them in need but rather despise them, maybe for making them feel like they owe something[/quote][quote]Bahu, you are better than that. You know that both those sources have an agenda that is in conflict with the existence of Israel[/quote][quote]More Jews fled from Arab countries to Israel than Arabs from "Palestine" to Arab countries.[/quote] The Middle East had worked out the "gram

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[quote]The stories I heard from Israelis whose parents and grandparents fled persecution and murder in Arab countries certainly don't back up that thesis, and neither does the fact that most of the Arab world is now Jew-free (or the demand that any "Palestinian" state be Jew-free).[/quote][quote]I grant you that there have been Arab media FAR better informed and more sympathic towards Israel than European media. Educated Arabs are not quite as dumb as "educated" progressive Europeans.[/quote]

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[quote]If you believe Arab press reports you can just as well believe that Jews drink the blood of Christians because that is reported regularly too[/quote] I think the Arab press no longer sensationalises the relationship between Arabs and Jews. Certainly the "evil" atributed to them is more from Europeans than Arabs. Remember that Jews and Arabs lived peacefully in the centuries after the Crusades. Anti-semitism is a European phenomenon.

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[quote]Did you read the link? Can you provide alternative evidence?[/quote] I did see the link and Commentary certainly has a point of view. I am basing my judgement on pressrepotrs from US media and the Arab world. There is a shortage of medicines, essential supplies, fuel and even food. The tunnels have been closed and the people are suffering. I think Israel can allow humanitarian aid and I think Israelis are smart enough not to allow weapons and other such things. In the name of se

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[quote]The only issue I have with Gaza is the lack of religous freedom. I've had some friends killed there because of their religion (this happens in most Arab/Islamic controlled areas though). Gaza is a nice place. I like the food of that region[/quote][quote]The blockade absolutely has to be lifted.[/quote][quote]Gaza is certainly suffering mightily from the blockade[/quote] Religious freedom in Gaza may or may not be the issue. Living conditions there are horrencous. And the world r

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[quote]Why on earth does anybody think that any problem in the middle-east can be solved by creating another Arab state?[/quote] Why 1967 is considered the date at which a settlement can be achieved? Agreed the Arabs did use the Palestenian issue to force Israel into a war which the Arabs lost and lost badly. And also the 1973 war showed that right upto the 2008 Gaza invasion the IDF held the upper hand. Now the world has changed. A newer generation has grown that does not want

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It seems there is a strange nostalgia in all this. A return to the more innocent days when big powers decided the structure of the world. Israel has existed as a state for more than 6 decades and there is no question of any return to Palestine. However Israel expanded its UN mandated limits after 1967, the Yom Kippur war. A return to the 1967 border and the honorable statehood to the Palestineans will go a long way. I think the peace movement within Israel is also raising the same set

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[quote]The Arab nationalism promoted by Lawrence was the pro-Zionist Hashemite monarchy. If they had prevailed, we wouldn't have the mess [/quote] The Wahabi fascist state of Saudi Arabia with the rag heads House of Saud as its absolute monarchs was the creation of the British policy along with the Palestine Mandated territories, the caUSE OF ALL THE PROBLEM NOW.

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[quote]Why would nationalism and the nation state be irrelevant? In the ME most nations are still stateless. The injustice of handing over Ottoman- and European-ruled territories to Arab regimes has not been resolved yet.[/quote][quote]In defence of Bahu, I have seen him defend Israel and condemn Hamas openly and loudly during the Gaza conflict. When Israel and the world needed the truth, Bahu was there to provide. [/quote][quote]I extend my apologies for mischaracterizing your views, Bahu. I

Reply to Israel,The Gaza Blockade and International Reaction in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]If any group should get their own country its the Kurds. Again look at Iraqi, they're not rioting or bombing or demanding their own country. They're preparing and showing that they should have one. Thoughts? Agreed? Disagreed[/quote][quote]Ah, yes. Another sanctimonious homicide-bomber apologist prescribing what Israel 'must' do. The only surprise is that it took you so long to post it, Bahu[/quote] This statement is absurd. I have not even once supported the fanatics who kill

Reply to Tragedy in the Middle-East in War on Terror Stardock Forums

The concern was over the use of dispropotionate force against a humnitarian mission. Even the Israelis admit that the ships were not armed so why attack them causing the unfortunate death of 10 people. May be the hard line policy of the Israeli Governmant is proving a success, however the world would like to see a softer and gentler approach to the crisis in GAZA.

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[quote]Sudan needs foreign add more than Gaza does, so why does no one give a flip about Sudan.[/quote] The situation in Darfur and Gaza are not comparable.

Israel,The Gaza Blockade and International Reaction in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Israel enjoys a high degree of goodwill in many parts of the world and even professional critics of Israel have found much to admire in the manner in which the State of Israel conducts its no nonsense foreigh policy. The world opinion be damnned. As long of USA is not overly critical Israel does not seem to care. The lastest outrage committed on the high sea seems to have taken even the Obama Administration by surprise and Hilary Clinton has joined the rest of

Reply to Looking to expand my blogging, could use some advise. in Blogging Stardock Forums

I have also tried blogger.com and livejournal and wordpress.com and found the features availble at this particular site i.e. JoeUser.com unique. I have been blogging at this site for 6 years now and am very happy with it. Though I do feel that with the beta version now in place it is as good if not better than Blogspot.com

Reply to NYC Bomber is just another attack from AQ. in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote]We need to wake up before someone parks a nuke on our door[/quote] This is being alarmist. It is not easy to acquire the technology to make miniature nuclear devices and hence one may not take such positions even for merwely rhetorical purposes.

Reply to NYC Bomber is just another attack from AQ. in Politics JoeUser Forums

What will happen is that some terrorist is going to get lucky and we are going to find out that it came from a chain of events that we have been kept ignorant of. Every year, at least twice a year we are probed by AQ. When I say probed, I don’t mean one or two guys testing an airport, I mean every air, sea, and bus terminal is probed for a weakness two or three times by different terror cells already in the USA . One must distinguish Al Qaeda

Reply to Unrestrained Killing in Iraq in Current Events Stardock Forums

[quote]Bahu- See above. Believe what YOU want to.[/quote] I have read the DOD investigation report and have provided the link to the pdf downloadable version. Like you I too believe that facts are sacrosant and cannot be distorted to suit 'clever" argumentation. Now, the DoD investigation establishes two "facts": First, the two photograPHERS OF rEUTERS WERE INDEED KILLED. nOW they do make the admission that the 2 men may have accompanied the armed insurgents seen in the area. This vers

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http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/04/06/vo.apache.reuters.journalists.cnn The link will take you to the full unedited 34 minute version of the incident.

Reply to Unrestrained Killing in Iraq in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Here is the link to the DoD internal Inquiry: http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/images/04/06/6--2nd.brigade.combat.team.15-6.investigation.pdf

Reply to Daily Poll: Recent oil spill puts off-shore drilling on the naughty list. in Current Events Stardock Forums

This disaster should not force a rethink on the issue. The only way forward is to ensure that the Middle Esat does not hold the rest of the world to ransom over oil. Where will the oil-sheikhs be 20 years hence when they run out of oil. Terrorism will also end.

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[quote]) The video is not doctored. The U.S department of defense has publicly stated that it is the real deal. Keep in mind this is an organization for whom the SecDef is still the fellow appointed by Bush (Gates) and while he puts up a quiet demeanor in public is frighteningly effective behind the scenes. If it is, as you say, doctored, please provide your proof, referencing evidence from the DOD or other government organization[/quote] This is essentially what I have also said. The

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I forgot more more point. I have not made any value judgement about the incident as the place I come from worse things happen and the so=-caLLED POLITICIANS GET AWAY WITH murder, rape and pillage. So I record my admiration for the institution that kept the video, did not destry it and when confronted with the video did not claim that it was fake and morphed. So the video is not for propaganda and I certainly am not using it as such.