Comments on: Take A Hike, Moussa! http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/01/16/take-a-hike-moussa/ Blogging Lebanon since 2005 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:42:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: insurance auto auction woman car cheap insurance uk http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/01/16/take-a-hike-moussa/#comment-9457 insurance auto auction woman car cheap insurance uk Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:43:17 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/01/16/take-a-hike-moussa/#comment-9457 A pleasure to look at, go on with this! Thanks! A pleasure to look at, go on with this! Thanks!

]]> By: Craig http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/01/16/take-a-hike-moussa/#comment-9456 Craig Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:37:23 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/01/16/take-a-hike-moussa/#comment-9456 <i>It looks as if this is a deliberate attempt by both sides to up the ante and create some kind of frenzy.</i> Why do you say "both sides", JAT? When has Iran ever needed a provocation? It seems to me that Iran historically turns up the heat when it's feeling cocky. Also, I think you have left out several "sides". The US has not been a major player in Lebanon in over 20 years. Why do you make Lebanon's problems sound like it's all about a US/Iran showdown? From where I'm sitting (I'm American) it seems like the US is only reluctantly involved with Lebanon at this point in time. And the next US President is as likely to turn a blind eye to Lebanon as anything else. Which candidate do you think is going to keep Lebanon on the front burner? I don't believe any of them would. The fact of the matter is, the US doesn't have any stake in Lebanon, and the history between the two countries is very bad. It looks as if this is a deliberate attempt by both sides to up the ante and create some kind of frenzy.

Why do you say “both sides”, JAT? When has Iran ever needed a provocation? It seems to me that Iran historically turns up the heat when it’s feeling cocky.

Also, I think you have left out several “sides”. The US has not been a major player in Lebanon in over 20 years. Why do you make Lebanon’s problems sound like it’s all about a US/Iran showdown? From where I’m sitting (I’m American) it seems like the US is only reluctantly involved with Lebanon at this point in time. And the next US President is as likely to turn a blind eye to Lebanon as anything else. Which candidate do you think is going to keep Lebanon on the front burner? I don’t believe any of them would. The fact of the matter is, the US doesn’t have any stake in Lebanon, and the history between the two countries is very bad.

]]> By: JAT http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/01/16/take-a-hike-moussa/#comment-9455 JAT Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:50:53 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/01/16/take-a-hike-moussa/#comment-9455 I really find it very interesting that it is during Bush's visit that the rhetoric b/w Iran and its allies and the US have been more agressive and use of veiled threats now have become more common. It looks as if this is a deliberate attempt by both sides to up the ante and create some kind of frenzy. On the one hand the US gets to sell billions of $$ in weapons and Iran...well gets to mobilize the public against the great satan. In the meantime, the tension is at its highest and we continue to pay the price with said threats being carried out on our soil. I really find it very interesting that it is during Bush’s visit that the rhetoric b/w Iran and its allies and the US have been more agressive and use of veiled threats now have become more common. It looks as if this is a deliberate attempt by both sides to up the ante and create some kind of frenzy. On the one hand the US gets to sell billions of $$ in weapons and Iran…well gets to mobilize the public against the great satan. In the meantime, the tension is at its highest and we continue to pay the price with said threats being carried out on our soil.

]]> By: Bad Vilbel http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/01/16/take-a-hike-moussa/#comment-9454 Bad Vilbel Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:42:27 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/01/16/take-a-hike-moussa/#comment-9454 Hah. Big surprise. We all knew the AL initiative was stillborn from day 1. Hah. Big surprise. We all knew the AL initiative was stillborn from day 1.

]]> By: Danny http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/01/16/take-a-hike-moussa/#comment-9453 Danny Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:33:41 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/01/16/take-a-hike-moussa/#comment-9453 N0O ONE THINKS THIS IS AN INTERNAL MATTER. Except Orangebutt is spinning it that way. What can people do? Break it up! At least we can have a small slice of heaven... N0O ONE THINKS THIS IS AN INTERNAL MATTER. Except Orangebutt is spinning it that way. What can people do? Break it up! At least we can have a small slice of heaven…

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