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Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Fred G on Fri May 23 17:21:12 2008

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LOL George Bush Neville Chamberlain 1939 appeasement blah blah blah

Not everyone is happy, of course

Christian Science Monitor has an interesting take, as usual

NYT - Advice from White House is not always followed

your pal,
Fred

PS Obama gets it right :D McCain needs summer school :D

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Fred G on Fri May 23 17:26:21 2008, in response to Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Fred G on Fri May 23 17:21:12 2008.

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OH my I apologize for the wrong board. I'm still laughing though.

your pal,
Fred

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Nilet on Fri May 23 17:26:47 2008, in response to Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Fred G on Fri May 23 17:21:12 2008.

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Maybe they'll finally make peace and build a rail link from Israel to Syria!

There, now it's on topic.

Heh.



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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by mark S. Feinman on Fri May 23 17:53:49 2008, in response to Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Fred G on Fri May 23 17:21:12 2008.

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Israel wants to expands the Haifa subway but Syria has reservations about it. Hopefully the mediator will help settle this and we can see some mideast subway expansion.

--Mark :)

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Fri May 23 18:13:30 2008, in response to Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Fred G on Fri May 23 17:21:12 2008.

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wow, news from over 6 months ago, and in the wrong forum too.

What are they talking about anyway? It's the only quiet peaceful border out of all of them with zero incidents.

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 23 21:19:27 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Nilet on Fri May 23 17:26:47 2008.

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Maybe they'll finally make peace

You mean Israel will let them take over their country and they'll submit to being slaughtered by the Syrians?

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 23 21:20:30 2008, in response to Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Fred G on Fri May 23 17:21:12 2008.

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Under pressure from the EU and UN, of course.

If they end up surrendering the Golan Heights, expect more rockets from Hezbollah. But you'd like to see that, right?

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Nilet on Fri May 23 21:27:15 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 23 21:19:27 2008.

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Oh, nice job turning a throwaway joke into a political minirant, there, Mr. Internet R Serious Business!

You'd have a hard time finding someone who could care less about the petty little disputes that countries in the Middle East have been killing each other over for decades, but if it'll poke you, I'll be happy to defend the not Israelis.

You do realize that Israel is a country that was plopped there uninvited by European colonial powers, right?

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Jeff Rosen on Fri May 23 21:32:38 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Nilet on Fri May 23 21:27:15 2008.

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["You do realize that Israel is a country that was plopped there uninvited by European colonial powers, right?"]

You really have no idea what you're talking about. Just like when you say that the cops robbed you.



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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by monorail on Fri May 23 21:34:59 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Fred G on Fri May 23 17:26:21 2008.

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it's not the wrong board nor the ironing board.....

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Nilet on Fri May 23 22:05:39 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Jeff Rosen on Fri May 23 21:32:38 2008.

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Naturally, you can't think of anything to dispute my points, so you merely spout a general insult that contains absolutely no information of value.

Furthermore, your denial of the fact that cops are harassing railfans does little to help your credibility and does, in fact, have the opposite effect.

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 23 22:19:42 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Nilet on Fri May 23 21:27:15 2008.

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You do realize that Israel is a country that was plopped there uninvited by European colonial powers, right?

False. You've been listening to EU propaganda. Would you prefer the Ottoman Empire still be there and that the Jews have no state of their own?

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 23 22:20:15 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Nilet on Fri May 23 21:27:15 2008.

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You'd have a hard time finding someone who could care less about the petty little disputes that countries in the Middle East have been killing each other over for decades

Right. You're just trying to get a wad of cash from the NYPD

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 23 22:20:52 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Nilet on Fri May 23 22:05:39 2008.

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He didn't insult you.

Do you play the same games out on the street with the cops that supposedly harass you all the time?

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Easy on Fri May 23 22:25:44 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 23 22:19:42 2008.

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I trust EU propaganda more than I trust your propaganda.

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Nilet on Fri May 23 22:26:46 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 23 22:20:52 2008.

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Let's see.

Feed the dog... check.

Feed the cats... check.

Feed the troll... check.

OK, I've fed all the pe(s)ts. I'm done with this thread.

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Easy on Fri May 23 22:27:30 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 23 22:20:15 2008.

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That's a nasty accusation. You have any proff?

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 23 22:30:07 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Easy on Fri May 23 22:27:30 2008.

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It's all over Subchat. Any thread where he gets "harassed" by the cops is proff. He's really showing his true colors in this thread—maybe antisemitism gets him excited, I dunno.

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Easy on Fri May 23 22:32:18 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 23 22:30:07 2008.

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You made the accusation that he was trying to get money from the NYPD. Any proff of that?

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Nilet on Fri May 23 22:32:30 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 23 22:30:07 2008.

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...maybe antisemitism gets him excited, I dunno.

Damn it, I don't want to overfeed the troll. But I can't help laughing about the fact that you're accusing a Jewish guy of antisemitism.

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by RonInBayside on Fri May 23 22:32:47 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 23 22:19:42 2008.

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I've been to houses that look like the Ottoman Empire. Everyone has his/her feet up. Even the cat has one. :0)

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by J trainloco on Fri May 23 22:32:51 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Easy on Fri May 23 22:25:44 2008.

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rofl. how true.

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by J trainloco on Fri May 23 22:35:52 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 23 22:19:42 2008.

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Would you prefer the Ottoman Empire still be there and that the Jews have no state of their own?

One can only wonder why you don't feel the same way about the Natives of this country.

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 23 22:41:28 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by J trainloco on Fri May 23 22:35:52 2008.

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Why are you changing the subject? There's no parallel whatsoever, and you're being dishonest about your new subject anyhow.

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 23 22:42:11 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Nilet on Fri May 23 22:32:30 2008.

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I can't help laughing about the fact that you're accusing a Jewish guy of antisemitism

It's no laughing matter. The letters SHJ mean nothing to you?

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by J trainloco on Fri May 23 22:53:10 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 23 22:41:28 2008.

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Lol, wrong as usual


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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Fri May 23 23:27:10 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 23 21:20:30 2008.

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they do have "legitmate claims" as an illegit group after all

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Spider-Pig on Sat May 24 02:41:48 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Nilet on Fri May 23 21:27:15 2008.

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You do realize that Israel is a country that was plopped there uninvited by European colonial powers, right?

No, he doesn't. Because that is something that only an IGNORANT FOOL "realizes." Are you an ignorant fool?

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Spider-Pig on Sat May 24 02:43:08 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Nilet on Fri May 23 22:26:46 2008.

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Unfortunate. You will continue to enjoy your ignorance.

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Spider-Pig on Sat May 24 02:44:24 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by J trainloco on Fri May 23 22:35:52 2008.

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If the Native American diaspora wants to return to America, they can feel free.

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Spider-Pig on Sat May 24 02:46:27 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 23 22:42:11 2008.

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He's not a self-hating Jew nor an antisemite. He just knows nothing about Israel except some anti-Israeli propaganda.

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Fred G on Sat May 24 08:35:54 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 23 21:20:30 2008.

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Israel is most likely planning an attack on Iran and is separating Syria from it. That and Syria's proximity require constant dialogue.

Ironic how Bush ended up calling Israelis "appeasers" in his speech, since these talks were going on already.

Since you're the second stupidest SubChatter, I figure this will go over your head, but I post it for the benefit of others.

your pal,
Fred

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Jeff Rosen on Sat May 24 09:20:24 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Nilet on Fri May 23 22:05:39 2008.

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Actually I have history to dispute your idiotic points, not revisionist history like your Arab side. Nobody plopped Israel there, there were always Jews there just like there were always Arabs there. The Jews fought for the little piece of land and the UN (which was actually useful in those days) just fairly partitioned the land so the Jews had part and the Palestinians had part.
There was never, EVER a country called Palestine. And as far as the occupied disputed territories are concerned Israel won them in a war that her enemies started. And she won them from Egypt, Jordan, Syria, & Lebanon, not from a nonexistant country called Palestine.

And as far as your police confrontations are concerned, you're lucky you didn't run into me before I retired, as instead of taking your precious memory thingy I would have broke your camera into little pieces, then hauled your ass to jail for some overtime. And if you took me to CCRB you would've got summonses every day after that until I got tired of it.

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Easy on Sat May 24 09:54:16 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Spider-Pig on Sat May 24 02:41:48 2008.

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I've always heard it the same way as Nilet. What did he say that was wrong? I've looked at wikipedia and it seems to agree that Israel was created by the UN after WWII.

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by RonInBayside on Sat May 24 10:06:16 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Fred G on Sat May 24 08:35:54 2008.

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LOL!

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by RonInBayside on Sat May 24 10:17:29 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Easy on Sat May 24 09:54:16 2008.

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And the Soviet Union was among the very first states to recognize Israel.

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by MJF on Sat May 24 10:36:31 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Fred G on Sat May 24 08:35:54 2008.

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Who is the first?

As if I didn't know. ;-)

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by MJF on Sat May 24 10:38:42 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Jeff Rosen on Sat May 24 09:20:24 2008.

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"And as far as your police confrontations are concerned, you're lucky you didn't run into me before I retired, as instead of taking your precious memory thingy I would have broke your camera into little pieces, then hauled your ass to jail for some overtime. And if you took me to CCRB you would've got summonses every day after that until I got tired of it. "


And this is what gives some cops a bad reputation. Totally unnecessary.




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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sat May 24 11:27:45 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Fred G on Sat May 24 08:35:54 2008.

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Yes, Baathist Assad, with is mustard gas, chemical wmds, Korean nukes, etc etc will become friends with Israel(little satan), the US(great satan), and Iran(the leader whose appointed by god to cleanse the world) all at once. And when Israel "gives back" the golan, although Damascus is in it's bibilical borders afaik, Syria will give back it's portion of Lebanon and lay off, and then Turkey will also follow suit and give back it's porition of occupied lands. And then from that, the Syrians will give the Kurds citizenship and give them an eduction and not arrest them for speaking their own language or identitifying with themselves and other human rights.
In turn they will secure the Iraqi border like the Lebanon side.

You, sir, are a visionary

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Easy on Sat May 24 11:38:13 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sat May 24 11:27:45 2008.

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lol. Whether or not they become friends is irrelevant. You really have no idea why countries have a dialog do you?

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Peter Rosa on Sat May 24 11:58:51 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Jeff Rosen on Sat May 24 09:20:24 2008.

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And as far as your police confrontations are concerned, you're lucky you didn't run into me before I retired, as instead of taking your precious memory thingy I would have broke your camera into little pieces, then hauled your ass to jail for some overtime. And if you took me to CCRB you would've got summonses every day after that until I got tired of it.

Fuck you and fuck that little prick Arthur, you ignorant coward.



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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sat May 24 12:35:53 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Nilet on Fri May 23 21:27:15 2008.

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"You do realize that Israel is a country that was plopped there uninvited by European colonial powers, right?"

Like Puerto Rico, America, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Yeman, Oman, Iraq, Jordan, et al?

Interesting. Does that history book go back before 1996 you're using?

Unless you're talking about arbitrary borders. then I agree, Moses tomb should be in Israel proper. Along with judenrein Hebron, and the rest.

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sat May 24 12:43:25 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Easy on Sat May 24 11:38:13 2008.

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"You really have no idea why countries have a dialog do you?"

The big question is, what would you talk about, and with who(m)?

You can talk to them if you feel weak and want to come down the dangerous bully neighbor while you're about to do something(like take care of a Korean weapons plant near the border). Otherwise the current state seems like a win-win.
Unless it's true and Syria doesn't want to talk anymore, because they like Obama's views better and they'd rather wait a few months. That gives the purpose away imo.

And Iran, o/t, has been compromised and bribed to it's limits. I'd call that a compromise. Doesn't seem to be working. I thought we have been talking to them.

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Easy on Sat May 24 12:53:16 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sat May 24 12:43:25 2008.

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The big question is, what would you talk about, and with who(m)?

You discuss the interests of the United States. You make sure there is an understanding of what those interests are. Everyone assumes that our enemies know exactly what we want from them and that's true in the big picture, but not always in the details.

Plus even attempting to start a dialog makes you the good guy. Should things go downhill we'd get more support from the rest of the world because of that. If we had attempted to negotiate with Hussein we would have much more support from the rest of the world when we ultimately went to war.

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sat May 24 12:56:51 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Easy on Sat May 24 09:54:16 2008.

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Wikipedia, which changes info for money, is under federal investigation for pedophilia.

Unlike other repliers, I see you're joking with semantics, but here's two hypothetical for anyone else to correct.

Jerusalem, Hebron, and Bethlehem were major cities, even under european occupation, at the time the arabian peninsula was nothing but nomads and hills.
Hebron was a jewish majority city until destroyed and cleansed by TransJordanian forced in '48.
fuzzy math three, find me the highways, rail lines, towns, and houses built by the 7million palestinians. Who built those nice places in gaza? Sorry, I've seen arab photoalbums of gaza, it's a very nice seaside city.


The big temple mount mosque, and al aksa(a former church), was empty and crumbling until the king of Jordan(what happened to him? anyone...anyone?).

I forget what happened to stones of the Church of Nea, but that reminds me....free constantonople!

That's enough out of me and debunking one line talking points that don't fit. It's memorial day.
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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Easy on Sat May 24 13:04:45 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sat May 24 12:56:51 2008.

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Wikipedia, which changes info for money, is under federal investigation for pedophilia.

Link?

Unlike other repliers, I see you're joking with semantics...

Oh no! You're not an antisemantite are you? ;)

I wasn't being overly semantic this time. I really don't know much about the formation of Israel. The middle east has never interested me and I don't have any personal interest in any of the countries, Israel included.

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Fred G on Sat May 24 13:12:09 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sat May 24 11:27:45 2008.

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Ah, I knew numero uno would step up to the plate.

You don't engage in dialogue with your enemies to become friends. You talk to them to lay down the law. Israel is already a nuclear power and has the upper hand here. The goal of splitting Syria from Iran is a good one and worth pursuing.

your pal,
Fred

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sat May 24 13:23:28 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Easy on Sat May 24 13:04:45 2008.

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googling wikipedia and fbi gives randomish versions

Then you got the founder:
'Ordinary' Arabs to retake Internet: Wikipedia founder

"And I think that ordinary people are far more moderate and far more ordinary than the unfortunately polarised views of extremes you see coming out," the founder of the popular user-generated encyclopedia said.

Sorry bro, they like American websites, and I tried too many times, and they're not moderate and I stopped going to a lot of american sites. It's not a future hypothetical.

Herald Tribune
According to Citizendium, a competing online encyclopedia created by the Wikipedia co-founder, Larry Sanger, who was unhappy with the direction that project was heading, Wikipedia is "part anarchy, part mob rule. The people with the most influence in the community are the ones who have the most time on their hands - not necessarily the most knowledgeable - and who manipulate Wikipedia's eminently gameable system."

Robert McHenry, a former editor-in-chief of Encyclopedia Britannica, described Wikipedia as more of a "game" than an encyclopedia, and the source of "some very, very bad stuff."

We agree. Wikipedia's leadership will have to figure out how the experiment can be fixed. Until then, the only hope for improvement is to have more fair-minded people find the time to edit Wikipedia for accuracy and objectivity.


My fvaorite local story
The New York ex-girlfriend of Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says that after insisting their relationship be secret he dumped her on the Web site.

Rachel Marsden, a right-wing pundit who recently moved from Canada, decided to go public herself by selling some of her ex-beau's personal items on eBay, the New York Post reported.

"Hi, my name is Rachel, and my (now ex-) boyfriend, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, just broke up with me via an announcement on Wikipedia," Marsden wrote on eBay.

"It was such a classy move that I was inspired to do something equally classy myself, so I'm selling a couple of items of clothing he left behind, here in my NYC apartment, on eBay."

The on-line battle began Saturday. Wales, apparently stung by suggestions that he had edited the Wikipedia entry on Marsden, posted a personal statement: "I am no longer involved with Rachel Marsden."

Marsden told the Post that Wales was "paranoid" about their relationship and had threatened that she could be jailed or deported if she let anyone know personal details.


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Changing entries for cash €€$$

By paying people for contributing to Wikipedia, Microsoft was monetizing previously unpaid labour. Since almost all of Wikipedia's 1,000-odd "administrators" receive no pay for their hard work other than the pleasure of power tripping - seeing nothing of the $14m of VC money Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has banked - it's a valuable economic contribution).

Wow, that last site has a ongoing list of Wikistories. Amazingly easy to find these in 5 minutes.

it's a fun site for verifying or finding things, but it's not near a real textbook approach or a serious source.



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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Sat May 24 13:25:51 2008, in response to Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Easy on Sat May 24 13:04:45 2008.

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"The middle east has never interested me and I don't have any personal interest in any of the countries, Israel included. "

Forgot while I was foaming at the mouth over wiki. It's probably not interesting. I'm a nerd. But I like finding out there's a lot of people, and clans then the sterotyped arabs and jews. Besides, it all appears corrupt and barbaric to me anyway. Oppression, war, money, whaver. Like obama politics.

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Re: Israel and Syria are TALKING

Posted by Peter Rosa on Sat May 24 13:29:53 2008, in response to Israel and Syria are TALKING, posted by Fred G on Fri May 23 17:21:12 2008.

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As the expression goes, Israel spent the first 40 years of its existence disproving the old stereotype that Jews are more cowardly than other people. And now it's spent the past 20 years disproving the old stereotype that Jews are genetically more intelligent than other people.

My LIRR/NYCT blog

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