tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347782242011-04-21T17:07:51.672-07:00The bottomless well of discussion we call the Middle East, diplomacy and common misconceptions in the U.S.tiredofthishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03103398742975036472noreply@blogger.comBlogger611100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34778224.post-45474869165104648152008-04-20T20:46:00.000-07:002008-04-20T20:47:51.796-07:00

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080420/ap_on_re_af/begging_for_islam

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No it hasnt. I've been offline for a while. More specifically I stayed away from blogging to preserve my sanity and it's just as expected. Nothing much has changed in the Middle East to really wow me and compel me to say that people are trying their darndest to make an impact in wiping out years of prejudice, hate and jealousy. Thanks to Bush who likes to throw his weight around, he's made

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Recently watched an old interview of Bachir Gemayel back when he was president and he spoke about alliances and issues with other countries which was really just a strange telling of how the Lebanese government has been acting today and how Lebanese are now more strongly divided in views on their country's future.Check out the video.http://youtube.com/watch?v=lvCiEI4g0xkTalk about straddling the

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Mahmoud wants to lay a wreath at the WTC in honor of the 9/11 victims. I almost fell out of my chair after reading this one. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070920/ap_on_re_us/ahmadinejad_ground_zeroThis is the same as going into a blind rampage of killing innocents and going "whoooops did I do that?" after they're all dead. What an amazing manipulator this man is. He's better than Bush and his delusions

tiredofthishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03103398742975036472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34778224.post-75106546300227770572007-07-17T07:38:00.000-07:002007-07-17T07:43:53.214-07:00

http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=b7844cc3-3bc7-4636-a539-f614616e4d3e&t=m10&f=06/64&p=hotvideo_m_edpicks&fg=&gt1=10150First they use Mickey, now they replace him with a pathetic looking bumblebee. No rewards will come to these sick bastards except a nice place in hell.Imagine all the children whose minds are poisoned by this filth!

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Zawahiri is seriously pushing bad karma on the Muslim faith if he thinks extremist claims like this are imminent.http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/04/zawahiri.video/index.htmlAl Qaeda's No. 2 says end of West imminent, video showsStory HighlightsAyman al-Zawahiri appears in videotape Wednesday similar to "fireside chat"He says that the "enemy" is trying to forestall the inevitableHe urges

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Try 'Sleeper Cell Mouse'.....http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/29/hamas.mouse.ap/index.htmlSick SOBs.

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U.N. says world refugee crisis is worsening14 percent increase from 2005; pope appeals for government protectionhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19327834/U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres says that in many cases the problems stems from a country's government and that the international community doesnt have the capacity to help them.I anticipate a lot more finger-pointing in the

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The same lament I read about from Lebanese these days. This guy has the heart but sadly not the balls to put his money where his mouth his. The blame game on Syria is getting old.Read the comments posted on this. People are constantly expressing sympathy for Lebanon but keep asking why they don't do anything about it [aside from complain].One said something that echoed my sentiments...

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I do. But obviously it would take a miracle for the entire world to experience peace at the same time. It's all relative.And for the Middle East, let's just say at this point it's just not going to happen for a while.I firmly believe that if someone wants something so bad, they'll find the strength and the courage within themselves to achieve it even if it means having to put up or shut up.We all

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19201967/Madness. Total madness. Mediators tried to shout protests calling for unity and to stop the shooting but to no avail. Hamas gunmen shot at them instead.Hamas and Fatah are obsessed with wiping each other out. Forget the innocents. Hamas has even gone to the extreme of breeding followers by starting them out young, turning schools into secular institutions.

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Came across this article. I don't particularly believe muslims in most parts of Asia are as heinous as Arab muslims knowing this firsthand. The Arab world has been angry for a long time with their longtime conflicts with Israel and it's becoming increasingly obvious that they've been trying to infuse other countries with bitter pieces of their twisted culture. Despite the beauty of their

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070525/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon_violenceThis is absolutely money well spent. (Am I being sarcastic?) For forty million dollars we get to help a country that barely has a stance on what to do about its government. Who might possibly turn on us while part of its constituency covertly aligns with Iran and Hezbollah. Who as most people dont want to realize is a country that

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/24/iran.nuclear.ap/index.htmlForget rhetoric. There are lunatics manipulating operations in Iran. This has Ahmadinejad's extremist mastermind plan written all over it.This man clearly has propaganda proliferation down to a science. Recently he started threatening that if Israel were to attack Lebanon, then he would send orders to rain destruction on

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http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/international/ticker/detail/IAEA_says_Iran_building_up_atom_programme.html?siteSect=143&sid=7851435&cKey=1179932009000Obvious to sum up that this could be where Iran is headed..destruction. I still hope that sanctions will wake up the entire country and get off Ahmadinejad's tainted agenda but is it enough? This is scary stuff.

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I swear to God I don't know why we even bother to fight but we have strong convicted men who more valor than most mistake us not to have.U.S. checking if body found in river is missing soldierhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/23/iraq.main/index.html

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After 3 days of violent exchange between Fatah Islam and the Lebanese army, now Hezbollah is backing the army. Very interesting.Yes Fatah Islam is Sunni. So let's not forget that Hezbollah is predominantly Shia and was involved in conflicts with the Lebanese government for tensions between the opposing sect. They've also been suspected to be backed by Iran who are predominantly Shia.Yes, yes, we

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http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1623480-2,00.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/21/lebanon.violence/index.htmlIf the militia takes control of the situation, Lebanon as a whole will further weaken. The press doesnt cover enough of the fact that the Lebanese are just fed up with internal clashes and outside influences. I think they are pissed that for years there have been

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Someone at work asked me one day what my nationality was. I said I without hesitation I am an American. Actually the pc question should have been what my ethnic origin was. Then I would have responded unhesitantly to explain my features.I may not have been born here but I have learned so much more about myself here in America than I could have in my native country. So when people ask me this

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Here's what it comes down to. In a year, America will be electing a new president. This president will bear the biggest burden of responsibility in easing the country out of this huge mess in the Middle East. More soldiers will die, more people will die and oil prices will fluctuate like a mother. Americans will get blamed more. And for what. It's sad that our country is in this mess that's been

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Fatah and Hamas are at it again. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070515/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestiniansBut not surprisingly, Israel gets dragged into this ruckus because fights broke out along their border and now they too are part of the conflict.The ceasefire collapsed between the two Palestinians parties but is back on again. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/14/palestinians.cease.fire/

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Esfandiari is an academic for pete's sake and visited her old mother occasionally. How more extreme do acts have to get before Iranians wake up to the reality that their government is treading into far worse levels of extremism? http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/15/iran.academic.reut/index.html

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/10/afghan.buddhas/index.htmlJust another part of the extremist sick propaganda and power hungry acts of the Taliban. They destroy historical relics as part of proliferating this sick holy war they've conjured in their minds.

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These sick SOBs are just out of their MINDS.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18580878/?GT1=9951Whoever seeks to achieve graces with Allah and poisons the mind of children by convincing them to fight for a cause that is not truly theirs is SICK SICK SICK. They start them young and then they blindly turn to faith. Soon enough, they hatch full fledged terrorists who are cursed with ignorance.Anyone who

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Hezbollah builds a Western baseLink: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17874369/This is just another example of sickness corrupting the minds of frustrated Lebanese. This has Iran's involvement all over it. But I wouldnt stop to limit just them or Shia Muslims. The ambiguity of Lebanon's societal makeup increasingly covers the tracks of where these generally prejudiced bastards come from. You'll see

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Is Al Masri dead or alive?http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/02/iraq.main/index.htmlWithout a lifeless corpse the bloke is probably still breathing and plotting against the so called enemies of his God.Update: Tribes say he's dead but no body has been retrieved to prove it.http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/01/iraq.main/index.html

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Democrats send Iraq timeline to Bushhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070501/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq;_ylt=AqDgMpGSC3DNHSgTFDJ14sKs0NUEBush says that failure in Iraq is not option and he'll veto whatever comes to the table that sets a limit to fighting the war in Iraq. While the sad truth is it's all downhill from here. People are counting the days until he leaves office. He just wants his swan song

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/01/iraq.office/index.htmlNew revelations. But this isnt new. The U.S. is just caught in a big mess it can't handle at this stage. Everyone deserves justice but Iraqis have no definition and cannot get to an agreement on how to achieve it. No matter how many times the U.S. gets blamed for getting involved, the issue that sticks out like a sore thumb is

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Old article, largely relevant today. I'm sure we'll find alot of new prejudices these days. And while these biases slowly creep through the cultures of the Middle East, Europe and America, we'll likely find the common themes of sectarian divisions, sexual discrimination, and racial supremacy. Pretty soon, we'll all absorb the tragic presumption that American's take over everything, Muslims

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Finally Iraq taking responsibility...With sectarian violence continually on the rise, this has to be dealt with by the Iraqis on their own. The U.S. can continue to assist and lose more troops but they are just moving targets like the locals amidst the chaos. It's so sad.BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi politicians -- frustrated by violence throughout the country and the glacial pace of parliamentary

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A Palestinian bystander was killed today by an Israeli aircraft that fired at a car carrying Islamic Jihad members. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/14AD86E7-A96F-436E-A1F7-B3BABDBD5623.htmBut read closely. This happened because Palestinian groups , Islamic Jihad, the Popular Resistance Committees and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades fired rockets in to Southern Israel. It didnt cause any

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So does this mean that we can throw Ahmadinejad in the slammer for all the anti zionist remarks he's made especially when he said the holocaust never happened? Wouldnt that be easy.EU to criminalise racism and xenophobiaThu Apr 19, 12:16 PM ET The European Union has agreed to make inciting racism and xenophobia a crime across the 27 member states, EU diplomats said Thursday.The agreement allows

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This article headline reads "At least 45 die in Baghdad sectarian bombings ".http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18116217/How about adding the word "more" after 45? And does anyone notice how many times reports like this note which sects were targeted?The U.S. is just caught in the midst of a lost cause in Iraq. Sad.

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Picked this up from the web.War does not determine who is right, war determines who is left.

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Al-Qaida-linked group claims Iraq blasthttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070413/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=AgFuIE82uiTxwQ7LKtaNxQVvaA8FAn inside job? This took place in the Green zone. Lots of possibilities.

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Thirty two years marks a glaring reminder that the Lebanese are still as blind about the nature of their conflicts as ever. They'll blame the Americans for their involvement, which is not insignificant, but come on. They can only blame themselves for their infidelity towards their own country by not recognizing that their own government is receiving aid from other countries (like Iran and Syria)

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No one wants to see the sectarian divide that erodes Iraq's road for peace. Take a look at the map posted on CNN.http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/iraq.transition/(click on the link on this page called Baghdad's sectarian divide) Doesnt this give you dejavu on similar divisions in Lebanon during last summer's war between Israel?At this point, I think no matter what the U.S., Britain or any

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6538957.stmWhy wait until the end of May? They can continue to increase nuclear fuel production but the U.N. member countries need to apply sanctions now. Who ever said it was easy dealing with people who are out of touch with reality? This isnt about the West anymore, this is about insane political deviants who are blowing things out of proportion and

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Bush kind of has this one right but I'm still waiting to see what happens altruistically because I'm still in the mindset that things will still work themselves out in the end. (we can only hope)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6522743.stmWhat is Pelosi doing? Either she's in Syria as a decoy or that she wants to keep her enemies close that she gets killed in the process.There's a TON of

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So thank you Ahmadinejad for releasing the British soldiers as a 'gift'. It's so great to be powerful and condescending because the common folk dont really have the time or patience to stand it; they just walk away shaking their heads in despair.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6525905.stmRegardless of whether they were in fact inside Iranian waters or not, it's such a great gesture for

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Iran is angry. Again. At Hollywood, at the U.S, at anyone. This is a movie people. If anything shouldnt they be angry with the Greeks who came out looking noble in this depiction of the battle at Thermopylae? It's not the point. This is a movie. But I suppose anything to point fingers at the U.S. ... Here's a thought. You dont like it? Dont watch it. Tell your other friends. And let them make

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2A62C583-E1C7-454E-B0B3-16DB56E3C4FD.htmSo this is what I dont understand. Ahmadijenad blames the U.S. for its involvement in Iraq and Lebanon while it supports the Hamas government in Palestine to rally against Israel. Not to mention it supports Hezbollah as well by arming its militia from its own arsenal. So I dont understand why the U.S. is oh so bad

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So if anyone says this is the work of the West then this is a new stretch to go at greater lengths to pin everything against us.Iraqi vice president dodges bomb; 10 die click here for article

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Came across this article on Time. Yes it's several months old but it's kick-you-in-the-head great to read how hypocrisies that Azadeh writes about dont get published in mainstream news often enough.So where do Iranians and Lebanese stand? Who knows. There has to be a direction right? Not in the conflict-riddled Middle East. The clear message these days is that sectarian divisions are clearly

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Times up. We dont care. Is what Iran recently made clear to the UN and sanctions they would face if they upscaled uranium enrichment. click here for BBC articleThey think it's nothing more than the West throwing their weight around while it's pretty clear we all know they're going Frankenstein building a nuclear nightmare in Natanz. For a country that has been long questioned on hits human rights

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Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is stepping up threats against the U.S. by saying that Iran will attack U.S. interests if it attacks Iran. So what new incident spurred him on to boldly speak this way? That's what I really want to know. Ahmadinejad has previously spoken in the same terms and tone before. Most recently he defiantly spoke again about Iran continuing with uranium

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Everyone is in the middle of civil war. First it was Lebanon, then Iraq, now Palestine.(click here for article)Palestinians try to stave off civil warBy DONNA ABU-NASR, Associated Press WriterTue Feb 6, 3:29 PM ET

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click here for AP article by Steven Hurst121 killedFifth major bombing in less than a month Hit predominantly Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad30 shops, 40 houses gone

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Comment on Nic Robertson's blog entryFriday, January 26, 2007Beirut on the brinkMy first big mistake today was I trusted that however close Hezbollah wants to push Lebanon towards the brink of crisis to bring down Prime Minister Fuad Siniora’s government, they would know when to dial back tension and head off an irreversible slide to civil war. That was my first mistake....(click here for his

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What should we do to free our planet from terrorism? ..asks Indian President Abdul Kalam.Read people's answers on this forum and alot speak of education, forming the minds and changing perception. More than 8000 have responded so far and much of what I've read are quite relevant. But do so sadly among extremist Muslims is a futile battle. To do so among many disgruntled Arabs is volatile at best.

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Interesting article on differences and roots of conflict between the two sects.Islam's Sunni-Shiite split by Dan Murphy, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20070117/wl_csm/osunnishia

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Even the holidays couldnt stop the crazies from setting off their own fireworks to fan the chaos in the Middle East. So far 34,452 Iraqi civilians have been killed in 2006. These days I dont know why it is still such a shock to read about the violence. Hate to generalize, but a majority of the Arab world doesnt seem to want peace. Not that..--hundreds of years in warring history; --the continued

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Video of Lebanese Flag brought down in Dec. 1 '06 Protest and replaced with Hezbollah flaghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipDellud-VYSo begins the redefinition of a country. No disrespect to Shias but doing this in the middle of Beirut is an example of how sectarianism could work against other constituencies in Lebanon. Being primarily Shia, if Hezbollah reigns supreme over this possible shift in

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-Religious propaganda in the Middle East has long gone out of control.-Iran and Syria are Hezbollah's puppet masters. -Syria is involved in Lebanon's political turmoil.-Lebanon is just as involved and responsible for its own political turmoil.-Conflicts in Lebanon are largely about ethnic origin, not just land.-Lebanon is likely to turn into a Shia Muslim majority constituency. -Iraq is in a

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Amidst all the bad press Israel had been taking for actions during the recent conflicts in Lebanon, here's something on Hezbollah. I'm not taking sides here but a group that refuses to legitimize itself by working alongside the Lebanese government through more peaceful means, while receiving aid from a pseudo noble country like Iran who uses religious propaganda for political gain is just

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Personally I detest the BBC's description of the current Lebanese government as being a "US-backed government". I mean come on already. What is the point at mentioning this? So what if the US backs certain political agendas of other countries. Doesnt England, Syria and Israel or any other country do the same thing? And if Hezbollah did get its way, won more seats in parliament and got Siniora to

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Is Lebanon headed towards civil war again?What remains obvious has never been clearer than the present. People currently camped outside the heart of Beirut are calling for a radical change in government in Lebanon. This country is at the edge of its identity crisis and something has got to give.The Lebanese are very polarized in their views on the situation in their country. Here is the sad

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Good gosh. If there was a contest on how to best execute a tangent it would have to go Iran's President Ahmadejinad.After writing an 18-page letter in May to his friend G.W.B. , he writes yet another letter stating again not only the obvious in the Middle East but this time he additionally mentions that many victims of Hurricane Katrina are still suffering and that there are countless more living

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061126/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestiniansEven as Israel pulled out early this weekend from an exchange of fire with Palestine, militant groups still blasted attacks on Israel saying they had no intentions to cease their offense. Islamic Jihad took responsibility saying they would not relent unless military activity would stop in the West Bank. And so the fights go on.

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Lebanon's Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel was assassinated today while driving in a Christian suburb of Beirut. Disconcerting as it is, this is yet another incident that may be foreseen taking place in succession as the coming months unfold regarding the conflicts in this country.People here are caught in a web of confusion. No one wants to let go of the past and generations who have witnessed

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After the 34 day conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, the constant spurts of retaliation still happening in Gaza, the undercover politics between Syria and Lebanon, you wonder if people ever really get the reality that there wont be any resolution happening anytime soon in this part of the world unless something really huge happens. It's scary.I've heard and read so much talk about the U.S.'s

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