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[Poll #781834]

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   "I'm sure glad I reposted that bulletin today so Tom won't delete myspace!" -This guy Thomas at a party last night (not serious).


Previously on Emosnail
   One Week & Three Years Ago Yesterday: Return to Wild Rivers - I make a rescue while the insurance auditors are watching and they are impressed. Also the illusive Carissa Romanini & Bree LeMay actually show up at Diedrichs.
   One Week & Three Years Ago Today: OC Faire - I man a booth at the OC Faire for the OC Beekeepers Assn for a bit. I was going to go today but couldn't find someone to go with )=
   Three Years Ago Last Monday: Jessie ODs - See also. This girl Jessie ODs while with this guy named Joe, who after taking advantage of her drops her off at Diedrichs. I think Joe was also dating Allison at the time.
   Three Years Ago Last Tuesday: 70th Rescue - I make my 70th rescue at Wild Rivers. I ended up with 90 something eventually.
   Three Years Ago Last Tuesday Evening: 53 People at Diedrichs - A typical Friday night..
   Three Years Ago Last Wednesday: Skittish Antics - After Mike the Horrible Human scares some middle-aged women the Diedrichs crew is forced to flee to the field by Cordillera elementry. Then Brandon the Gay Poser thinks he sees cops again and we all flee to Top of the World.
   Three Years Ago Last Thursday: 12-8 Shift at Wild Rivers - Eight more hours, four more rescues.
   Three Years Ago Friday: Pirates of the Carribean (I) - I discuss the first Pirate movie. Also kids from Vegas, including the Joe mentioned above and his gf Allison, appear at Diedrichs.
   Three Years Ago Yesterday: Rain & Pastries - Sleezy Vegas Joe & Vegas Allison having broken up, Allison ends up trying to get herself arrested in order to have somewhere to spend the night. Also, Matt Morgan accidently dyes his hair blue and is consequently fired from his job.
   Three Years Ago Today: Memories of My First Steel Reserve - Which was freshman year with Mike Siminitus. Also had a very difficult rescue of a muscular mexican 20-something skinhead at work. I miss those challenging rescues. )=
   Three Years Ago Tomorrow: Delusions of Grandeur - Deepguard Steph Guacamole forgets she's not a supervisor in her delusions of grandeur.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/-sameer-/]

Self-determination is a concept first espoused in Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points. Basically, it means that a people have the right to choose their own form of government and the leaders that that government would produce to head it.

Independent of the definition and whether or not it's a good thing (I think most people agree that it is) is the question of whether you view this group or that group as fighting for self-determination. I personally believe Palestinian groups such as Hamas are fighting for it, and Hezbollah and the like on their behalf. This cause, I support. Their methods, I do not; nor do I support the portion of their memberships and platforms that is simply anti-Israeli or worse, anti-Jewish.

[ashael.livejournal.com]

And what, pray tell, gives the Khizballah the right to fight on the behalf of the Palestinians?

[shid.livejournal.com]

Hez are hardly fighting for Palestinians.

In the beginning, they were anti-Palestinian, pro Shia power- thats what they were, a pro Shia power group. Later on as they got bigger, and the memory of the Palestinian occupation grew and and the Israeli occupation grew longer and longer, they adopted the Palestinian cause in order to gain greater support from both Shia's and Sunni's.

Almost no one in the Middle East really gives a shit about the Palestinians- it's all about power, and the palestines make a great rallying call.

Teh exact motivations for Hez undertaking this new offensive are simply that in recent years- with the memory of Israel's occupation FINALLY fading and hope for the future shining brighter, Hez was loosing political influence and influence with the people overall. They could easily predict Isreal's OMFGEWTFPWNAGE response, and that it would turn almost 100% of Lebanese civilians to Hez's side by the end.

They were motivated to act like this NOW by Iran (and or Syria) who wanted to draw attention away from it's Nuke program, give credence to it's leaders mad anti semetic ramblings, and attempt to finally achieve what Iran failed at with it's revolution- become a major force in Arab/Islam.

People have foolishly suggested that the way to get Hez to stop the attacks is to pressure Syria- Hez was originally anti Syrian, and has gone through many phases of Pro-Syria and Anti-Syria over the years. If Syria denounced Hez and tried to get them to stop, Hez would simply give them the finger and move more of it's resources to the supply line from Iran.

Israel's main problem is that it's falling right into Hez's/iran's hands with it's actions- also they can't do PR for shit.

Apologies for the double post, I've switched the a and the e in Israel for years and today was no exception.

[ashael.livejournal.com]

You get an A+ in this exam.