Politics-International

U.N. Soldier Says Hezbollah Using Them As Shields

Mulder

When the CBC let’s this on the air, you know they must be feeling the anti-MSM pressure.

We received emails from him a few days ago, and he was describing the fact that he was taking fire within, in one case, three meters of his position for tactical necessity, not being targeted. Now that’s veiled speech in the military. What he was telling us was Hezbollah soldiers were all over his position and the IDF were targeting them. And that’s a favorite trick by people who don’t have representation in the UN. They use the UN as shields knowing that they can’t be punished for it.

Smackdown – Harper Questions U.N. Presence In Warzone

Mulder

Stephen Harper laid a smackdown on the United Nations and questioned their presence in the Middle East warzone.

“We want to find out why this United Nations post was attacked and also why it remained manned during what is now, more or less, a war during obvious danger to these individuals,” he told reporters.

Asked about UN head Kofi Annan’s statement suggesting Israel had targeted the outpost, Harper said: “I certainly doubt that to be the case.”

I can just picture Kofi Annan fuming right now and asking himself when Canada got a backbone.

I think it was the morning of January 24th, 2006.

Sheila Copps Out

Mulder

I think visions of a Chretienite are dancing in the eyes of those reading the Toronto Sun today.

Sheila Copps is towing the Chretien line of 1991 when he fought the UN resolution to go to war on behalf of Kuwait. She is following the Liberal plan of doing nothing after a dozen UN resolutions telling Iraq to stand down held Canada out of the second round of war in Iraq. And she is quoting from the Liberal play book when she says, and I quote her directly:

It is sometimes wiser to do nothing than to do something in politics.

Excuse me Sheila, but I don’t think Stephen Harper is of the same ilk as you and your “do-nothing” Liberal friends.

I guess Sheila would rather have those two morons from the Kit Kat commercial run the country. Let’s just all chillax and take a freaking break from doing nothing.

SheilaKitKat

You Know That Picture Of Israeli Children Doodling On Bombs?

Mulder

Well it has a story behind it that you won’t read in the MSM.

Kiryat Shmona has been under constant bombardment from South Lebanon since the first day of the conflict. It was a ghost town, explained Shelly. There was not a single person on the streets and all the businesses were closed. The residents who had friends, family or money for alternate housing out of missile range had left, leaving behind the few who had neither the funds nor connections that would allow them to escape the missiles crashing and booming on their town day and night. The noise was terrifying, people were dying outside, the kids were scared out of their minds and they had been told over and over that some man named Nasrallah was responsible for their having to cower underground for days on end.

On the day that photo was taken, the girls had emerged from the underground bomb shelters for the first time in five days. A new army unit had just arrived in the town and was preparing to shell the area across the border.

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Apparently one or some of the parents wrote messages in Hebrew and English on the tank shells to Nasrallah. “To Nasrallah with love,” they wrote to the man whose name was for them a devilish image on television – the man who mockingly told Israelis, via speeches that were broadcast on Al Manar and Israeli television, that Hezbollah was preparing to launch even more missiles at them. That he was happy they were suffering.

The photograpers gathered around. Twelve of them. Do you know how many that is? It’s a lot. And they were all simultaneously leaning in with their long camera lenses, clicking the shutter over and over. The parents handed the markers to the kids and they drew little Israeli flags on the shells. Photographers look for striking images, and what is more striking than pretty, innocent little girls contrasted with the ugliness of war?

I think the parents exhibited poor judgment, but after reading this article, your rage may subside quite a bit. Mine did.

From Israel With Love

Embryonic, Adult, and Umbilical Cord Stem Cells … WTF Is The Difference?

Mulder

In light of President George Bush’s virginal veto last week, I thought Lucy might need some ‘splainin’.

I hope Ann Coulter doesn’t sue me for quoting from her new book but here is a major difference.

A short list of successful treatments achieved by adult stem cells are these:

  • Rebuilding livers wracked by otherwise irreversible cirrhosis
  • Repairing spinal cord injuries by using stem cells from nasal and sinus regions
  • Completely reversing Type I diabetes in mice using adult spleen cells
  • Putting Crohn’s disease into remission with the patient’s own blood stem cells
  • Putting lupus into remission using stem cells from the patient’s bloodstream
  • Treating sickle-cell anemia using stem cells from Umbilical Cord blood
  • Repairing the heart muscles in patients with congestive heart failure using adult stem cells from bone marrow
  • Repairing heart attack damage with the patient’s own blood stem cells
  • Restoring bone marrow in cancer patients using stem cells from umbilical cord blood
  • Restoring weak heart muscles using immature skeletal muscle cells
  • Putting leukemia into remission using umbilical cord blood
  • healing bone fractures with bone marrow cells
  • Restoring sight in blind people using ocular surface stem cell transplant and a cornea transplant
  • Treating urinary incontinence using stem cells from underarm muscle
  • Reversing severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) with genetically modified adult stem cells
  • Restoring blood circulation in legs with bone marrow stem cells

Meanwhile, embryonic stem cells have never cured anything in any living creature.

(bolded emphasis above is mine)

It is obvious that embryonic stem cells have done Bo Diddley (not to mention Christopher Reeves) squat.

Sharon's Possum Garners Checkmate Over Hamas, Hezbollah

Mulder

I have been contemplating why Ariel Sharon dealt over 400 prisoners for one Israeli businessman ever since Michael Harris of CFRA asked the question several times over the past two days.

As everyone knows you just can’t deal with terrorists. If you wheel and deal with them on one prisoner exchange, you can be assured that they will take more hostages/prisoners and attempt to negotiate again.

I have a feeling Ariel Sharon was banking on this, especially after reading John Robson’s column today.

Robson indicates the move to withdraw from Gaza was the last move Sharon would make and he is right. But the endgame began when the prisoner exchange took place back in 2004 when Sharon exchanged over 400 prisoners for one Israeli businessman and the bodies of three soldiers.

Sharon knew the withdrawal from Gaza would be the acid test for how realistic the effort for peace put forth by the Palestinians was. Had he refused to deal with the terrorists in the prisoner exchange in 2004, they would be less likely to try it again. His game NEEDED them to try it again. In fact, the exchange was the bait he laid prior to withdrawing every Israeli from Gaza in 2005.

Hamas fell for it hook, line and sinker. They captured Cpl. Gilad Shalit after Israel had given them Gaza and on that day Israel (and the world) knew how much desire there was for peace from Israel’s enemies.

Some may call it devious, but others will call it genious. Even in a coma, the formidable general has scored checkmate.

To quote/paraphrase a caller to CFRA today:

“If the enemies of Israel laid down their weapons tomorrow, we would have peace. If Israelis laid down their weapons tomorrow, we would have another holocaust.”

Smackdown – Maronite Monsignor Raymond Hanna Rightfully Bitchslaps The Media

Mulder

This man, Mgr. Raymond Hanna, the head of the Maronite Church of Ottawa, spoke to Lowell Green earlier in the week and told Lowell that he was thankful to Canada and ESPECIALLY to Stephen Harper for the efforts being made to get Lebanese Canadians out of harms way.

He is such a softspoken man, but today I saw an interview with him on CTV Newsnet and he bitchslapped the media for only interviewing one or two angry, outspoken Lebanese evacuees regarding their harrowing trip. He also says that the media should try to get some of those holding rosaries or Korans for an interview because he knows the majority of those coming to Canada are grateful for being here and thankful to be out of the warzone. He, in fact, admonished the media for it’s bias!!! (You Go Monsignor!!)

I for one am very proud to have this man running an organization in the city of Ottawa, with it’s very large Lebanese community. I do believe that they are one of the bright spots in our community and they have been nothing short of fantastic citizens and friends to me.

With the backlash starting and many speaking out about how ungrateful the evacuees are being, I think the Monsignor realizes that the media bias is going to cost the Lebanese community quite a bit of respect among other Canadians.

Thank you Monsignor. You truly are helping making a bad situation get better with your words of thanks and your well needed scolding of the media.

(note: I have been watching CTV for a repeat of his speech to record but CTV must have been embarassed by his admonishment because they have not replayed it…yet)

UN Resolutions At The Heart Of The Crisis 1559 And 485. What The Hell Are They?

Mulder

Nothing like a few rockets and missiles to make an average Joe go digging for facts. Wikipedia is a great source. The two UN resolutions I hear quoted most throughout this conflict are 1559 and 485.

Fact:

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559 was a resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council on September 2, 2004. It called upon Syria to end its military presence in Lebanon by withdrawing its forces and to cease intervening in internal Lebanese politics. The resolution also called on all Lebanese militias (including Hezbollah) to disband.

Fiction:

Israel is ALSO in violation of UN Resolutions regarding the Farms of Shebaa. (I heard this one on CFRA yesterday from a caller)

Fact:

Israel’s view is that the area is not covered by United Nations UN Security Council Resolution 425 that governs its withdrawal from southern Lebanon. That resolution asks for Israel to withdraw from Lebanon according to the line its forces were positioned at before the May 14, 1978 invasion.

The United Nations and most of the world community, including Israel, agree that Shebaa Farms is part of Syria.

The United Nations looked at more than ninety different maps of the region. Only one of them—which was deemed a forgery—showed the Sheba’a Farms as Lebanese.

With the UN determining the Farms of Shebaa are part of Syria, and Syria making no effort to change maps or draw the line in the sand regarding where the border between them and Lebanon is, the Israelis were found to have adhered to Resolution 485 by the UN.

Stephen Harper Thanked By Six Lebanese Organizations

Mulder

This has to spread and the blogosphere needs to do the grunt work so please help out.

We, the undersigned, representatives of the six Canadian Lebanese organizations that are listed below, extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Canadian government, represented by Prime Minister Mr. Stephen Harper and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Peter MacKay, for the correct, just and prompt positions they have taken with regard to Lebanon and the unfortunate military confrontations that are occurring on its soil as a result of the reckless hostile actions of the Hezbollah group that violate the will of the Lebanese people and the decisions and authority of the legitimate government of Lebanon. The actions and conduct of Hezbollah are extremely harmful to the interests of Lebanon and the Lebanese people, and obstruct progress of the peace process in Lebanon specifically, and in the Middle East in general.

We also thank the government for its wise and effective efforts with respect to its handling of all measures for the evacuation of Canadian citizens from Lebanon, the safeguard of their security, and their safe return to Canada.

We call on the Canadian government to continue its interventions through the United Nations and the Security Council to secure an immediate truce in Lebanon based on UN Resolution 1559, which explicitly calls for the disarmament of all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias, the deployment of the Lebanese army along the border with Israel, and the extension of the authority of the Lebanese government over all Lebanese territory.

Signatories of the statement

Elias Bejjani/Lebanese Canadian Coordinating Council (LCCC)
Toni Mouanis/Canadian Lebanese Human Rights Federation (CLHRF)
Noel Haddad/Phoenician Club of Mississauga (PCOM)
Khalil Kaekati/Canadian Phoenician Community Services Club (CPCSC)
Charbel Constantine/Canadian Lebanese Christian Heritage Club (CLCHC)
Colonel Charbel Barakat/World Lebanese Cultural Union (WLCU)-Canadian Chapter

Unless I am mistaken, Toni Mouanis and his family were recently interviewed on CTV after getting out of Lebanon via Syria. Toni’s story of fighting through red tape, bribes, etc to get home was an extraordinary affair. To have someone who did not even take advantage of the Canadian evac plan make a statement like this says a lot about the man and the validity of this letter.

I bolded a key part of the letter that everyone should pay attention to.

H/T DustMyBroom

Also posted at MarkPeters.ca, Rootleweb, Judeoscope, ConservativeLife , Political Staples but you won’t find it at CTV, or CBC, or Canwest, or GlobeandMail, or Toronto Star, or Ottawa Citizen, or any other MSM that I know of. I will update this post as I spot more of this article. It just goes to show you that until the MSM gets off their moonbat asses, the blogosphere will continue to help make the news equal.