cnn 'breaking': NOW the * admin is worried about ending the bombing

[babylonsister]

in Gaza? What day is this, day 5? This is even more disgusting. Did they not think they'd incur the wrath of the rest of the world? :grr:

[spanone]

1. k&r

[no limit]

2. Since when does Bush give a shit about the rest of the world

this doesn't make any sense.

[babylonsister]

3. He's 'prezidentin', he's 'under pressure, see'. Ugh. nt

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

11. Since when...

Did he notice there is a rest of the world, except those places he wants to blow up?

[Sanity Claws]

4. Took him that long to sober up -- he's been a bender

[EFerrari]

5. Motherf#ckers. Gaza was operating on their last bit of duct tape and spit

BEFORE this happened.

Every single time we called them sociopaths, it was true, true, true.

:grr:

[SoCalDem]

13. Bush was "silent" on the Lebanon "adventure" too

Just stood by and watched their decades-long rebuilding efforts, blown to smithereens...:grr:

[EFerrari]

17. And that's still not over. The bomblets left in southern Lebanon

will claim casualties for many, many years to come. :grr:

[SoCalDem]

20. I saw a documentary about that very thing, the other night

on Link or FSTV... It's an evil way to maim kids..usually male children (future soldiers)..

[EFerrari]

21. I must have seen the same one some weeks ago.

Lebanon has one of the highest concentrations of unexploded ordinance in the world now.

I hope we do better next year, SoCalDem.

[SoCalDem]

23. me too... except I get to start the new year out with a funeral for a friend

:(

[EFerrari]

24. I'm so sorry.

:hug:

[Billy Burnett]

25. Sorry for your loss.

A very close friend of mine is in hospital ICU tonight after a seizure today during a last ditch chemo infusion for a (now obviously) terminal brain glioblastoma.

Doesn't look like he'll make it for more than a few days. :( :(

I'm hitting the road tomorrow for several months and won't be able to make it back for the service. I've rarely been so sad.

It really REALLY sucks.


I'm very sorry for your loss. :hug:

[SoCalDem]

28. and sympathies for your loss too

losing friends is never easy:hug:

[Billy Burnett]

30. Losing a lifelong friend ... it's like an entire library burning to the ground.

All of the stories and memories. One of the few who knows your life story. A giant crater is left.

I saw a thread here yesterday about how family is 'imprinted" in your brain from early childhood.

The thing about friends and dearly loved non family is that it's about choice. Not only do you choose to love them, but they choose to love you.

I am hours, maybe a day or so from losing my greatest fan and my most beloved mentor. I have NEVER felt so devastated.

It hurts to not be able to be there for the service, I've helped his family prepare the details in advance, but I know there's one person above all who would understand. :cry:


It's been a tough year for friends and family.


My warmest regards to you, and best wishes for the new year.

[Buzz Clik]

6. This is a policy decision.

I was a camp counselor when I was a teen. One of the campers called another camper a horrible racial slur. I let the offended party throw about five really solid punches before I pulled him off.

I'm guessing Bush is taking the summer camp approach to this -- he's letting the Israelis get in a few good shots before issuing a weak protest.

[tekisui]

7. He is concerned on New Year's Eve, as no one is paying attention,

5 days late. And, too late. The ground forces are about to roll in.

[Dennis Donovan]

8. I think intel is starting to pour in showing another possible "Lebanon 2006" scenario...

...for the IDF if they invade Gaza (or worse than 2006). That would be a serious black eye for Israel... AND for its benefactors.

[babylonsister]

9. I could have predicted that 5 days ago.

:shrug:

[Dennis Donovan]

12. That's because you're smarter than them...

;):hi:

BTW - Happy New Year!:party::smoke:

[babylonsister]

15. Ha!

Happy New Year to you, too, DD! :toast:

[EFerrari]

10. The blood of every Israeli kid and every Palestinian kid who dies in this mess

is directly on George Bush's hands. Every one.

[Dennis Donovan]

14. He's up to his eyeballs in the blood of innocents...

:grr:

[babylonsister]

16. You'll get no argument from me. nt

[chelsea0011]

18. So you are watching CNN today and the story is what can HRC do as SOS.

And I'm thinking she isn't SOS yet. There is still an administration running(not) things.

[babylonsister]

26. I switched to network and local news, so actually hadn't

been watching. Missed that about Clinton as SoS. The m$m loves to speculate, don't they.

[InternalDialogue]

19. It's the Katrina Doctrine. n/t

[malaise]

22. Fuck George Bush

I wish him and his all the suffering he inflicted or facilitated. May he never sleep another night. May he have nightmares about his 'decider' clusterfucks. May he meet his end in fetid water like the residents of New Orleans or in Fallujah like conditions.

I am not one for hating but I hate that despicable war criminal.

[Odin2005]

27. Georgie is worrying about his "legacy" again.

I initially supported Israel's attacks, but this is going WAY too far. I was expecting one or 2 days of highly targeted strikes, not this BS.

[jwirr]

29. We sell the leaders of the world weapons and then we say we are

worried when they use them. I am sorry but I do not believe that they are worried. Just once again covering their ass.

[azul]

31. Worried about ending the bombing, until an attack on the US is provoked?

Golly, seal in a bunch of people that are in effect defenseless, and then start bombing the heck out of them. Exercise in provocation?

And if there is a serious counter-attack, does Israel and the US get the green light to attack Iran and transform the region into a safe haven for democracy and oil multinationals? Such as Cheney and Rumsfeld reasoning to attack Iraq for the 9/11/01 inspired retribution?

Just skip the depression and start a big war to stimulate the economy? Like we got the time and resources to avert population and ecologic disasters and spend it on blowing each other up. Smart bombs indeed.