July 17, 2006
Atlas has pictures and video of today’s “Stand With Israel” rally in New York.
In a word. Unbelievable. Tens of thousands of regular folks, all walks of life, came out to Stand with Israel. And stand they did. In broiling heat, the young, old, Jewish, Christian, chanted their support for Israel. It was gorgeous.Of course in this blue state of mine, the Democrats co-opted the event. The usual suspects Hillary, Weiner, Hevasi (remember his remark about shooting Bush)............ but the crowd was decidedly Bush as you’ll see when you view the Elie Wiesel VLOG.
The Stout Republican linked with People Can Protest For Things As Well
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6:21 pm [ Quote ]
I hope the Israelis see this so they’ll know that not all American citizens are leftist terrorist loving liberals like these kooks. http://www.zombietime.com/hall_of_shame/
6:41 pm [ Quote ]
I’ll stand up for both Lebanese and Israelis…As all civilian deaths are equally tragic…What ever side of the fence your on.
6:59 pm [ Quote ]
I hope the Israelis see this so they’ll know that not all American citizens are leftist terrorist loving liberals like these kooks. http://www.zombietime.com/hall_of_shame/
No, most are uninformed morons-like you.
7:02 pm [ Quote ]
These are not liberals, they are crazy but they are not liberals you jerk.
I hope the Israelis see this so they’ll know that not all American citizens are leftist terrorist loving liberals like these kooks. http://www.zombietime.com/hall_of_shame/
7:15 pm [ Quote ]
Bob ..oh yes they are. dont be ashamed to claim your own. thanks for the attack, thats how I know I on the right track. Hey Im a poet and you blow it.
7:23 pm [ Quote ]
I was there and the audience was great but the Democratic pols on the stage including Hillary tried to co-op the event. However, Elie Wiesel thanked God Bush was in the White House and oh how Hillary cringed.
7:30 pm [ Quote ]
Stand with Israel…seems like the logical thing to do.
7:32 pm [ Quote ]
Rob…I heard hillary shrieking into the microphone. How can anyone (even a leftist) stand listening to that horrible voice of hers. If she (God forbid) becomes president, I’m gonna invest in earplugs.
7:38 pm [ Quote ]
I’ll stand up for both Lebanese and Israelis…As all civilian deaths are equally tragic…What ever side of the fence your on.
How john kerry of you. I’ll stand up for the side who is for peace and coexistence. That would be Israel.
8:00 pm [ Quote ]
I hope the Israelis see this so they’ll know that not all American citizens are leftist terrorist loving liberals like these kooks. http://www.zombietime.com/hall_of_shame/
If these guys are liberal, then all the neo-Nazi right wing nuts are conservative. Suffice it to say, you’re only interest seems to be in making divisions in America except on focusing on what unites us. Either you actually believe that liberals like these people in that link, in which case I put the blame in too much Fox News/Ann Coulter/Limbaugh, or you’re just a mean spirited person.
In any case, my own thoughts go to all the innocent people who are being hurt because of this. I know to most of you that doens’t include the Lebanese civilians, but oh well, so be it. When you think of civilians as your enemy than you are not that much different from the terrorists we’re fighting.
9:08 pm [ Quote ]
Zim: You have gone of the curb here just a little bit.
1. Most real conservatives sincerely regret the loss of civilian lives in Lebanon; but we (a) Realize collateral damage in war is unavoidable and yes most unfortunate, (b)we know that many of the civilians living in the middle of Hezbollah camps are either grossly ignorant to do so or are sympathizers with Hezbollah. So our compassion is tempered a little bit with reality. On the other hand I get your point, we should nonetheless feel and express compassion for every loss of innocent life equally.
2. Being in New York and being a pro-Israel demonstration, chances are many gathering there are Jews and most Jews are liberals. On the other hand I get your point, despite Hillary and a few others, this was not a liberal demonstration.
I did understand your concerns; but I think there is more genuine compassion for the loss of all life than might be apparent in some posts!
9:59 pm [ Quote ]
Umm,
I appreciate your commont. It is indeed always sad that this happens – in virtually every war, those who had the least to do with it end up paying the price.
Latest casualty figures:
The Israeli retaliation has killed 210 people, all but 14 of them civilians, and inflicted the heaviest destruction in Lebanon for two decades, with attacks targeting ports, roads, bridges, factories and petrol stations.
Hizbollah responded by attacking a naval vessel off Beirut and firing hundreds of rockets at northern Israel, killing 24 people, 12 of them civilians. (AP)
Somehow, despite the fact that Israel is paying more attention to avoiding collateral damage, the civilian proportion of the death toll on the Lebanese side is way higher.
11:42 pm [ Quote ]
You forgot to count the many many many . . .many civilians that Hezbollah has killed over the years.
12:16 am [ Quote ]
He didn’t forget, he left that out.
12:20 am [ Quote ]
I wish I knew of some sort of armbands, or … dare I say it, without sounding liberal?.... colored ribbon, that could be worn to show solidarity with and support of Israel
1:03 am [ Quote ]
It’s either Israel or US - as in United States. These terrorist cowards and their friends want us – and they’re using Israel to get at us.
To quote California State Senator (and Republican Lt. Gov’r Nominee) Tom McClintock: “Evil is cowardly by its very nature. The moment it is opposed by resolute force it flees in terror.” (SOURCE)
So, YOU GO ISRAEL!
9:03 am [ Quote ]
Boy, they all come out of the woodwork to patronize the crowd.
Hilarious Hotdam Clinton and Repr. Tony the Tiger Weener are especially reaching to new lows with their constituents. Do they somehow really support our efforts to destroy these terrorists or are they truly just pandering to the crowd.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/18/nyregion/18hillary.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
9:33 am [ Quote ]
ToddonCapeCod,
Maybe a blue and white ribbon? Like the Israeli flag. Just a thought.
9:46 am [ Quote ]
What’s wrong with this picture?
Islamo-fascists and the lefties that support them!?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lebanese_Hezbollah_recruts_being_sworn_in.jpg
10:57 am [ Quote ]
Umm,
I appreciate your commont. It is indeed always sad that this happens – in virtually every war, those who had the least to do with it end up paying the price.
Latest casualty figures:
The Israeli retaliation has killed 210 people, all but 14 of them civilians, and inflicted the heaviest destruction in Lebanon for two decades, with attacks targeting ports, roads, bridges, factories and petrol stations.
Hizbollah responded by attacking a naval vessel off Beirut and firing hundreds of rockets at northern Israel, killing 24 people, 12 of them civilians. (AP)
Somehow, despite the fact that Israel is paying more attention to avoiding collateral damage, the civilian proportion of the death toll on the Lebanese side is way higher.
But Zim, you do understand why the civilian losses in Lebanon are higher, don’t you?
Hezbullah chooses to place their forces close to and within the civilian population for precisely this reason; to garner the ‘sympathy’ vote of the crazed liberal world. Should Israel not retaliate and commit national suicide because their attackers choose to remain within civilian quarters? The fault here, as always, lies with the terrorists and no one else.
12:27 pm [ Quote ]
I want to come to the defense of Zim here.
Zim is a liberal to be sure; but I have generally found him to be honest, civil and reasonable in his opposition to President Bush and the war on terror, using facts as he sees them in support of his political beliefs. Zim is a compassionate man with sincere concern for the underdog, and I emphasize his sincerity and I am glad he cares for other human beings, even if at times it may be misplaced.
While, like many of you, I disagree with Zim in most of his beliefs; I would like to encourage everyone here responding to his posts to treat him with respect, while passionately defending your beliefs as I do.
Anaconda and others here are atheists and I disagree with them most passionately on many occasions; but like Zim they are civil, respectful, reasonable and just because they may disagree with some of us, they strive never to be disagreeable.
I hope we can encourage the mean-spirited people like ‘Jesus-is-a-stinking-liberal’ and Bill McGubbin to go elsewhere by not ever responding to their vile attacks, and by always treating others here with respect, not that I have always met that goal.
1:33 pm [ Quote ]
GBAA,
I don’t think Hezbollah had any forces at the airport, or seaport, or the power plants and the fuel depots, but yet Israel bombed them. In any case, you are partially right of course, since Hezbollah is indeed based in the densely populated souther beirut, which naturally would cause more civilian casualties. Also Israel has by far much better means of delivery of weaponry than Hezbollah.
Umm,
heh, thatnks for your defense of sorts! I appreciate it. I don’t think Jesus is… is a mean spirited guy, he is just trying to make jokes that he thinks are funny. Bill seems to be more passionate about what he believes than I am but I wouldn’t call him mean spirited either, at least not most of the time.
Now, it seems that when I reported the civilian casualties of this conflict, some of you thought I was trying to do this to implicate or blame Israel in some way or another. First of wall, blaming an entire countriy for the actions of a few is simply ridiculous, and second I certainly wasn’t trying to do that. I was only pointing out the sad fact that as in all wars, it is the innocent who are paying the highest price.
2:02 pm [ Quote ]
Rob…I heard hillary shrieking into the microphone. How can anyone (even a leftist) stand listening to that horrible voice of hers. If she (God forbid) becomes president, I’m gonna invest in earplugs.
We are supposed to forget that Hillary kissed Arafat’s wife.
She got much of the US and EU “aid” money that were supposed to go to the people.
2:14 pm [ Quote ]
GBAA,
I don’t think Hezbollah had any forces at the airport, or seaport, or the power plants and the fuel depots, but yet Israel bombed them. In any case, you are partially right of course, since Hezbollah is indeed based in the densely populated souther beirut, which naturally would cause more civilian casualties. Also Israel has by far much better means of delivery of weaponry than Hezbollah.
Umm,
heh, thatnks for your defense of sorts! I appreciate it. I don’t think Jesus is… is a mean spirited guy, he is just trying to make jokes that he thinks are funny. Bill seems to be more passionate about what he believes than I am but I wouldn’t call him mean spirited either, at least not most of the time.
Now, it seems that when I reported the civilian casualties of this conflict, some of you thought I was trying to do this to implicate or blame Israel in some way or another. First of wall, blaming an entire countriy for the actions of a few is simply ridiculous, and second I certainly wasn’t trying to do that. I was only pointing out the sad fact that as in all wars, it is the innocent who are paying the highest price.
Zim. You bomb those places that can allow access to resupply your enemy. Cutting off supplies is a strategy that’s as old as warfare itself. Odd how you can’t understand this. The terrorists fire miseles from people’s homes, store weapons in Mosques and churches and hospitals. They know no bounds when it comes to attacking. The news media will show us pictures of injured babies hurt by Israeli weaponry and we are supposed to sympathize with the child. Chances are that child will learn to recite suicide bomber songs in daycare and maybe end up being one someday. The child is innocent for now, the ones using it are not.
3:49 pm [ Quote ]
for all of you Malkin-ites that screamed about the Hispanic community waving Mexican flags in solidarity, where’s all the anger over the waving of Israeli flags in solidarity. i don’t see any American flags in this march, do you? both groups are showing strong nationalism to ANOTHER country. frankly, i don’t care either way, but it seems pretty hypocritical to favoring one minority over another.
4:09 pm [ Quote ]
for all of you Malkin-ites that screamed about the Hispanic community waving Mexican flags in solidarity, where’s all the anger over the waving of Israeli flags in solidarity. i don’t see any American flags in this march, do you? both groups are showing strong nationalism to ANOTHER country. frankly, i don’t care either way, but it seems pretty hypocritical to favoring one minority over another.
If you can’t see the difference in the issues at hand, then there is no hope for you and no sense wasting time trying to explain it. Have another cup of Kool Aid.
4:13 pm [ Quote ]
The news media will show us pictures of injured babies hurt by Israeli weaponry and we are supposed to sympathize with the child. Chances are that child will learn to recite suicide bomber songs in daycare and maybe end up being one someday. The child is innocent for now, the ones using it are not.
Yes, well, when the child grows up and is told that his parents were killed by Israeli jets, it will be NO surprise if he becomes an anti-Israel militant.
In any case, there is little historical evidence that collective punishment works – whether sanctions, or military strikes, usually it results in the people becomming even more extreme in their beliefs. If Israel really wanted to get rid of Hezbollah, it would have to cooperate with the Lebanese government, which has wanted to take control of the south but is simply too weak to do so. Instead, Israel continuously bombs civilian infrastructure as well Lebanese army posts, despite the fact that the Lebanese army itself has taken no part of the fighting so far. Although, the bombing that killed a dozen soldiers today might change that.
4:53 pm [ Quote ]
Zim: Oh that the world was such a neat package, easy to deal with and fit comfortably within the way we view life.
You are right that collective punishment rarely works, but sometimes events impose upon gvernments certain courses of action, which though vital, can produce unwelcome side effects. But, we usually don’t have the luxury of doing things perfectly!
6:48 pm [ Quote ]
for all of you Malkin-ites that screamed about the Hispanic community waving Mexican flags in solidarity, where’s all the anger over the waving of Israeli flags in solidarity. i don’t see any American flags in this march, do you? both groups are showing strong nationalism to ANOTHER country. frankly, i don’t care either way, but it seems pretty hypocritical to favoring one minority over another.
If you can’t see the difference in the issues at hand, then there is no hope for you and no sense wasting time trying to explain it. Have another cup of Kool Aid.
conveniently avoiding the issue… well-played.
11:20 pm [ Quote ]
[...] It’s nice to see people rallying together to support a cause that is worth supporting. Sanding united against genocide, against terrorism, for democracy. This is in comparison to the tactics of the protestors of those on the left. We have to remember that Israel is dealing with countries that don’t even put them on their maps, as far as the likes of Iran are concerned, Israel does not exist, and pushing them as a people into the ocean is their Divine Right, as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran said himself, “Israel is a rotten, dried tree that will be annihilated in one storm.” What response is proportionate…do they wait until the missile is in the air? HT: Expose the Left, and comments of “Yes I’m a Liberal” [...]