"Those people including women and children who were killed in this horrible tragic incident may have been killed by Israeli fire but they are the victims of the Hezbollah," Gillerman the Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. said. "They are the victims of terror. If there were no Hezbollah this would never have happened."

Qana, history in the making?

Sunday morning, while they were sleeping, Israeli missiles detonated in a village in southern Lebanon called "Qana" killing 56 people total, 34 of which were children. The Israeli Prime Minister's response is, of course, to blame Hezbollah for it. Hezbollah didn't fire the damn missiles.

Bush's commentary was on the same lines. Expressing "grief" over the losses, and then claiming its all the terrorist's fault that it is happening. Would there even be terrorists without Israel creating them by invading other countries and killing people enmasse? People don't grow to hate you completely irrationally, oftentimes, there's a reason, and Israel gives the world plenty of reasons. And by proxy, since we're Israel's lapdog, it gives the world reasons to hate us.

People in Lebanon are already blaming us. In response to the attack outraged citizens marched on the U.N. buildings in the area, breaking windows, slashing furniture, vast vandalizm. Protestors are carrying "Death to America" banners and the entire west is getting condemned.

Bush claims this is an important part in the war on terror, I agree, it's just I have to ask who won this battle? Sure as hell ain't us. This is just going to create more support for Hezbollah in the middle east and terrorism in general. We're fueling the fires of Western and Israeli hatred instead of taking the wind out of their sails. We're creating more terrorists faster than we're killing them, and committing acts of terror at the same time by killing innocent civilians in large numbers. Over 500 people have died since the Lebanese campaign started.

There's no telling what's going to happen now, Secretary Rice is cancelling her diplomatic visit to the region (I wonder if she's worried about getting hit by Israeli missiles) so hopes of a peaceful and swift resolution at this point are looking dim. If this keeps up, soon a real conflict will emerge. Maybe Qana will be the spark that ignites the entire region ablaze. Something your kids will read about in history textbooks many years down the road?

What the Hezbollah?

I'm guessing a lot of people are wondering just what Hezbollah is. READ.

http://www.cfr.org/publication/9155/

Israel <3

"Israel was also under fire over the killing of four UN peacekeepers Tuesday in what UN chief Kofi Annan charged was an "apparently deliberate" targeting of their post." Yahoo News Article

To make matters worse Israel is still continuing their operations in the Gaza Strip and have killed 24 people today alone. At least 3 of which were children under the age of 10.

Gotta love our allies.

Israel vs. Hizbollah

Simply put, it's not looking good.

Israel is bombing the hell out of Lebanon under grounds that Hizbollah has been shooting rockets at Israel over the border and has captured two Israeli soldiers. For those who don't know, Hizbollah is an Islamic Extremist organization, widely considered in the west to be a terrorist organization with power in the area.

Hizbollah rocket attacks have purportedly killed 15 people, whereas Israeli has killed over 300 already confirmed in the fighting.

The UN is urging that the fighting be stopped, claiming that it will cause a humanitarian crisis (and it will). At first the US's position was silence, but once they release an official statement they came out in full support of Israel. And it's only going to get worse. Israel is apparently planning ground-manuvers not just air strikes.

Just about every country in the middle east that's opened its mouth condemns Israel's actions. Mark my words, time will tell, that our support for Israel will be a bigger threat to national security than anything that's happened since 9/11.

I don't think anything exposes the true nature of Israel like this particular detail. A UN outpost on the border badly damaged in all of this. Israel claimed that Hizbollah attacked it with a rocket. But firsthand UN witnesses claim Israeli Artilery Fire is to blame.

Syriana

I finally got around to seeing this movie. It's about the middle east, oil, and terrorism.

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As a whole it had a few good ideas but was way too conspiracy theory ridden and some parts made no sense at all.

I like the idea of walking you through the life of some potential terrorists, but I don't think *real* terrorists think exactly like that. Middle-East terrorism causes are much more tied to Palestine and places where the west has interfered politically in their life, not economically. Though I guess both are possible, I don't think it's an accurate portrayal of terrorism in the modern day.

I wish they had the balls to walk you through the Israel/Palestine conflict and educate the American populace to it, but no one seems to. So, I'm not really surprised.

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I think I'd give it a C+. The movie tries very hard, and fails in a few key areas. Such as tying
all of the loose ends together at the end. It's confusing, dialogue driven, and detail heavy. Was difficult for me to follow and I usually don't have problems with that.

Random

1) I remember standing on the stairs somewhere in a park and telling someone my age when I was 8 years old. There might've been a balloon invovled, I don't know.

2) I hate nondairy creamer. When I put too much in, it doesn't merge the coffee. The coffee denies my transplant of yummyness. And this makes me sad.

The Weather Channel

I hate the Weather Channel.

Try listening to their "anchors" sometime. They motion at the pretty map and use inclusive language. "We're going to be seeing some..." NO YOU'RE NOT. I will be if I live there. Don't try to sympathize with me for my bad weather. You won't be seeing any of it. And I might ENJOY some of what I'm seeing. Not everyone looks for sun-shiney days you know.

And I hate it when they tell me what to do. "Break the out Umbrella, cause it's going to rain today!" No. I don't even own one. I've never used one in my life. I have no fear of water. Infact I stand naked infront of falling water on a DAILY basis. I don't see why I'd be afraid of doing it in clothing.

I love Coffee

Not cause it wakes you up. Not cause it tastes good. Not cause it smells nice. But because I can put creamer in it, drink it, and then it tastes good. On its own, coffee is a terrible thing. But when you add creamer, it's magically delicious. I can think of no other food which tastes like ass completely unaltered, but when you add condiments, it's good. I don't even think it's the coffee that makes it good, it's just an excuse to allow me to drink the creamer. Here's to you coffee.

EDIT: OH, and it's the first day of July. SHIT. One month gone. College... nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.