Olmert accepts cease fire deal ......God please let this be real!

nam78_two

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Fri Aug-11-06 04:15 PM
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Olmert accepts cease fire deal ......God please let this be real!

Edited on Fri Aug-11-06 04:16 PM by nam78_two

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060811/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon_israel

I SO HOPE this is an end to this insanity......

Edit: Just noticed that the cease fire is not immediate :(

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Fri Aug-11-06 04:18 PM
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nam78_two

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Fri Aug-11-06 04:19 PM
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2. yeah I am confused

Just saw this:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/749566.html

Don't know how old that is....
Was so excited at the thought of a cease fire....:(

:( :(

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Tempest

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Fri Aug-11-06 04:31 PM
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4. What is really confusing...

Edited on Fri Aug-11-06 04:31 PM by Tempest

Is how Israel is telling the Lebanese to leave the area and then bombing them as they're trying to leave.

If that's not a war crime, the term has lost all meaning.

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Tempest

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Fri Aug-11-06 04:30 PM
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3. It doesn't matter if Olmert accepts the deal or not

It has to be approved by the Israeli cabinet.

Fat chance of that happening.

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nam78_two

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Fri Aug-11-06 04:41 PM
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5. well their approval numbers are in a free fall from what I read

They may not do the right thing for the sake of doing the right thing, but any politician would care about that I would think...

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Tempest

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Fri Aug-11-06 05:49 PM
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7. Reality doesn't agree with your position

Look at Bush's approval rating and the fact that 60% of Americans want to withdraw from Iraq.

He doesn't care, he's staying the course.

The same is true with most government leaders who are corrupt.

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Fredda Weinberg

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Fri Aug-11-06 06:46 PM
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10. You'll be surprised n/t

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Tempest

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Fri Aug-11-06 10:40 PM
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12. I'll be surprised if the Cabinet votes on it at all

Especially considering this:

http://tinyurl.com/glsq8

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Fredda Weinberg

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Sun Aug-13-06 10:40 AM
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14. Told you you'd be surprised n/t

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lastknowngood

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Fri Aug-11-06 04:47 PM
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6. It's not a cease fire. They can continue the slaughter for at least

two or three weeks as the U.N. tries to find some country who will commit 15,000 troops into a war zone without a cease fire. If you read the damn thing they continue as they are until some country agrees to put 15,000 troops in harms way without the right to defend themselves from Israel's military actions.

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SOS

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Fri Aug-11-06 06:20 PM
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8. Interesting quote from NYT article:

"A senior administration official in Crawford, Tex., where President Bush is on vacation, said today that it increasingly seemed that Israel would not be able to achieve a military victory, a realization, he said, speaking not for attribution, that led the Americans to get behind a cease-fire."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/11/world/middleeast/11cnd-nations.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5094&en=20b4943ae7cb4fcb&hp&ex=1155355200&partner=homepage

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Tempest

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Fri Aug-11-06 10:41 PM
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13. An Israeli ex-military commander said the same thing yesterday

It was from a report on NPR yesterday morning.

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frebrd

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Fri Aug-11-06 06:44 PM
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9. Is there any provision for a ...

"signing statement" when approving a cease-fire?

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Fredda Weinberg

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Fri Aug-11-06 06:47 PM
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11. The cease fire is dependent on the cessation of shelling

else Israel will have no choice but to react. But it's hopeful to watch the security council speeches.

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