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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 02:41 PM
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Bill Clinton: "CEASEFIRE NOW" - ?s Length Israel Has Gone To Defend Itself
Clinton calls on western leaders to broker Lebanese ceasefire Murray Brewster, Canadian Press
Published: Thursday, July 27, 2006

HALIFAX (CP) - The United States and other western countries should be pushing hard for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, along with the insertion of an international peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, former U.S. president Bill Clinton said Wednesday.

The Islamic group Hezbollah's tactics are at the root of the latest bloody conflict in the region, but Clinton also questioned the length to which Israel has gone to defend itself. "It's important for us to get some kind of ceasefire now," Clinton said.
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"The danger in this Israeli strategy is that Hezbollah attacks with rockets, then hides among civilians," he told 5,000 people at a sold-out event at the Halifax Metro Centre.

"No matter how measured the response is, if you go after them, you're going to kill innocent people."

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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 02:43 PM
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1. There's a big difference between a measured response
and collective punishment. Let's call a spade, a spade.

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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 02:44 PM
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2. He should just get his ass over there and do it...
screw the Chimp, go over his head and get it done.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 02:51 PM
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3. Measured response: "We regret the necessary killing of civilians".
"We are doing everything in our power to minimize civilian casualties."
"We had to destroy the village in order to save it."
"A thorough, and impartial, investigation will be conducted by our military."
"War is messy."

"I only broke her jaw because she pissed me off."
"I raped her because she was askin' for it."

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