Bloodthirsty Liberal

Not so good:

Since the end of Operation Cast Lead, 670 rockets and 404 mortar shells have been fired into Israel.

Israel has been counting.

While the liberal Western powers take to their day beds and huff smelling salts every time a Jew puts up a pup tent, they have remained mute at the launching of over 1,000 projectiles at Jewish civilians. To say nothing of the overwhelming (and entirely illegal) arming of Hezbollah up in Lebanon—under the indifferent eye of the United Nations. Imagine the massed forces of North Korea on the Canadian border: that’s what Israel faces with the fascist falangists of “The Party of God.”

1 in 4 citizens lack access to bomb shelters

A harsh dose of reality. When was the last time you checked your access to a bomb shelter?

Israel’s civil defenses are not ready to protect the population in a missile war, an opposition lawmaker said on Monday, fueling debate about the feasibility of an attack on Iran’s nuclear program.

Almost one in four Israelis lack access to bomb shelters, whether communal or reinforced rooms in private homes, said MK Ze’ev Bielski (Kadima), chairman of a parliamentary panel on Israel’s home defense preparations.

“Are we prepared for a war? No,” he told Reuters. “Things are moving too slowly and we are wasting very precious time.”

Such shelters could be vital if Israel were to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities and Tehran struck back, either directly or through its allies on Israel’s borders.

Israel says 100,000 rockets and missiles are pointed at it, many of these held by Syria, Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas, although they may decide to sit out any war between Israel and Iran.

PS: Those 100,000 rockets? Blame George W. Bush and the UN for that. Israel was promised that if she pulled back from Lebanon in 2006, the “International Community” would guarantee that Hezbollah wouldn’t use the opportunity to put those missiles there. And Bush, the UN, and the “International Community” simply lied.

All of which makes me very grumpy.

- Aggie

What more do you need to know?

Following are excerpts from an interview with ‘Imad Mughniya, grandson of slain Hizbullah operations mastermind ‘Imad Mughniya, which aired on Al-Manar TV on February 16, 2012:

Interviewer: Leaders do not die because their path lives on forever. With us in the studio is little ‘Imad Mughniya, grandson of the martyr ‘Imad. Good morning, ‘Imad. How are you?

Grandmother: Say: “Good morning.”

‘Imad Mughniya: Good morning.

Interviewer: Good morning. Don’t play with the microphone, ‘Imad. What would you like to say to your grandpa, ‘Imad?

‘Imad Mughniya: I love you.

Interviewer: What’s your name?

‘Imad Mughniya: ‘Imad Mughniya.

Interviewer: Who are you named after?

‘Imad Mughniya: After grandpa.

Interviewer: What are you wearing, ‘Imad?

‘Imad Mughniya: Military fatigues.

Interviewer: What do you want to be when you grow up? What do you want to be when you grow up?

Family members: He will be in the resistance.

‘Imad Mughniya: I will be in the resistance.

Interviewer: Like who?

Father: Say: “like grandpa.”

‘Imad Mughniya: Like grandpa.

Grandmother: Whose gun is this?

‘Imad Mughniya: Grandpa’s.

Grandmother: That’s right. Who wants to hold the gun?

Interviewer: Hajj ‘Imad entrusted little ‘Imad with this.

Grandmother: Little ‘Imad is taking the big gun. Go on.

[Lets 'Imad Mughniya play with the gun]

Interviewer: That is what Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah said, [Mughniya] left behind thousands upon thousands of soldiers… We would like to think little ‘Imad.

Grandmother: Clever little ‘Imad is now going to mama.

Wave bye-bye, little ‘Imad! Uncle Samir is waving!

But stay away from Uncle Hassan. We don’t want you to have anything to do with him.

It’s here.

The Wall Street Journal wrote about this yesterday, and the Jerusalem Post today.

The Homeland Security Department last week held a conference call with Jewish groups about the possibility they may be targets, Napolitano said Wednesday in testimony before the US House Homeland Security Committee. The US isn’t aware of a specific threat of Hezbollah planning an attack, she said.

“We’re constantly monitoring” the Hezbollah threat, Napolitano said.

And who do you suppose would be blamed if Hezbollah (Party of God) was successful in targeting American Jews?

- Aggie

Not with a whimper, but a bang. Two bangs:

Four people were wounded when an explosive device attached to an Israeli Embassy van detonated near the Israeli mission in New Delhi, officials said Monday.

It was one of two explosives discovered on Israeli Embassy vehicles Monday. The other was found on an embassy car in Tblisi, Georgia, and that device was detonated in a controlled explosion with no injuries, an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed both incidents on Iran, calling it “the biggest exporter of terror in the world.”

“The Israeli government and her security organizations are continuing to operate together with local security services against these acts of terror,” Netanyahu said. “We will continue to act in a strong way, systematically and steadfastly.”

Ooh, wait! I know what happened! Mossad did it! Mossad did it to blame Iran!

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said this month that Iran would support any nation or group that stands up against Israel. He said Iran doesn’t interfere in other nations but has aided such militant groups as Hamas and Hezbollah in conflicts with Israel in Gaza and Lebanon.

And an Indian driver is but a small price to pay.

PS: In case you didn’t know:

Following are excerpts from an interview with Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, which aired on Al-Manar TV on febraury 7, 2012:

We receive all possible forms of moral, political, and material support from the Islamic Republic of Iran since 1982. In the past, although we didn’t lie about this, we only told half of the truth. We said we have moral support and political support, but when we were asked about material, financial, or military support, we kept silent. We didn’t say anything – one way or the other. We didn’t want to embarrass our brothers in Iran, but when the Supreme Leader [Khamenei] said: “We are giving aid” – that’s it.

PPS: And now I’ve heard everything.

Everything:

Following are excerpts from an interview with Syrian opposition cleric Sheik Adnan Al-’Ar’our, which aired on Al-Safa TV on Febraury 10, 2012:

Interviewer: [...] the Arab League, which has not given money to treat a single wounded person so far.

Adnan Al-’Ar’our: Good people, this is shameful, by Allah. Good people, we don’t want any weapons from you. All we want is for you to treat the wounded and open up your hospitals. Have your hearts become that cruel? Have you become such cowards? Open up your hospitals. Give us money to buy shrouds.

[…]

Good people, there is an unwritten law with regard to treating the wounded. I think we should even appeal to Israel. Maybe that would be easier. Perhaps they would give us… If it is possible, we appeal to them to treat the wounded.

Interviewer: But would the Syrian army allow the wounded safe passage through the Golan?

Adnan Al-’Ar’our: Not, it would not.

Israel would treat them if they came. Of that there is no doubt.

What some look upon as bad news, I consider clarifying:

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah dismissed on Saturday a United Nations call for his movement to disarm, saying it was determined to maintain a military capacity to defend Lebanon.

“I affirm today, firmly, decisively and with the greatest conviction … the choice of armed resistance,” Nasrallah said. “These weapons, along with the Lebanese people and army, are the only guarantee of Lebanon’s protection.”

Mocking a demand by visiting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that Hezbollah lay down its weapons, Nasrallah said he was happy that Hezbollah’s military prowess was a cause for concern.

“Your concern, Secretary-General, reassures us and pleases us. What matters to us is that you are worried, and that America … and Israel are worried with you,” he said in a televised speech marking a Shiite holy day.

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Ban, speaking in Beirut on Friday, said he was “deeply concerned about the military capacity of Hezbollah” and the lack of progress in disarmament. “All these arms outside of the authorized state authority, it’s not acceptable,” he declared.

If it’s unacceptable, Banki, what are you planning to do about it—except accept it? Nasrallah just called you his bitch. What’s your response?

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That’s what I thought.

PS: Don’t you love the word “numbskull”? I picture the Stooge Moe poking his fingers in the Stooge Banki’s eyes.

Unacceptable, huh? Well, accept this! DOINK!

UPDATE

Now, this is the Banki I know and despise:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday slammed Israeli settlements as illegal and called for an end to the “occupation,” AFP reported.

That’s a lie, and he knows it. Or he should, as UN Secretary. He should know that to the extent UN resolutions have any legal authority, Resolution 242 called for a negotiated settlement of land seized. After returning Sinai and Gaza, Israel has more than kept its part of the bargain. What’s more, a series of earlier treaties and proclamations declared Israel, including Judea and Samaria, would be a homeland for the Jewish people. There is nothing “illegal” about the “occupation”; Jewish settlements are not only legal but to be encouraged.

So why is the UN Secretary lying?

Speaking at a conference on democracy in the Arab world in Beirut, Ban said that “the Israeli occupation of Arab and Palestinian territories” and “violence against civilians” must end.

Got it. Give the audience what they want.

Please, won’t you give this holiday season to those less fortunate?

While Hezbollah General Secretary Hassan Nasrallah appeared to be in high spirits recently during a rare public appearance in a suburb of Beirut, his organization is experiencing a severe financial crisis, French daily Le Figaro reported over the weekend.

According to the article, which was based on information obtained by French intelligence agencies, the civil uprising against President Bashar Assad in Syria has significantly reduced the flow of money to the Lebanese terror group.

Moreover, the report said, Iran has recently cut its financial aid to Hezbollah by 25% due in part to the international sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program.

Le Figaro said the financial crisis has led some Hezbollah terrorists to deal drugs in north Lebanon. Just last week US prosecutors indicted a Lebanese national who they said led a massive international drug smuggling ring with links to Hezbollah.

Nasrallah during recent public appearance (Photo: AFP)

I don’t know if he’s stoned or not, but Nazzy doesn’t look like he’s been going hungry lately. What is it with psychopathic leaders these days? Nasrallah, Chavez, now Kim Jong (Metric) Ton—they’re all a bunch of orcas. I know the holidays are tough on the waistline, fellas, but lay off the Hanukkah gelt.

Happy to oblige, Nazzy.

But you might want to get out more:

Hizbullah leader Nasrallah, who stays in hiding so Israel won’t target him, made a rare public appearance Tuesday and asked to be martyred.

He showed up in public for the first in more than three years, in the southern suburbs of Beirut Tuesday at a mourning ceremony on Ashura, when Shiite Muslims mark the anniversary of the death of the Prophet Mohammed’s grandson Imam Hussein.

He remained in a public for only a few minutes but long enough to preach for death in the name of Jihad.

“It is the dream of every single one of us to join the master martyrs of the entire resistance,” Nasrallah intoned.

“Master Martyrs of the Entire Resistance”—what a great name for a band! Featuring Buck O’Fama, lead guitar, Aggie on vocals, Saul blowing a mean alto sax, Carol and Judi, rhythm guitar, Jeanette on drums, and your friend BTL on the tambourine.

Did you ever watch Burn After Reading? Very amusing film, and at the end of it, they ask this question: So, what did we learn here?

Hamas announced on Saturday that shortly after kidnapping Gilad Schalit on June 25, 2006, Hezbollah sent the Islamist terrorist organization a report detailing how to successfully broker a prisoner swap deal with Israel.

Hamas’ political bureau and negotiating team said they studied the report thoroughly, and credit it with helping them successfully secure the release of 1,027 security prisoners from Israeli prisons in exchange for the captive soldier.

Hezbollah’s experience and success in trading kidnapped Israelis is rather extensive.

In 2000, three Israeli soldiers, Adi Avitan, Benyamin Avraham, and Omar Sawaidwere were kidnapped and killed by Hezbollah in a cross-border raid.

Also in 2000, Hezbollah kidnapped Elhanan Tannenbaum, a businessman and colonel in the Israeli army who traveled to Lebanon illegally to carry out a drug deal. Tannenbaum was held by Hezbollah until 2004, when he was released alive, along with the bodies of Avitan, Avraham, and Sawaidwere in exchange for more than 400 security prisoners in Israeli prisons.

Obama likes to say, “Let me be clear”, so allow me to borrow the phrase, ok? Let me be clear, kidnapping is government policy for these terrorist entities. The Palestinian Arabs are ruled by terrorists, but not by terrorists that have random activities. They sit around and discuss terrorism, debate the pros and cons, come up with strategy papers. Kidnappings, suicide bombings, bus bombings are all the result of these strategy sessions. There are no weak, helpless people who, in response to despair, carry out these activities. They are the end result of a political process. What Have We Learned Here?

- Aggie

It’s aces:

Israel welcomes the adoption of today’s resolution and the renewal of UNIFIL’s mandate. UNIFIL plays a vital role in promoting stability in our region. I would like to convey Israel’s appreciation to the UNIFIL troops, their commanders, the troop contributing countries, and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. Israel is committed to cooperating with the United Nations to ensure the full implementation of resolution 1701.

Yet, as we convene here today, serious threats to peace and security in Lebanon stand in the way of fully implementing this resolution. I would like to highlight four of these challenges this morning.

First, Hizbullah continues to rapidly build up its arsenal of advanced weaponry – and expand its military presence throughout Lebanon, including south of the Litani River. Tens of thousands of sophisticated missiles and rockets are now in the hands of this terrorist organization. Its growing arsenal places the majority of Israeli civilians under the specter of attack.

Hizbullah seeks to acquire even more advanced weapons through joint and coordinated transfers of illegal arms supplied by Iran and directly facilitated by Syria across the Syrian-Lebanese border.

The United Nations and others in the international community are aware of the scope and magnitude of these transfers. Yet, the existing arms embargo has not been enforced – and there has been a lack of progress in the disarmament and disbandment of Hizbullah and other militias, as is mandated by Security Council resolutions. Israel views this stagnation with great concern.

Mr. President,

Israel’s second issue of concern relates to the cynical Hizbullah tactics that use Lebanese civilians to further their terrorist activity targeting Israeli civilians. Since the deployment of UNIFIL forces in 2006, Hizbullah’s modus operandi has shifted towards intentionally embedding its military infrastructure within civilian villages and residential areas. These deployments are occurring in UNIFIL’s area of operations and throughout other densely populated areas of Lebanon. Hizbullah terrorist bases, firing positions and missile storage centers are located adjacent to – and sometimes within – schools, hospitals, homes and mosques.

Such exploitation of civilians as human shields stands in grave violation of international law. On numerous occasions, Israel has provided the international community with detailed information about these violations.

Yet, they continue.

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Thirdly, Israel remains concerned by the violence directed at UNIFIL – and Hizbullah’s continued attempts to obstruct the movement and work of the force. From the periodic 1701 reports, it is clear that Hizbullah has long used so-called civilians to impede UNIFIL’s ability to operate. It employs a range of tactics, including throwing stones, threatening the force with weapons and confiscating equipment. The recent terrorist attacks against UNIFIL on May 27th and July 26th marked a serious escalation in the violence directed at the force – and should be taken very seriously.

The United Nations and the international community cannot stand by as Hizbullah continues to obstruct UNIFIL’s work. While Hizbullah’s fingerprints are all over these clear obstructions, its name is hardly ever mentioned in UN reports. The international community must also ensure that the force has the tools and soldiers necessary to carry out its mandate effectively.

Mr. President,

Finally, despite its obligations under Resolution 1701, the Government of Lebanon continues to take provocative actions along the Blue Line. On August 1st, a soldier from the Lebanese Armed Forces fired on Israeli Defense Forces situated south of the Blue Line. This was not isolated incident – and it was only by chance that this event did not result in casualties. Let me remind this Council that on 3 August 2010, in a similar incident, the LAF shot and killed reservist IDF Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Dov Harari.

I tried to cut, believe me, but the Israeli diplomat wouldn’t say what I would say were I in his position. Something like, “Mr. President, your mother [bleeps] scurvy, leprous sailors for two bits a throw, and you are the product of her union with a one-legged sumo wrestler with incurable halitosis, terminal psoriasis, and a glandular condition.”

Now, wouldn’t the world be better off if Israel talked (and acted) that way? But nooooo, they have to be all polite.

So people like me have to translate.

Not only is Hizb’allah (The Party of God) violating every term of the ceasefire from the last war that brought death and destruction to Israel (and Lebanon, too), they are working overtime on gearing up for the next one. And they are doing so with the UN’s tacit understanding, if not approval. Lest there be any doubt on that last point, read the bold passages again: the UN is fully aware of what the Hezzies are doing. I am reminded of the old joke: what’s the difference between ignorance and apathy? I don’t know and I don’t care. Only the UN could try to have it both ways.

The UN’s repeated crimes against humanity have come to bore even me. After importing cholera (from its Nepalese peacekeepers) into post-quake Haiti, the one plague from which that accursed nation was free, and after treating war-torn Africa as your personal brothel and kiddie-porn emporium, what do you do for an encore?

But this is a [bleep]storm of an even greater degree. The rain of missiles and mortars from Hamass-ruled Gaza will seem but a spring shower compared to the deluge of destruction that Hezbollah intends to launch from its territory, aka Lebanon. With UN complicity.

The UN wasn’t founded to bring about Israel’s destruction, but that has been its chief goal for a very long time now. And they’re just counting the days.

How does this make any sense?

Lebanon’s Hezbollah is preparing for a possible war with Israel to relieve perceived Western pressure to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad, its guardian ally, sources close to the movement say.

Hezbollah, which owns and runs Lebanon in fact as well as appearance, might attack Israel to save its buddy in Syria.

Huh?

What does one thing have to do with another?

Don’t answer; rhetorical question. It’s Chinatown.

Osama bin Laden is not dead. He lives on in the Knesset:

Ibrahim Sarsour, an Israeli-Arab Knesset Member, calls to establish Islamic Caliphate centered in Jerusalem and praises Hizbullah for defeating Israel.

Israeli-Arab MKs have long been accused of spouting anti-Israel rhetoric, but it appears that Sarsour, a seemingly mild-mannered Knesset Member and leader of the Ra’am-Ta’al United Arab List party, has now gone further than most.

In a recent speech – in Arabic – at Abdul Rahman’s club in Israel, Sarsour actually lauded Hizbullah, a Lebanese terrorist organization bent on vanquishing Israel, for having “defeated” Israel in the Second Lebanon War in 2006. He also encouraged Hizbullah to continue working to this end in the future.

The “Ra’am-Ta’al United Arab List party”? He sounds like a Democrat!