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		<title>By: Global Voices Online &#187; Lebanon finally has a government</title>
		<link>http://qifanabki.com/2009/05/01/ballots-over-beirut/#comment-5503</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Global Voices Online &#187; Lebanon finally has a government]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Here’s a guess [for Hariri&#039;s snub of the Phalangists]. As we’ve said before, the era of the March 14-March 8 rivalry is over. It died, more or less, on the day after the election, and [PSP and Druze leader Walid] [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Here’s a guess [for Hariri&#39;s snub of the Phalangists]. As we’ve said before, the era of the March 14-March 8 rivalry is over. It died, more or less, on the day after the election, and [PSP and Druze leader Walid] [...]</p>
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		<title>By: The New Cabinet: Observations &#38; Projections &#171; Qifa Nabki</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The New Cabinet: Observations &#38; Projections &#171; Qifa Nabki]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] a guess. As we&#8217;ve said before, the era of the March 14-March 8 rivalry is over. It died, more or less, on the day after the election, and Jumblatt&#8217;s decision to drop out of [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] a guess. As we&#8217;ve said before, the era of the March 14-March 8 rivalry is over. It died, more or less, on the day after the election, and Jumblatt&#8217;s decision to drop out of [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Akbar Palace</title>
		<link>http://qifanabki.com/2009/05/01/ballots-over-beirut/#comment-1929</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Palace]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 12:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[QN -

I want my money back!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>QN -</p>
<p>I want my money back!</p>
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		<title>By: Qifa Nabki</title>
		<link>http://qifanabki.com/2009/05/01/ballots-over-beirut/#comment-1927</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Qifa Nabki]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 05:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi guys,

Let&#039;s pack this one in.

To the commenter known as &quot;V&quot;

I&#039;m not going to release any of your comments until you use a proper email address. And anything like your last comment will be deleted and you will be banned permanently. Consider this a first and final warning.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi guys,</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s pack this one in.</p>
<p>To the commenter known as &#8220;V&#8221;</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not going to release any of your comments until you use a proper email address. And anything like your last comment will be deleted and you will be banned permanently. Consider this a first and final warning.</p>
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		<title>By: netsp</title>
		<link>http://qifanabki.com/2009/05/01/ballots-over-beirut/#comment-1922</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[netsp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 00:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please leave me out of this. Address your comments to someone else.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please leave me out of this. Address your comments to someone else.</p>
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		<title>By: Akbar Palace</title>
		<link>http://qifanabki.com/2009/05/01/ballots-over-beirut/#comment-1920</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Palace]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 23:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[bint abeeha claims AIG said:

&lt;i&gt;... israel is simply the bestest in terms of warfare and can just easily wipe a country and regime such as the iranian off the map...

... and the world’s intellectuals, arab ones in particular, are just too dumb to learn from israel’s awesomeness.

...just as israel is beyond or rather above international law...&lt;/i&gt;

bint abeeha,

You asked netsp if he &quot;noticed previously that AIG’s posts&quot; contain the statements above.  

I have not noticed them.  Can you provide a link showing AIG stated these points above.

I&#039;m thinking these words you posted above are not statements made by AIG but are just your projections of what you &quot;think&quot; AIG has said. 

&lt;i&gt;...the reason of course is, AIG has no clue about internal lebanese matters.&lt;/i&gt;

&lt;i&gt;AIG, please embark on your civilizing mission elsewhere.&lt;/i&gt;

I don&#039;t think AIG is on a &quot;civilizing mission&quot;, I think he just wants to understand Arab views on Hezbollah
by asking rather simple questions such as &quot;how long will Hizballah be able to tout itself as a resistance movement if it does not attack Israel at all&quot;?

Stuff like that.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>bint abeeha claims AIG said:</p>
<p><i>&#8230; israel is simply the bestest in terms of warfare and can just easily wipe a country and regime such as the iranian off the map&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230; and the world’s intellectuals, arab ones in particular, are just too dumb to learn from israel’s awesomeness.</p>
<p>&#8230;just as israel is beyond or rather above international law&#8230;</i></p>
<p>bint abeeha,</p>
<p>You asked netsp if he &#8220;noticed previously that AIG’s posts&#8221; contain the statements above.  </p>
<p>I have not noticed them.  Can you provide a link showing AIG stated these points above.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m thinking these words you posted above are not statements made by AIG but are just your projections of what you &#8220;think&#8221; AIG has said. </p>
<p><i>&#8230;the reason of course is, AIG has no clue about internal lebanese matters.</i></p>
<p><i>AIG, please embark on your civilizing mission elsewhere.</i></p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think AIG is on a &#8220;civilizing mission&#8221;, I think he just wants to understand Arab views on Hezbollah<br />
by asking rather simple questions such as &#8220;how long will Hizballah be able to tout itself as a resistance movement if it does not attack Israel at all&#8221;?</p>
<p>Stuff like that.</p>
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		<title>By: AIG</title>
		<link>http://qifanabki.com/2009/05/01/ballots-over-beirut/#comment-1913</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AIG]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, right. Read post 9. I presented one aspect of Lebanese politics that was obviously zero sum and was met by almost pathological denial which led the discussion astray. It was NOT my post which was off topic.

And by the way, it was the rejection of the Arabs of international law as the basis to solve the Arab-Israeli problem that brought us to where we are. the Arabs did not accept the UN partition resolution of November 29, 1947 and decided first to go to the international court for an appeal, and then when that was denied, they went to war. Why? Because they thought they could win. Now when they figured out that they can&#039;t win in war they want to base solutions on international law. You must think Israelis are idiots. International law is a joke. It is merely another political tool used by countries to further their interests. The Arabs pick and choose what is convenient for them. How about the recent example with the President of Sudan and the reluctance of the Arabs to accept his indictment? Who is REALLY above international law?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, right. Read post 9. I presented one aspect of Lebanese politics that was obviously zero sum and was met by almost pathological denial which led the discussion astray. It was NOT my post which was off topic.</p>
<p>And by the way, it was the rejection of the Arabs of international law as the basis to solve the Arab-Israeli problem that brought us to where we are. the Arabs did not accept the UN partition resolution of November 29, 1947 and decided first to go to the international court for an appeal, and then when that was denied, they went to war. Why? Because they thought they could win. Now when they figured out that they can&#8217;t win in war they want to base solutions on international law. You must think Israelis are idiots. International law is a joke. It is merely another political tool used by countries to further their interests. The Arabs pick and choose what is convenient for them. How about the recent example with the President of Sudan and the reluctance of the Arabs to accept his indictment? Who is REALLY above international law?</p>
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		<title>By: bint abeeha</title>
		<link>http://qifanabki.com/2009/05/01/ballots-over-beirut/#comment-1911</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bint abeeha]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 13:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[netsp, haven&#039;t you noticed previously that AIG&#039;s posts do not bear any relation to the topic of the article? they are endless variations on the awesomeness of israel while being surrounded by terrorists. in this case, israel is simply the bestest in terms of warfare and can just easily wipe a country and regime such as the iranian off the map. and the world&#039;s intellectuals, arab ones in particular, are just too dumb to learn from israel&#039;s awesomeness. 
only if, by mere coincidence the original article touches upon those points, AIG&#039;s posts will be to the topic. just as israel is beyond or rather above international law, as AIG admits in post #11 without considering this in any way problematic, AIG himself is beyond the rules most people commenting on this blog stick to.

the reason of course is, AIG has no clue about internal lebanese matters. but because he&#039;s on his israeli civilizing mission and cannot just the f shut up, we end up reading about israel once again.

AIG, please embark on your civilizing mission elsewhere. think about limiting posting to once a week maybe, if you have nothing to say  except lecturing us about israeli awesomeness.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>netsp, haven&#8217;t you noticed previously that AIG&#8217;s posts do not bear any relation to the topic of the article? they are endless variations on the awesomeness of israel while being surrounded by terrorists. in this case, israel is simply the bestest in terms of warfare and can just easily wipe a country and regime such as the iranian off the map. and the world&#8217;s intellectuals, arab ones in particular, are just too dumb to learn from israel&#8217;s awesomeness.<br />
only if, by mere coincidence the original article touches upon those points, AIG&#8217;s posts will be to the topic. just as israel is beyond or rather above international law, as AIG admits in post #11 without considering this in any way problematic, AIG himself is beyond the rules most people commenting on this blog stick to.</p>
<p>the reason of course is, AIG has no clue about internal lebanese matters. but because he&#8217;s on his israeli civilizing mission and cannot just the f shut up, we end up reading about israel once again.</p>
<p>AIG, please embark on your civilizing mission elsewhere. think about limiting posting to once a week maybe, if you have nothing to say  except lecturing us about israeli awesomeness.</p>
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		<title>By: Akbar Palace</title>
		<link>http://qifanabki.com/2009/05/01/ballots-over-beirut/#comment-1909</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Palace]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 12:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AIG -

Thanks for the response.  I think your prediction makes sense.

You should apply to the University of Oklahoma for a professorship.  That is, if you&#039;re interested;)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AIG -</p>
<p>Thanks for the response.  I think your prediction makes sense.</p>
<p>You should apply to the University of Oklahoma for a professorship.  That is, if you&#8217;re interested;)</p>
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		<title>By: AIG</title>
		<link>http://qifanabki.com/2009/05/01/ballots-over-beirut/#comment-1907</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AIG]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 11:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maverick,

The aim of the attack will be to delay as much as possible Iran obtaining nuclear arms. It is exactly the same aim as in the case that Israel attacked the Iraqi reactor. Imagine that Israel would not have done that. In that case when Saddam attacked Kuwait 9 years later, he would have had at his disposal nuclear weapons! Israel did a huge favor to the world in general and the Arab world in particular.

What will the consequences of the attack be? The best for Israel would be if Iran attacks the US or the Gulf states. Then, there will be a wide coalition to take out the regime in Iran. The Iranians are not stupid and most likely all they will consider militarily is to shoot missiles at Israel. The Iranians have very few long range missiles and each one is very expensive. So unless their missiles are really accurate, which they are not, they will probably not even shoot those. Also, if they shoot missiles at Israel, Israel will take out their oil exporting capabilities, thus causing them even harsher economical difficulties. The only likely Iranian response is Hizballah attacking Israel from Lebanon. In this way, the Iranians will not be implicated directly in the fight and will be able to harass Israel at little cost to them.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maverick,</p>
<p>The aim of the attack will be to delay as much as possible Iran obtaining nuclear arms. It is exactly the same aim as in the case that Israel attacked the Iraqi reactor. Imagine that Israel would not have done that. In that case when Saddam attacked Kuwait 9 years later, he would have had at his disposal nuclear weapons! Israel did a huge favor to the world in general and the Arab world in particular.</p>
<p>What will the consequences of the attack be? The best for Israel would be if Iran attacks the US or the Gulf states. Then, there will be a wide coalition to take out the regime in Iran. The Iranians are not stupid and most likely all they will consider militarily is to shoot missiles at Israel. The Iranians have very few long range missiles and each one is very expensive. So unless their missiles are really accurate, which they are not, they will probably not even shoot those. Also, if they shoot missiles at Israel, Israel will take out their oil exporting capabilities, thus causing them even harsher economical difficulties. The only likely Iranian response is Hizballah attacking Israel from Lebanon. In this way, the Iranians will not be implicated directly in the fight and will be able to harass Israel at little cost to them.</p>
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