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There is no anti-semitism in Lebanon!

Zarakon
29-12-2006, 01:23
After decades of periodic conflict with Lebanon that cost thousands of lives, Israel successfully eradicated all traces of anti-Semitism from its northern neighbor with a series of heavy bombing attacks in July.

"Israel really turned us around on the whole Jew-hating thing," said Hezbollah leader Sheikh Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, shortly after a U.N.–brokered ceasefire was declared on Aug. 14. "After destroying much of our infrastructure and displacing nearly 1 million civilians, we've come to respect Israel as a legitimate power and a beacon of democracy, and not a pack of lying, usurping, hook-nosed dogs."

The last-ever Israel–Lebanon conflict began on July 12, when Hezbollah militants launched Katyusha missiles into Northern Israel, killed three Israeli soldiers, and kidnapped two others. Despite this initial success, Israel eventually prevailed in ridding the majority-Arab nation of a pervasive prejudice, the roots of which extend to Phoenician times.

Many in the international community were greatly surprised by the development. "We assumed this was just another regional war of attrition, a short-term, semi-effective defensive measure at best, a conflict-feeding 'eye for an eye' tactic at worst," French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said. "But we see that we were being far too cynical. It's basically resolved now."

Strobe Talbott, president of the Brookings Institution, a Washington–based think tank, said that there was "very strong" evidence that not only was a virulent anti-Jewish sentiment completely wiped out in Israel's bombing campaign against Lebanon, but so was any hard-line political opposition to Israel's existence or its annexing of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Golan Heights following the Six-Day War in 1967, and general anger over Israel's treatment of Palestinians.

"It's remarkable to think that, had Hezbollah been capable of making surgical pre-emptive strikes against Israeli military installations and densely populated urban centers, Israel would most likely be renouncing Zionism and abandoning the region at this very moment," Talbott said in August.

The bombings have had the most significant impact on Lebanon's youth. Many who saw parents and friends killed in the attacks said they will now spend the rest of their lives supporting Israel.

"I was upset at first when a bomb destroyed my school and killed many of my schoolmates and left me without legs," said Tyre bombing victim Sherifa Ayoub, 14, as she wheeled down her rubble-strewn street. "But as the days went on, and the bombs continued to fall, I began to realize that I had spent my whole young life arbitrarily lashing out at a people I thought I hated, when, all along, what I really hated was myself."

Israel's crushing victory has led Talbott and other Mideast experts to speculate that the nation may go on to bomb the anti-Semitism out of such hostile neighbors as Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.

Okay, fine, it's the onion. but still! http://www.theonion.com/content/node/56637
Swilatia
29-12-2006, 01:25
would'nt the bombings make the Labanese hate Israel even more?
The SR
29-12-2006, 01:25
Okay, fine, it's the onion. but still! http://www.theonion.com/content/node/56637

Israel's crushing victory

do me a fucking favour

as for this shit

I was upset at first when a bomb destroyed my school and killed many of my schoolmates and left me without legs," said Tyre bombing victim Sherifa Ayoub, 14, as she wheeled down her rubble-strewn street. "But as the days went on, and the bombs continued to fall, I began to realize that I had spent my whole young life arbitrarily lashing out at a people I thought I hated, when, all along, what I really hated was myself."

pathetic stuff
Gataway_Driver
29-12-2006, 01:27
ah its been a while since we have seen the onion
Siap
29-12-2006, 01:29
Ethnically speaking, aren't they all semitic peoples?
Swilatia
29-12-2006, 01:29
ah its been a while since we have seen the onion

not really. someone recently linked to an article there about regulating home theatres.
The Pacifist Womble
29-12-2006, 01:32
would'nt the bombings make the Labanese hate Israel even more?
Yes. Through satire, this article once again points out a lesson that has been taught time and again, but that has yet to make an impact on a lot of people: that hate cannot be stopped by hate.

43 "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbour and hate your enemy.' 44 But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Psychotic Mongooses
29-12-2006, 01:33
Israel's crushing victory

do me a fucking favour

as for this shit

I was upset at first when a bomb destroyed my school and killed many of my schoolmates and left me without legs," said Tyre bombing victim Sherifa Ayoub, 14, as she wheeled down her rubble-strewn street. "But as the days went on, and the bombs continued to fall, I began to realize that I had spent my whole young life arbitrarily lashing out at a people I thought I hated, when, all along, what I really hated was myself."

pathetic stuff

You do realise it's satire, right?
Zarakon
29-12-2006, 01:34
You do realise it's satire, right?

Clearly he doesn't. Or if he does, he finds it offensive.
The SR
29-12-2006, 01:35
You do realise it's satire, right?

No. :D

Dont i feel stupid
Zarakon
29-12-2006, 01:37
No. :D

Dont i feel stupid

Ouch. I'm sure plenty of people have made that mistake at some point.
Psychotic Mongooses
29-12-2006, 01:38
No. :D

Dont i feel stupid

I'm sorry, I had to laugh. Re-read it with a light heart. :D
The SR
29-12-2006, 01:38
Ouch. I'm sure plenty of people have made that mistake at some point.

yeah, but most of them didnt jump right in!! :D
Zarakon
29-12-2006, 01:40
yeah, but most of them didnt jump right in!! :D

Oh, read the mail section of the Landover Baptist Church (Landoverbaptist.org), a satirical website. It's inbox is about 2 million degrees celsuis from all the flame.
The SR
29-12-2006, 01:44
I'm sorry, I had to laugh. Re-read it with a light heart. :D

now im embarrassed!! :p

Im Irish and I missed the irony. Im a disgrace