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Arms for Georgia

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Lee

Evidently immune to the historical irony, Israel halted arms shipments to Georgia months ago due to fears of a Russian attack. As an IDF veteran interprets that: “When we found ourselves in a similar situation, we expected the world to … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page | Tagged armor, arms, arms trade, AT4, attack, C-17, Georgia, georgians, Haaretz, IDF, Interior Ministry, Israel, Javelin, missile, Operation Nickel Back, Russia, Shota Utiashvili. spokesman, South Ossetia, veteran, war, weapons, Yom Kippur War | Leave a comment

A Doves Eyes Opened

Posted on July 27, 2006 by Lance

(Listening notes: Dedicated to cussed Irish beekeepers everywhere: The Pogues, The Specials, The Fall, U2, and The Chieftains) Over at Captains Quarters I noticed this: Every time war footage from Lebanon flickers across the flat screen television in my apartment … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lance's Page | Tagged 1982, 1989, Ariel Sharon, backgammon, Berlin, cafes, Captain's Quarters, classmates, Enemies, fanaticism, forbearance, Gaza, George Bush, hawks and doves, hell, IDF, international reputations, invasion, Irish beekeepers, Israel, israeli conscription, Israelis, Lebanon, Manhattan, military, military prison, military service, New York, optional war, palestinian solidarity, peace, peace activism, peace demonstrations, phone numbers, political careers, Rome, sadness, scars, Sharon, soldiers, strangers, suicide bombers, television, The Chieftains, The Fall, The Pogues, The Specials, U2, uniforms, Zeev Avrahami | 4 Comments

My Eyes Opened

Posted on July 25, 2006 by Lance

Late in the eighties I was taking a course in American history after 1945. One of my fellow students was a bright, interesting Palestinian. Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Lance's Page | Tagged 1945, 1948, academia, acquaintances, American history, Arab Israeli conflict, Arabs, atrocities, authority, brutality, CAIR, class period, class sympathies, Dinosaur Jr., Domestic Politics, dominance, Education, embarrassment, fanaticism, genocide, good faith, Hank Williams Sr., Hezbollah, Hussein Massawi, IDF, international conflict, intifada, islam, islamism, Israeli Defense Forces, Israeli national suicide, Israelis, Lebanese, Lebanon, Middle East, monologues, Muslims, National Defense, national resistance, nationalism, negotiations, Omar Ahmad, Palestine, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Palestinians, PLO, PLO executive committee, religion, students, Syria, Syrians, tactics, The Dixie Chicks, The Minutemen, The Rolling Stones, The Volcano Suns, Zahir Muhsein, zionism | 3 Comments

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