georgephillip
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- Dec 27, 2009
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You were ten years late to that party, Hossfly.Who were you fighting in Lebanon in 1958, communists or Blue Bats?We weren't fighting the Ayrabs when the "Nakba" was dreamed up.Have you noticed how we didn't need any ME insurance before European Jews stole Palestine, Hossfly?Israel deserves the same economic sanctions as Iran or North Korea, but, of course, the usual war-whores might see a decline in next quarter's dividend.
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Understanding US military aid to Israel
Those are insurance premiums, Georgie. Israel is our insurance policy in the ME. Suck it up.
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1958 Lebanon crisis - Wikipedia
What role did al-Nakba play in creating the 1958 Lebanon crisis?
1958 Civil War was fought between Lebanese Christians and Muslims who wanted Lebanon to join the UAR. Naturally we sided with the pro-Western Lebanese government in Operation Blue Bat. As far as al-Nakba is concerned, I don't believe I'm acquainted with the gentleman. I had been in the Army for 7 months and pulled KP at the International Airport for 3 months as we fed Air Force cargo crews 24/7. I didn't get to shoot even one damn terrorist insurgent.
You should have shown up in Lebanon in 1948:
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LibGuides: Al-Nakba: Refugees & Right to Return
"Lebanon has hosted Palestinian refugees since 1948, the year of the Nakba ('Catastrophe' in Arabic) when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were forced out of their homes by Zionist militias as the state of Israel was created. In 1948, to quote Palestinian academic Rashid Khalidi, 'half of Palestine’s… Arabs were uprooted from their homes and became refugees'".
Lebanon's Scapegoating of Refugees Did Not Start With Syrians, but With Palestinians - The Wire