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A few questions for Kofi Annan : Comments

By John E. Carey, published 2/8/2006

For the last 50 years deterrence meant nuclear weapons. Is that next for Hezbollah? Kofi?

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logic, how illogical of you, keep up the loony work.
Posted by SHONGA, Saturday, 5 August 2006 11:24:18 AM
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'The pro-Israel group firstly is far from being all Jewish and secondly for the most part does not fling out the anti Muslim or anti Arab hatred that you throw at Jews.'

That was your accusation of anti-semitism.

You backed it up with the supposed following proof, my statement:

'Keith

"Keep it up. You are bringing out all the Israeli propagandists.
Watch them slink back to their verandah's once the US and the rest of the world demands Israel return to it's pre'67 borders and the armed civilians in the illegal and criminal West Bank settlements go on a rampage."'

Not one word about Jews there, mate.

Now why you haven't you the guts to withdraw and apologise for your unmigitated slur?

'"You are a despicible bastard."

Not the language that I and my friends and aquaintences ever use to strangers.'

It's use is appropriate in addressing proven liars and fools.

'And quite frankly I am using a pseudonlm because;
Most of the others do.
I do not trust a lot of the contributers with my name and address'

You're doing that only because you are indulge in cowardly attacks.
Posted by keith, Saturday, 5 August 2006 1:55:43 PM
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Alan,
You ask "there are many more countries that do worse human rights violations than Israel. Why would they be subject to 1/3 of ALL UN resolutions?"
I'd say that unlike most rogue states it's because Israel is both very powerful and has always enjoyed US backing.

On the subject of UN resolutions you missed a few. Here's a brief sample:

Year: Vetoed by United States:

1972 Condemns Israel for killing hundreds of people in Syria and Lebanon in air raids.
1973 Affirms the rights of the Palestinians and calls on Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories.
1979 Calls for the return of all inhabitants expelled by Israel.
1979 Offers assistance to the Palestinian people.
1980 Requests Israel to return displaced persons.
1980 Condemns Israeli human rights practices in occupied territories. 3 resolutions.
1980 Declaration of non-use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states.
1981 Condemns Israel's treatment of the Palestinians, human rights policies, and the bombing of Iraq. 18 resolutions.
1982 Condemns the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. 6 resolutions (1982 to 1983).
1982 Condemns the shooting of 11 Muslims at a shrine in Jerusalem by an Israeli soldier.
1982 Calls on Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights occupied in 1967.
1984 Condemns Israel for occupying and attacking southern Lebanon.
1985 Condemns Israel for occupying and attacking southern Lebanon.
1985 Condemns Israel for using excessive force in the occupied territories.
1986 Condemns Israel for its actions against Lebanese civilians.
1986 Condemns Israel for sky-jacking a Libyan airliner.
1987 Calls on Israel to abide by the Geneva Conventions in its treatment of the Palestinians.
1987 Calls on Israel to stop deporting Palestinians.
1987 Condemns Israel for its actions in Lebanon. 2 resolutions.
1987 Calls on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon.
1988 Condemns Israeli practices against Palestinians in the occupied territories. 5 resolutions (1988 and 1989).
1995 Affirms that land in East Jerusalem annexed by Israel is occupied territory.
1997 Calls on Israel to cease building settlements in East Jerusalem and other occupied territories. 2 resolutions
Posted by bennie, Saturday, 5 August 2006 7:10:34 PM
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Keith

“You are bringing out all the Israeli propagandists. Watch them slink back to their verandah's ....”.

Who are your Israeli propagandists? You are slinging mud with that intemperate language. Please forgive me if I interpreted wrongly that you meant Jews.

And you do not use your full name either. Mine is Peter. How do you do Keith.

And how have you proved that I am either a liar or a fool? I do not believe that I have ever made a personal attack on anyone in the Forum. If I have it was a mistake and I apologise.

bennie

Do you realise that the UN allows all member nations a vote regardless of how small they are?

Thus the Muslim nations, many of which are small have votes way out of proportion to their numbers. Hindus for example have a huge number of adherents but get only one vote because they mainly live in India one of the most populated nations in the world.

The Muslim nations regularly gang up together against Israel. Add to this the power of oil and we get support for all sorts of ridiculous resolutions. In Queensland that is what they call a gerrymander. The US uses its veto to countermand this abuse.
Posted by logic, Saturday, 5 August 2006 11:10:39 PM
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A question for Kofi Annan:

Was The UN set up by The USA Government for The USA Government?
Posted by Kwv, Sunday, 6 August 2006 12:15:26 AM
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Peter,

That was some freudian slip to equate Israelis with Jews.:-)

Such a comment could be intrepreted as lending great support to an argument, that was put on this forum, claiming Israel is a racist and Aparthate state.

By the by, your apology is accepted and you are forgiven.

Keith Kennelly

(I've used it before, when challenged.)

ps nice to meet you.
Posted by keith, Sunday, 6 August 2006 9:44:26 AM
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