Comments on: The Big Picture http://susiemadrak.com/2008/05/08/13/24/the-big-picture-5/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:09:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: prostratedragon http://susiemadrak.com/2008/05/08/13/24/the-big-picture-5/#comment-142934 prostratedragon Fri, 09 May 2008 08:18:52 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/?p=24770#comment-142934 Vastness! Lord, what a fool! Vastness! Lord, what a fool!

]]> By: snuzy mandrake http://susiemadrak.com/2008/05/08/13/24/the-big-picture-5/#comment-142846 snuzy mandrake Thu, 08 May 2008 17:32:59 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/?p=24770#comment-142846 it also shows a complete lack of ability to distinguish between different groups with different agendas. hezbollah, for example, is a shia group. the only time it has ever expressed a desire to attack the u.s. was when the u.s. marines were in lebanon during the lebanese civil war and perceived to be on a different side than the shia faction. hezbollah and al qaeda can't stand each other (al qaeda views the shia as infidels and calls for their eventual destruction) you'd think after 9/11 the head of our military would try to focus on the group that actually attacked the u.s., rather than the one that had no serious beef with this country once we pulled out of lebanon in the 1980s. it also shows a complete lack of ability to distinguish between different groups with different agendas. hezbollah, for example, is a shia group. the only time it has ever expressed a desire to attack the u.s. was when the u.s. marines were in lebanon during the lebanese civil war and perceived to be on a different side than the shia faction. hezbollah and al qaeda can’t stand each other (al qaeda views the shia as infidels and calls for their eventual destruction)

you’d think after 9/11 the head of our military would try to focus on the group that actually attacked the u.s., rather than the one that had no serious beef with this country once we pulled out of lebanon in the 1980s.

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