tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post3836754205163739205..comments2024-01-09T21:24:26.589-05:00Comments on The Catholic Libertarian: More thoughts on the Gaza WarAnthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06638332009159486046noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-51178453537977680042009-01-08T16:10:00.000-05:002009-01-08T16:10:00.000-05:00Re: Rob; January 8, 2009 5:44 amJOIN THE FRIGG'N C...Re: Rob; January 8, 2009 5:44 am<BR/><BR/>JOIN THE FRIGG'N CLUB!!!<BR/><BR/>This is what I've been trying to get through to you since I've "known" you, Rob; it's no fun to be "Usaly" right!<BR/><BR/>(*HUGE FRIGG'N GRIN*) (*WINK*)<BR/><BR/>Re: Anthony; January 8, 2009 12:25 pm<BR/><BR/>(*SOMBER NOD*)<BR/><BR/>BILLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-37700083008901924332009-01-08T12:25:00.000-05:002009-01-08T12:25:00.000-05:00True Rodak.In any event, what I really mean by loo...True Rodak.<BR/><BR/>In any event, what I really mean by looking back at the Byzantines is that we should adopt their view toward war. That it is something that regrettablly is necessary sometimes and not a football game to go "rah rahing" about.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06638332009159486046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-90999518622774009592009-01-08T12:12:00.000-05:002009-01-08T12:12:00.000-05:00But the length of time from the founding to the fa...<EM>But the length of time from the founding to the fall is still longer than England's history from the Conquest until today.</EM><BR/><BR/>Give it time. The post- is always longer than the ante- and the mid- eventually.Rodakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077919085157653816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-49060753071840006692009-01-08T06:48:00.000-05:002009-01-08T06:48:00.000-05:00556 years ago, give or take a year (a few more if ...556 years ago, give or take a year (a few more if you consider the holdouts at Mistra and Trezebond).<BR/><BR/>But the length of time from the founding to the fall is still longer than England's history from the Conquest until today.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06638332009159486046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-32120466979276238492009-01-08T05:44:00.000-05:002009-01-08T05:44:00.000-05:00It's not something that I enjoy being right about....It's not something that I enjoy being right about.<BR/>Anthony says that Byzantium lasted a thousand years, surrounded by its enemies. Would Anthony now please calculate just how many years ago Byzantium's enemies overwhelmed it?Rodakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077919085157653816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-28119848732457399562009-01-07T18:11:00.000-05:002009-01-07T18:11:00.000-05:00Re: Rob; January 7, 2009 4:19 a.m.Actually... Rob'...Re: Rob; January 7, 2009 4:19 a.m.<BR/><BR/>Actually... Rob's dead on (pun intended) with his analysis in terms of expressing the logic of those who say that all this fighting would stop if Israel were simply... (*SNORT*)... to dismantle itself as a Jewish state.<BR/><BR/>Nope. While some might consider Rob's position extreme, he's exactly right within the sense of such a worldview.<BR/><BR/>Of course... the flip side is that with such logic, Israel might as well engage in actual genocide - refuse citizenship to any non-Jews and wipe out all Arab/Palestinian/Persian threat to itself.<BR/><BR/>They COULD do it. (*SHRUG*) It would be bloody and might well result in the annihilation of the Jewish state and perhaps a full scale WW-3 depending upon how the great powers reacted to such Israeli action. Still... they COULD do it.<BR/><BR/>Anyway... back to reality...<BR/><BR/>Ultimately... Hamas... the Palestinians... the Arabs... the Persians... Muslims... the world... (*SIGH*)<BR/><BR/>Ultimately they're either going to have to accept Israel's existence as a Jewish state or else Israel will simply keep killing those warring against her and the civilians in whose midst the terrorists operate from. (*SHRUG*)<BR/><BR/>BILLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-28797425038052468222009-01-07T09:20:00.000-05:002009-01-07T09:20:00.000-05:00Huh? Israel is not going anywhere. While I belie...Huh? <BR/><BR/>Israel is not going anywhere. While I believe the final settlement will involve removing the West Bank settlements, it will end with a free and independent Israel.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06638332009159486046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-16477558449102694032009-01-06T23:56:00.000-05:002009-01-06T23:56:00.000-05:00The Byzantines surived for over 1000 years surroun...The Byzantines surived for over 1000 years surrounded by enemies. <BR/><BR/>And in any event, it is not so much their strategy (much as I think we can all learn from that) but their attitudes we should learn from.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06638332009159486046noreply@blogger.com