Yes. Like I said before, an eye for an eye soon makes everyone blind. I see no end in sight for us or Israel now. I blame the world system of domination for the problems in the Middle East. -----Original Message----- From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kendall David Corbett Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 6:52 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Disability Rights (now mideast crisis?) Ken, Since I tend to not trust blog sites very much, I did a little deeper = "digg"ing on the use of ball bearings in Katyusha rockets by Hezbollah, = and came up with this, from Human Rights Watch. http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2006/07/18/lebano13760.htm I wasn't appalled only with Israel, but also with Hamas and Hezbollah. = I'm sure that articles similar to the one written about the impact on = the Lebanese family could be written about Israeli families. War, or = terrorist acts, tend to injure people on all sides, either initially, or = when retaliated against. Here's a little more background on Hamas and Hezbollah (both from the = Council on Foreign Relations), for background: http://www.cfr.org/publication/8968/#1 http://www.cfr.org/publication/9155/ This has been an enlightening discussion. =20 To "pull your chain" a little, here are a couple of sites on Isreal = (sic). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isreal http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/Isreal.html and one from The Weekly Standard: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/001/161yaih= r.asp (hope you can turn off the Albertson's flash ad!) Kendall=20 An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!) The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one = persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all = progress depends on the unreasonable man. -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950 -----Original Message----- From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20 Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 3:09 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] Disability Rights (now mideast crisis?) since everyone is so appalled with Isreal, here is an article you all need to read: http://digg.com/world_news/Hezbollah_s_Dangerous_Ball_Bearings --- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > This is an article about a student in my town, and > the impact the Israel/Lebanon situation has had on > him and his family. >=20 > Kendall=20 >=20 > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's > redundant!) >=20 > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the > unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the > world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on > the unreasonable man. >=20 > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950 >=20 >=20 > Violence hits close for UW student > By JARED MILLER > Star-Tribune staff writer Thursday, July 27, 2006 >=20 >=20 >=20 > Richard Semaan, a Lebanese man studying at the > University of Wyoming in Laramie, is struggling to > keep tabs on family and friends displaced by the > bombinig in his home country. Photo by Jaren Miller, > Casper Star-Tribune. > =20 > =20 > LARAMIE -- Richard Semaan is a busy University of > Wyoming doctoral student, but these days he spends > most of his time watching TV and surfing the Web. >=20 > The 26-year-old Lebanese man carefully monitors > 24-hour news channels and scours Arabic and English > Web sites for any scraps of information about his > embattled country. >=20 > "If you have somebody in the line of fire, how > productive can you be?" said Semaan, who studies a > specialized engineering field called experimental > turbulence. >=20 > Semaan's parents and his older brother last week > fled the Beirut suburbs for the mountains after food > and water became scarce and a bomb exploded nearby. > They're betting Israel won't target the rural, > Christian area, he said. >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > "Something must go terribly, terribly wrong to be > hit there," Semaan said. >=20 > Contact with his mother, a retired teacher, and his > father, a retired accountant, has been spotty since > the move. He said Israeli forces have attacked > communication towers, and the family's rented > apartment has no telephone service. >=20 > However, Semaan regularly discusses the war with > friends in Lebanon who say they feel helpless > against the bombardment. Semaan struggles with > conflicting emotions as he watches coverage of > Israeli warplanes pummeling his country. >=20 > "I can't tell you I wish I was there -- I'll be in > the line of danger," Semaan said. "But at the same > time, for some reason I'm wishing I was there." >=20 > Semaan is no stranger to war. He's too young to > remember the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, but > his family suffered major losses in the subsequent > civil wars that made Beirut a poster child for > Middle East violence in the 1990s. >=20 > "Our house got totally destroyed in that war," > Semaan said. "It was burned to the ground, and we > virtually lost everything there, and we had to > rebuild. >=20 > "From that experience, I can relate to what's > happening now. It's a big tragedy." >=20 > Semaan was vacationing in Lebanon a day before > Hezbollah guerillas kidnapped two Israeli soldiers. > Within hours, Israeli forces unleashed a nearly > relentless assault on Lebanon that has killed > roughly 400 Lebanese, most of them civilians, and > displaced more than 500,000, according to wire > reports. Hezbollah continues to shell parts of > northern Israel in retaliation. >=20 > Semaan said Hezbollah made a strategic mistake by > snatching the soldiers, and now the Lebanese people > are being "collectively punished" for its actions. > The proof, he said, is the targets Israel is > choosing. >=20 > "Some of the targets are unexplainable," he said. > "They're hitting lighthouses, wheat silos, farms, > factories. What does that have to do with > Hezbollah?" >=20 > Israel, meanwhile, says Hezbollah fighters use > civilian areas to conceal their arsenal of missiles > and take human shields. >=20 > What's more demoralizing, Semaan said, is that > Lebanon had been undergoing massive rebuilding since > the end of the civil war in 2000 and was expecting a > strong tourist season. >=20 > "We just want to be in peace, and Lebanon has paid a > really, really heavy price for the conflicts in the > region," he said. >=20 > Semaan also is saddened by the U.S. government's > position on the war, which is to allow the Israeli > bombardment to continue until Hezbollah is crippled. > President Bush has declined to call for an end to > the bombing. >=20 > "What I learned when I arrived here is you have to > make a difference between U.S. foreign policy and > the American people," Semaan said. "But it's > apparent that the United States has always backed > Israel in all its wars and all its conflicts with > its neighbors." >=20 > Semaan said many Lebanese, including himself, would > like to see Hezbollah disarmed and a lasting peace > in the region. But he predicts the destruction will > deepen sympathy for the radical Islamic group, and > could embolden a new generation of guerilla > fighters. >=20 > The Bush administration views Hezbollah as a > terrorist group, but many Lebanese see it as an army > of "freedom fighters" credited with ending the > Israeli occupation, Semaan said. >=20 > The violence "will only increase radicalism," he > said. "What's happening is despite a lot of people > in Lebanon not wanting Hezbollah to remain armed, > now people are having sympathy for them because > basically if you're looking at your country being > destroyed, you don't care who's hitting back." >=20 > Over the next few days, Semaan knows he must return > to his studies, but he fears a humanitarian crisis > and worries that his country won't have the means to > rebuild again. >=20 > "There is nothing left standing," Semaan said. "I > can see the only way for us coming back is with > international help." >=20 > Semaan believes an end to the immediate violence > will require work by the United States and all the > regional players. >=20 > He is less optimistic about the chances for > sustained peace in Lebanon and the Middle East. >=20 > "I don't see it now," he said, shaking his head. "I > don't see it now." >=20 > Reach reporter Jared Miller at (307) 632-1244 or at > [log in to unmask] >=20 > Kendall Corbett > Coordinator of Consumer Activities=20 > Wyoming INstitute for Disabilities - WIND > College of Health Sciences > University of Wyoming > 1000 E. University Avenue, Dept. 4298 > Laramie, WY=A0 82070 > (307) 766-2853 > [log in to unmask] > www.wind.uwyo.edu >=20 >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: Kendall David Corbett > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20 > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 1:27 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] Disability Rights (now > mideast crisis?) >=20 > If I remember correctly, the present Israeli/Hamas > conflict started when > Israel attacked Lebanon after the kidnapping of an > Israeli soldier. > Soldiers go into the service knowing that they'll be > in harm's way. > Poorly targeted mortar attacks don't seem to be an > appropriate response >=20 =3D=3D=3D message truncated =3D=3D=3D __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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