Comments on: Middle East http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2006/07/25/2972 Every day the Prime Minister's Spokesman meets a small coterie of political journalists known as 'the lobby' for a topical chat, or 'briefing'. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:41:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: SmokeNMirrors http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2006/07/25/2972#comment-4574 SmokeNMirrors Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:46:45 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2006/07/25/2972#comment-4574 ...Houses to live in rebuilt by Western companies in no-bid contracts awarded by the very people who knocked them down, no doubt, probably American companies, even more probably Halliburton. No doubt ultimately paid for by Western taxpayers, not that I can really begrudge the Lebanese that, and no doubt to be paid for yet again, sorry, "paid back", eventually by Lebanon. The irony is delicious enough as it is; Israel is the current international equivelant of the dodgy glazier getting people to break windows to drum up business for himself. What makes it totally unreal is when you research the background of the companies that benefit, the Halliburtons and Blackwaters, and you see that it's the very people who are making current policy who stand to gain personally from the stock of those self-same companies. The conflicts of interest are so staggering it beggars belief - literally. And most people simply don't believe it, or won't, or turn that part of their cognitive processes off so they don't have to face it. But it can't be denied, and it can't be hidden away. Can one say "conspiracy" at any point without derision? It simply can't be denied that powerful people are actively conspiring to wage war on the helpless with the open collusion of the world democratic police, in order to generate profit, and grab what they need while they're about it. And at the same time, blatantly attempt to involve other countries we all know have long been in the sights to provide yet more pretexts for yet more conflicts, perpetuating yet again the cycle of destruction in order to generate profit and yet more war. It's not about Israel being in danger - if it was, Israel wouldn't spend all of its energy stirring up a hornets nest the way it does. Only the most blind or willfully ignorant can ignore what Israel is currently doing, an unprovoked invasion of southern Lebanon - the weight of press reports away from the mainstream certainly seem to point towards the 2 "kidnapped" Israeli troops being on the Lebanese side of the border anyway, and the fact that only the day before "Hezbollah" grabbed 2 Israeli troops Israel had "arrested" (kidnapped) 2 Gazans, of whom nothing has been heard or seen since. If there was any truth in Israels claims that this aggression was for and because of their kidnapped troops, the fact that they now supposedly have 3 Hezbollah in custody surely gives them all they ever needed to call a ceasefire and exchange prisoners. But, they steadfastly refuse and insist more fighting, more destruction is "necessary" - and all the while the pointless, useless, lying, spineless, toadying excuses for men who "lead" us try to forcefeed us yet more lies about how it really is not Israel to blame but an "arc of extremism". As with Iraq, those "extremists" (freedom fighters?) would not exist were it not for the actions of the very people who ask us for money and blood to combat the problem they have created for that very purpose. You just couldn't make it up... Oh wait, someone did! …Houses to live in rebuilt by Western companies in no-bid contracts awarded by the very people who knocked them down, no doubt, probably American companies, even more probably Halliburton. No doubt ultimately paid for by Western taxpayers, not that I can really begrudge the Lebanese that, and no doubt to be paid for yet again, sorry, "paid back", eventually by Lebanon.

The irony is delicious enough as it is; Israel is the current international equivelant of the dodgy glazier getting people to break windows to drum up business for himself. What makes it totally unreal is when you research the background of the companies that benefit, the Halliburtons and Blackwaters, and you see that it’s the very people who are making current policy who stand to gain personally from the stock of those self-same companies. The conflicts of interest are so staggering it beggars belief - literally. And most people simply don’t believe it, or won’t, or turn that part of their cognitive processes off so they don’t have to face it. But it can’t be denied, and it can’t be hidden away.

Can one say "conspiracy" at any point without derision?

It simply can’t be denied that powerful people are actively conspiring to wage war on the helpless with the open collusion of the world democratic police, in order to generate profit, and grab what they need while they’re about it. And at the same time, blatantly attempt to involve other countries we all know have long been in the sights to provide yet more pretexts for yet more conflicts, perpetuating yet again the cycle of destruction in order to generate profit and yet more war. It’s not about Israel being in danger - if it was, Israel wouldn’t spend all of its energy stirring up a hornets nest the way it does. Only the most blind or willfully ignorant can ignore what Israel is currently doing, an unprovoked invasion of southern Lebanon - the weight of press reports away from the mainstream certainly seem to point towards the 2 "kidnapped" Israeli troops being on the Lebanese side of the border anyway, and the fact that only the day before "Hezbollah" grabbed 2 Israeli troops Israel had "arrested" (kidnapped) 2 Gazans, of whom nothing has been heard or seen since. If there was any truth in Israels claims that this aggression was for and because of their kidnapped troops, the fact that they now supposedly have 3 Hezbollah in custody surely gives them all they ever needed to call a ceasefire and exchange prisoners. But, they steadfastly refuse and insist more fighting, more destruction is "necessary" - and all the while the pointless, useless, lying, spineless, toadying excuses for men who "lead" us try to forcefeed us yet more lies about how it really is not Israel to blame but an "arc of extremism". As with Iraq, those "extremists" (freedom fighters?) would not exist were it not for the actions of the very people who ask us for money and blood to combat the problem they have created for that very purpose.

You just couldn’t make it up… Oh wait, someone did!

]]> By: Brian http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2006/07/25/2972#comment-4564 Brian Sat, 29 Jul 2006 16:45:18 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2006/07/25/2972#comment-4564 It was nice of Bush, wrinkled retainer Tony 'Yo' Blair by his side, to say it was a priority of his to ensure that the Lebanese infrastructure would be rebuilt. He was going, he said, to make sure that those left homeless would have houses to live in again. Surreal enough as it stands but do you think Lebanese television got any Hurricane Katrina coverage? You know, just to cheer them up a bit in the pile of rubble they find themselves in. It was nice of Bush, wrinkled retainer Tony ‘Yo’ Blair by his side, to say it was a priority of his to ensure that the Lebanese infrastructure would be rebuilt. He was going, he said, to make sure that those left homeless would have houses to live in again. Surreal enough as it stands but do you think Lebanese television got any Hurricane Katrina coverage? You know, just to cheer them up a bit in the pile of rubble they find themselves in.

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