Comments on: An Empty Pot Makes The Most Noise http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/07/31/an-empty-pot-makes-the-most-noise/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Blue Crab Boulevard » Blog Archive » Empty Pot Speaks http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/07/31/an-empty-pot-makes-the-most-noise/comment-page-1/#comment-22638 Blue Crab Boulevard » Blog Archive » Empty Pot Speaks Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:20:34 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/07/31/an-empty-pot-makes-the-most-noise/#comment-22638 [...] The perennial empty pot is at it again, Jimmy Carter has the unmitigated gall to lecture about the US being in more danger because we "didn't stay in Afghanistan". FALLON, Nev. — Former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday major policy changes are needed because the Iraq war has divided the nation "almost as much as Vietnam." [...] [...] The perennial empty pot is at it again, Jimmy Carter has the unmitigated gall to lecture about the US being in more danger because we "didn't stay in Afghanistan". FALLON, Nev. — Former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday major policy changes are needed because the Iraq war has divided the nation "almost as much as Vietnam." [...]

]]> By: Blue Crab Boulevard » Blog Archive » The Mouth That Roared http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/07/31/an-empty-pot-makes-the-most-noise/comment-page-1/#comment-18060 Blue Crab Boulevard » Blog Archive » The Mouth That Roared Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:12:56 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/07/31/an-empty-pot-makes-the-most-noise/#comment-18060 [...] Not content to make an ass of himself at home, he has to go a step further and make his obnoxiousness clear to the rest of the world. It is time to censure Carter for his antics, his complete lack of judgment and his outright derangement at this point. You were a poor excuse for a president, Jimmy. You've gotten even worse in the intervening years. I recently called Carter an empty pot. I guess I was incorrect. He's shown he's quite full of it. [...] [...] Not content to make an ass of himself at home, he has to go a step further and make his obnoxiousness clear to the rest of the world. It is time to censure Carter for his antics, his complete lack of judgment and his outright derangement at this point. You were a poor excuse for a president, Jimmy. You've gotten even worse in the intervening years. I recently called Carter an empty pot. I guess I was incorrect. He's shown he's quite full of it. [...]

]]> By: crosspatch http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/07/31/an-empty-pot-makes-the-most-noise/comment-page-1/#comment-14914 crosspatch Tue, 01 Aug 2006 20:25:09 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/07/31/an-empty-pot-makes-the-most-noise/#comment-14914 Harvey ... here is what you seem to overlook: There was a group of Hezbollah terrorists who raided Israel. They went into an apartment building. They took a father and a child. They took the father and the child down to the beach. They shot the father while forcing the child to watch and then laid the child's head on a rock and smashed it with a rifle butt. That terrorist was captured. Hezbollah then recently crossed into Israel, killed Israeli soldiers and took two hostage to use to exchange for the one who had killed that father and child. In this case the issue is not land and has nothing to do with the Israeli/Palestinian issue. Hezbollah are not Palestinians. Israel is faced with two problems. The first is one where Hezbollah sits across the border and launches raids and rockets to kill her civilians. The second problem is that Hezbollah is a proxy army of Iran's own Hezbollah ... the ruling political party in Iran. Iran has threatened to use Hezbollah against Israel if Israel responds militarilly to Iranian nuclear ambitions. The world can not allow tactics of murder and kidnapping to succeed because it results in more of it. If those tactics succeed, the terrorists continue to use them. Israel was faced yet again with another murder/kidnapping and more rockets launched into her territory. In light if recent Iranian behavior and UN resolutions having not been enacted that would disarm Hezbollah and place the Lebanese army on the border, Israel finally decided that enough was enough and has launched an operation to clear Hezbollah from the border areas until a multinational force and hopefully eventually a Lebanese force can take control of the area. What Hezbollah is doing has nothing to do with any struggle against injustice. It is terrorism plain and simple. It is a campaign of killing Israelis simply because they are Israelis. Hezbollah is in the business of killing civilians. That is what they do. Their rockets into Israel are designed to kill civilians and the tactics they use in Lebanon are designed to maximize civilian casualties no matter how careful Israel tries to be. Those people are monsters. They need to be disarmed. The world has had years to do this and did nothing. I can't say I blame Israel. Harvey … here is what you seem to overlook:

There was a group of Hezbollah terrorists who raided Israel. They went into an apartment building. They took a father and a child. They took the father and the child down to the beach. They shot the father while forcing the child to watch and then laid the child’s head on a rock and smashed it with a rifle butt. That terrorist was captured.

Hezbollah then recently crossed into Israel, killed Israeli soldiers and took two hostage to use to exchange for the one who had killed that father and child.

In this case the issue is not land and has nothing to do with the Israeli/Palestinian issue. Hezbollah are not Palestinians. Israel is faced with two problems. The first is one where Hezbollah sits across the border and launches raids and rockets to kill her civilians. The second problem is that Hezbollah is a proxy army of Iran’s own Hezbollah … the ruling political party in Iran. Iran has threatened to use Hezbollah against Israel if Israel responds militarilly to Iranian nuclear ambitions.

The world can not allow tactics of murder and kidnapping to succeed because it results in more of it. If those tactics succeed, the terrorists continue to use them. Israel was faced yet again with another murder/kidnapping and more rockets launched into her territory. In light if recent Iranian behavior and UN resolutions having not been enacted that would disarm Hezbollah and place the Lebanese army on the border, Israel finally decided that enough was enough and has launched an operation to clear Hezbollah from the border areas until a multinational force and hopefully eventually a Lebanese force can take control of the area.

What Hezbollah is doing has nothing to do with any struggle against injustice. It is terrorism plain and simple. It is a campaign of killing Israelis simply because they are Israelis. Hezbollah is in the business of killing civilians. That is what they do. Their rockets into Israel are designed to kill civilians and the tactics they use in Lebanon are designed to maximize civilian casualties no matter how careful Israel tries to be.

Those people are monsters. They need to be disarmed. The world has had years to do this and did nothing. I can’t say I blame Israel.

]]> By: Webloggin http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/07/31/an-empty-pot-makes-the-most-noise/comment-page-1/#comment-14909 Webloggin Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:53:31 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/07/31/an-empty-pot-makes-the-most-noise/#comment-14909 <strong>Hasn't Jimmy Carter Caused Enough Harm Already?...</strong> Carter is quite aware that he is selectively picking and choosing which condemnation to cite in his anti-Israel screed. His humanitarianism may pull at the heartstrings but his implementation and selective memory leaves much to be desired. ...... Hasn't Jimmy Carter Caused Enough Harm Already?…

Carter is quite aware that he is selectively picking and choosing which condemnation to cite in his anti-Israel screed. His humanitarianism may pull at the heartstrings but his implementation and selective memory leaves much to be desired.

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]]> By: PartisanTimes.com http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/07/31/an-empty-pot-makes-the-most-noise/comment-page-1/#comment-14906 PartisanTimes.com Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:21:17 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/07/31/an-empty-pot-makes-the-most-noise/#comment-14906 <strong>The Protocols Of The Elder Carter...</strong> From the jumbled mind of Jimmy Carter comes the most incoherent argument on the Islamo-Israeli Conflict ever published by the Washington Post; indeed, Band-Aid Treatment alone cannot begin to hold this piece together. Apparently, Jimmy wants to remind ... The Protocols Of The Elder Carter…

From the jumbled mind of Jimmy Carter comes the most incoherent argument on the Islamo-Israeli Conflict ever published by the Washington Post; indeed, Band-Aid Treatment alone cannot begin to hold this piece together. Apparently, Jimmy wants to remind …

]]> By: A Blog For All http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/07/31/an-empty-pot-makes-the-most-noise/comment-page-1/#comment-14898 A Blog For All Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:22:49 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/07/31/an-empty-pot-makes-the-most-noise/#comment-14898 <strong>Diplomacy and the Hounds of Hell, Part XV...</strong> The conflict between Israel and Hizbullah and the other Islamic terrorist groups continues unabated. Israel looks like it will be making a major push to the Litani River. That's a natural stopping point, but there are risks with even stopping there.... Diplomacy and the Hounds of Hell, Part XV…

The conflict between Israel and Hizbullah and the other Islamic terrorist groups continues unabated. Israel looks like it will be making a major push to the Litani River. That’s a natural stopping point, but there are risks with even stopping there….

]]> By: Harvey Rainham http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/07/31/an-empty-pot-makes-the-most-noise/comment-page-1/#comment-14864 Harvey Rainham Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:54:43 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/07/31/an-empty-pot-makes-the-most-noise/#comment-14864 I whole heartedly agree with Jimmy Carter's opinion. He has pinpointed the root cause of the problems in the Middle East which no Western Politician is prepared to tackle. As long as we turn a blind eye to the real problem, this violence will not stop. Israel has reacted with such force on the kidnapping of its soldiers, imagine what the Lebanese and the people of Palestine feel who have thousands of its people locked away by Israel, land taken away by Israel, Big Wall built around them (Reminds me of the Berlin Wall which the West condemed but turn a blind eye when it comes to Israel) When a people feel helpless and cannot get justice, thats when they turn into human bombs and support anyone who will fight even though it is futile. If we do not tackle this problem head on and not be afraid of upsetting our friends by taking the right steps to solve this problem then we are headed for very troubling times. I whole heartedly agree with Jimmy Carter’s opinion. He has pinpointed the root cause of the problems in the Middle East which no Western Politician is prepared to tackle. As long as we turn a blind eye to the real problem, this violence will not stop. Israel has reacted with such force on the kidnapping of its soldiers, imagine what the Lebanese and the people of Palestine feel who have thousands of its people locked away by Israel, land taken away by Israel, Big Wall built around them (Reminds me of the Berlin Wall which the West condemed but turn a blind eye when it comes to Israel) When a people feel helpless and cannot get justice, thats when they turn into human bombs and support anyone who will fight even though it is futile. If we do not tackle this problem head on and not be afraid of upsetting our friends by taking the right steps to solve this problem then we are headed for very troubling times.

]]> By: crosspatch http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/07/31/an-empty-pot-makes-the-most-noise/comment-page-1/#comment-14860 crosspatch Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:06:54 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/07/31/an-empty-pot-makes-the-most-noise/#comment-14860 Jimmy Carter is to a great extent the cause of current problems in the Middle East. From facilitating Iran's Islamic Republic and the invasion of Afghanistan, along with the ligitimization of the PLO, he set the stage for the rise of Islamofacism the world is now facing. Without Iranian backed Hezbollah, Israel might have been able to finish the PLO and we might have had a better chance for a stable Lebanese government back in the 1980's. I remember saying "thanks, Jimmy" with every hijacking to Beirut and with the bombing of our Marine barracks there. He could have handled Iran in a different fashion. He could have told the Shah that he would only support him as long as he was on a clear road to establishing democratic institutions. Instead we pulled the rug out and created a vacuum. He did the same in Nicaragua. Thanks a lot, Jimmy, for nothing. Jimmy Carter is to a great extent the cause of current problems in the Middle East. From facilitating Iran’s Islamic Republic and the invasion of Afghanistan, along with the ligitimization of the PLO, he set the stage for the rise of Islamofacism the world is now facing. Without Iranian backed Hezbollah, Israel might have been able to finish the PLO and we might have had a better chance for a stable Lebanese government back in the 1980′s. I remember saying “thanks, Jimmy” with every hijacking to Beirut and with the bombing of our Marine barracks there. He could have handled Iran in a different fashion. He could have told the Shah that he would only support him as long as he was on a clear road to establishing democratic institutions. Instead we pulled the rug out and created a vacuum.

He did the same in Nicaragua.

Thanks a lot, Jimmy, for nothing.

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