I got this from a good friend:
Invictus, by William Ernest Henley (1849-1903)
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.
Update: To those who claim the current aggression on Lebanon is an Israel-Hezbollah conflict, this may have been true before the first Lebanese civilians of this aggression were killed. The first charred baby was in everyone’s minds long before the first rockets fell inside Israeli territory. I posted this poem in solidarity with the Lebanese people's persistence against the Israeli army's crimes. To use language you understand: Lebanon will prevail.
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and precisely this self-determination.. dear brothers and sisters in lebanon.. is one thing that i think the entire state of israel as well as most of the world is wishing for you at this moment..
lirun
tel-aviv
www.emspeace.blogspot.com
ultimately there is no other way
Yes, I indeed thank 'the entire state of israel as well as most of the world' for their good wishes, and the training they are giving us in patience and endurance. Exactly what the Lebanese people needs: the killing of our babies and the destruciton of our country.
I feel horrible about the Lebaneese civilains killed. If this conflict has shown anything, however, it is that Hezbollah is the de facto government of Lebannon. They answer to no one and no Lebaneese can stop anything they do. Sooner ot later Hezbollah will grown strong enough with Iranian and Syrian help to take over the country. How long before another civil war erupted killing tens of thousands more people? 5 years? 10?
i hope one day http://lebnightlife.blogspot.com/ will be a lively blog again
and i hope all babies.. yours and ours will be safe..
haustat1
you are quite a charachter..
i acknowledge your passion.. however i dont believe for a minute that you dislike war.. your words are those of a person bred to hate.. sweeping generalisations that are basically low quality propaganda..
people who oppose war fall into two categories.. the first actually believes in the prospects for peaceful coexistence and/or seek its.. the second is a wolf in sheep's clothing..
i personally hope you'll learn eventually that random incitement promotes the interest of those who in fact hate you too..
wishing for peace to conquer our fragile region without delay
lirun
telaviv
www.emspeace.blogspot.com
hatred is inherently self defeating
"So you will have nothing to worry about as long as you behave." Sure, stan, sure. Let the Israelis behave themselves. My co-religionists told their ancestors that for several centuries, and those same soothing words were also spoken by the apologists and collaborators of the Nazis: I think that the Israelis know better than to believe such evil nonsense now.
Where do I ask about this? According to Asia Today, Agence France Presse, Monsters and Critics and others, the 2 soldiers were captured in South Lebanon, on the Lebanese side of the border. Most of these cites, many collected here say, specifically, near or in Aiita ech Chaab.
However, many other sources, including the AP, Reuters, Robert Fisk, say they were captured on the Israeli side. Fisk says specifically by Marouahme (I think that's what his "Marwhin" is on my map), where the early massacre was. These seem like later sources, so maybe they correct the earlier reports?
But Marwhin is 5km NW of Aiita ech Chaab, it looks to me. Therefore, how is this big a confusion possible?
Plus isn't it important whether it was on the Israeli side that the soldiers were captured (no one says anything about the tank)? And since Marwhin is also in Lebanon, if that is the real place where the raid happened, where precisely was it, and how can an outsider find out? Was it right on the border?
Or is Hezbollah's position that it doesn't matter, because they were crossing into Lebanon? Because it's Israel's position that the soldiers were minding their own business and taken by surprise in Israel and that's why the raid succeeded.
Or is it Israel's position that they have the right to go a little into Lebanon when they feel like it, so it doesn't matter if it was in Aiita ech Chaab or not?
It's confusing. If it's definitely established that the soldiers were captured in Israel, several blogs should correct themselves. And the other way round if it was on the Lebanese side, even near Marwhin.
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