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Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner forever shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Its a shame that MrMecha chose to censor that particular post , as it (if I remember rightly) consisted almost soley of an excerpt of a Robert Fisk article.Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner forever shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Coming from a French person. The irony is truly stunning.
Lol I couldn't understand what he was on about either.What?
Oh I just love it.France, you know, the rapist of Africa, etc. By the way, Solaris, don't try try to get up on a pedestal here. In your own words, all Israelis are "bastards", remember? Racism is not a pretty thing.
Oh please, are you referring to the thread about the little girl shot dead in cold blood by Isreali soldiers as she was running away terrified and someone was defending the soldiers?You said "how can you support those bastards" after I said something in a thread involving Israel. The way I see it, you were referring to Israelis. You didn't elaborate, and you didn't excuse yourself, which leads me to believe you meant what you said just the way you wrote it; That Israelis are bastards.
It does, becuase I'm drawing a line between those who help occupy the Palestinians and those who do not. The soldiers do. And I still want an apology or source.See, there you go once again: All Israeli soldiers are evil beings. You know that more or less all Israelis serve in the IDF, so you just reiterated what you already said, but this time, you made it abundantly clear that you weren't accusing SOME of being "bastards", you were accusing ALL of them. That doesn't help your case much.
It does, becuase I'm drawing a line between those who help occupy the Palestinians and those who do not. The soldiers do. And I still want an apology or source.
They should refuse to serve. Some do, they're hero's.Hello?
All Israelis, men and women, are required to serve in the IDF. Men for 3 years, women for 2.
All healthy Israelis are soldiers.
"Help occupy the Palestinians"...
They should refuse to serve. Some do, they're hero's.
Well we can debate like that all day, but Nemisis's claim that I am a racist remains unsubstantiated.No they're not, they're cowards - and, seeing as Israel is constantly fighting for its survival, traitors.
Well we can debate like that all day, but Nemisis's claim that I am a racist remains unsubstantiated.
One man's hero is another's worst enemy, it's all a matter of perspective.Well, Solaris, the ones who do are generally far-left (Yesh HaGvul) or far-right (Naturei Karta, Haredi, generally the more backwards of the Jewish religion), and as I understand, the people who refuse to do army service are generally look down upon, and rightly so.
What is my point with the latter paragraph? Well, you say the refuseniks are heroes. Heroes aren't looked down upon.
Correction: One man's dumbass is a socialist's hero. Besides, Solaris doesn't think they're heroes, because he thinks they're bastards. By saying these "bastards" are heroes, he makes himself look like a revolutionary or something; Fighting for the dramatization of stupidity. Playing for the camera if you will. Honestly, it's too cliche to have any merit.
You've yet to apologies for lying about me to make people think I'm a racist.Well, Solaris, the ones who do are generally far-left (Yesh HaGvul) or far-right (Naturei Karta, Haredi, generally the more backwards of the Jewish religion), and as I understand, the people who refuse to do army service are generally look down upon, and rightly so.
What is my point with the latter paragraph? Well, you say the refuseniks are heroes. Heroes aren't looked down upon.
If I see the usual suspects making a big a deal of this as they do about legitimate soldiers killing armed terrorists in battle, I think I'll die of shock.
Clicky
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6554487.stm
"Amateur video footage shot earlier this week showed Israeli soldiers apparently forcing Palestinians to stand in front of their armoured jeep."
Also Palestinian children have been used in house to house searches by Israeli troops.
I like to add that I don't support terrorism nor do I support state terror.
Lol I couldn't understand what he was on about either.
I sometimes think numbers would make more sense than him, even if he couldn't speak english.
I agree with most of this post, but the Iraqis never really had a chance to be free. A freedom struggle has to come from within, not from America's war.Freedom fighters generally conduct themselves in a civilised manner, quite unlike the pond life operating in Iraq. The term would also indicate that you would have to be fighting for freedom in order to qualify as a freedom fighter. The Iraqis were given a free run at freedom, and they've ****ed it up by blowing each other to shit.
Those fighting for independence in the American revolution would classify as freedom fighters, but under no circumstance do jihadi scumbags deserve to be dignified with such a term.
US provokes Iraq civil war
US and Israel intelligence are carring out a policy to provoke a civil war in Iraq. The purpose is to let Iraqis to kill Iraqis.
The real people behind the insurgence are US and Israel intelligence and Pentagon. They try to provoke a civil war in Iraq so US Army can stay in Iraq until next war: Iran's or Syria's.
Will a peaceful Iraq needs US occupation troop any more? No, US will have no excuse to stay.
How can US troops stay in Iraq? When there is riot, car bombing, death squad killing, civil war.
Well, the terrorist is there, withdraw troops is cut and run, Bush says. So Bush can have US troops stay in Mid-east until the next war - a war on Iran or Syria.
That's why we saw Al Qaida (a special force to act on behalf of US intelligence) launched attack at Shiite shrine to start the conflict between Sunni and Shiite. We already know the 911 attack was in the name of Al Qaida which gave Bush the justification to start the war in Mid-east - war on Afghanistan and Iraq.
The US and Israel intelligence controlled death squad of Iraqis government which is used to kill Sunni people. On the other hand they controlled insurgence and Al Qaida to kill Shiite civilians by car bombing. That is how they create a civil war in Iraq.