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Nasrallah for Prime Minister - of Israel

By Bradley Burston

Now it's official. Israel is a country without a prime minister.

This had been no more than an educated suspicion until Monday night, when Ehud Olmert effectively made the announcement. Not in so many words, of course. Instead, in a long-awaited television address to the nation, Olmert took Israel's last remaining expectations of him and kicking them in the teeth, by ducking a full-out probe into his handling of the war.

If nature abhors a vacuum, imagine how it feels at this point about Israel's senior leadership.

The titular head of state, our model for probity, is looking down the barrel of rape charges. The army chief of staff, our model for dedication and sacrifice, took a break for a bit of financial planning just as the nation's leaders were deciding whether the military was ready, plans, supplies, training and all, to go to war.

The justice minister might have helped Olmert this week, had he not resigned over suspicions that he forced a French kiss on an unwilling young woman soldier.

And then there is Olmert himself, the man who acted as prime minister from January 4, when Ariel Sharon suffered a devastating stroke, until July 12, when Olmert suffered a debilitating, evidently permanent lapse of responsibility.

After nearly six decades of existence, Israel has found itself a practical experiment in Anarcho-Zionism. Unlike its neighbor the Palestinian Authority, which is a government lacking an independent state (and a number of officials jailed by Israel), Israel has become an independent state lacking a government.

Israel is now run not by its leaders, but despite them. The IDF, by default, has once again become an Army of the People. It is now run by the estimable junior officers and the experienced, motivated soldiers at the company, battalion, and, at most, brigade levels. It is supplied by donations from pharmacies, supermarkets, and private individuals, who also set up Israel's refugee camps and shelters for people displaced by war in the north.

The only country in the world whose capital is now universally unrecognized as such, Israel has also become the only country which no longer recognizes its own government. The upside: It is no longer lonely at the top, because there is no one left.

So it is only right and proper that Israelis have begun to think about a replacement. We have exhumed Ehud Barak and Benjamin Netanyahu, but polls show them to be non-starters. In an effort to think outside the box, we have mooted Avishai Braverman and a host of others, many of them impressive, none of them proven.

At this point in Olmert's career, about the only thing that could save Olmert's head, is that of Hassan Nasrallah.

Maybe that's our answer. If assassinating or abducting the Hezbollah leader is still on the agenda, as Israeli officials maintain, why not put Nasrallah to useful purpose?

Look at the issues. Consider his record. Here is a man who is both strong and wise on security issues. He saw to it that his troops were well-prepared, well-trained, well-supplied, and and well-protected.

Nasrallah would be a new sort of Israeli leader. One who gets things done.

Here is a man who addresses social welfare needs head-on. He doesn't wait to help home-owners rebuild residences destroyed by aerial attacks. He hands out literal lump-sums, immediately, in cash.

Here is a man who delivers medical care to the needy, affordable housing to the homeless, food and even clothing to society's disadvantaged.

Here is a man who cares deeply about, and puts major emphasis on, education and youth [even if the message is one of incitement, hatred, and anti-Semitism].

Moreover, as he proved this week in admitting to having miscalculated the Israeli response in Lebanon, Nasrallah, as opposed to, say, Olmert, is a leader who, when he's made an error in judgment, can openly admit to it.

For more than 20 years, Israeli prime ministers have come to office pledging to be leaders for all the people, only to exacerbate existing divides and create new ones.

Why not tap the one leader who has managed to unite the Israeli people as has no prime minister in memory?

It goes beyond the war itself. Only Nasrallah succeeded in putting an end to what has been the central rift in Israeli society for the past four decades: He has effectively stilled the arguments for and against the concept of land-for-peace.

Nobody's about to give up anything now. Certainly not in the one place everyone cares about, the West Bank.

The right and the left are closer than they have been at any time since June, 1967. The right, having already lost Gaza, has seen its Greater Israel dream shattered. The left, having been rocketed by Hamas, the Jihad, and Hezbollah, has seen its bedrock ideology - End War by Ending Occupation - reduced to rubble.

Finally, here is a leader who carries no moral baggage. The world expects nothing of him morally, so there is the merest of outcry when he attacks civilian targets.

Nasrallah has a proven record.

What do our present leaders have to show for theirs?

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Will Bush make Iran the only superpower?
Is that an Islamo-Nazi under the bed, or is it a Zio-Nazi?
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1.	listen, it cannot be that	10:46	\|	worried	29/08/06

2.	Bradley You Run For Prime Minister!	10:54	\|	Sam The Sham	29/08/06

3.	Ha ha very funny	11:01	\|	SD	29/08/06

4.	Leave us alone	11:02	\|	Kiki Bardot	29/08/06

5.	Nessrallah for PM.	11:11	\|	Salam	29/08/06

6.	Useful Nasrallah	11:14	\|	sh	29/08/06

7.	LOL	11:20	\|	Maral	29/08/06

8.	Kiki-	11:20	\|	Joyce	29/08/06

9.	LOL	11:20	\|	Maral	29/08/06

10.	BRADLEY BURSTON FOR PM	11:25	\|	Jacob	29/08/06

11.	Here`s and even better idea	11:27	\|	SD	29/08/06

12.	to no 4 kiki Bardot	11:31	\|	Tina	29/08/06

13.	Olmert Resign now	11:31	\|	Adel	29/08/06

14.	# 2, Sam the sham	11:32	\|	sandy	29/08/06

15.	thats because he is faithful muslim	11:36	\|	abu khaled	29/08/06

16.	THE QUALITY OF NASRALLAH	11:38	\|	indrajaya	29/08/06

17.	Media	11:43	\|	Choni problems.	29/08/06

18.	Come again !	11:47	\|	Toni Nasrallah	29/08/06

19.	Won`t work. The US need him in Iraq	11:51	\|	Rod from Oz	29/08/06

20.	Nassralah PM/ Salam	11:54	\|	Igor	29/08/06

21.	LOL With YOU	11:56	\|	Yonatan Netser	29/08/06

22.	olmert is lost	12:00	\|	FRED	29/08/06

23.	Not a bad idea at all	12:02	\|	John	29/08/06

24.	to number 8: History Books	12:02	\|	observer	29/08/06

25.	To SD I love it	12:02	\|	Kiki Bardot	29/08/06

26.	Joyce	12:03	\|	Sophie	29/08/06

27.	Dumber then dumber.	12:05	\|	Ali Baba	29/08/06

28.	Joyce, go do some reading !	12:09	\|	Mohamed Ali	29/08/06

29.	Haaretz	12:19	\|	Salam	29/08/06

30.	BACK TO SQUARE ONE	12:22	\|	indrajaya	29/08/06

31.	Salam	12:31	\|	ziggurat	29/08/06

32.	nasrallah will refuse	12:39	\|	fidelio	29/08/06

33.	NASRALLAH.The genious did "not know" that Israel would retaliate.	12:40	\|	PETER SM	29/08/06

34.	Reality	12:42	\|	Sean	29/08/06

35.	He`d Be A Hell of Alot Better Than Olmert	12:43	\|	Jane	29/08/06

36.	let him run	12:48	\|	john	29/08/06

37.	To sarcastic Netser	12:56	\|	Maral	29/08/06

38.	# 15 - Abu	13:09	\|	concerned person	29/08/06

39.	Ya GOTTA Love !t!! :-))	13:20	\|	Yaakov K.	29/08/06

40.	Kinki Bardot in Dubai	13:22	\|	Margie in Tel Aviv	29/08/06

41.	Who is this Nasrullah?	13:25	\|	Watcher	29/08/06

42.	Nasrallah	13:32	\|	Bob	29/08/06

43.	To Margie in Tel Aviv	13:34	\|	Maral	29/08/06

44.	Nasrallah for prime minister?	13:35	\|	norman ravitch	29/08/06

45.	To Margie in Tel Aviv	13:36	\|	Maral	29/08/06

46.	#28 M.ALI BOOKS TO READ	13:40	\|	Gabriel	29/08/06

47.	To Marg... from Tel-Aviv	13:41	\|	Kiki Bardot	29/08/06

48.	#8 Palestinian sovereignty stolen	13:44	\|	JayUK	29/08/06

49.	24 observer	13:51	\|	Zion forever	29/08/06

50.	To Watcher	13:55	\|	Karen	29/08/06

51.	Uri Aveneri for Prime Minister	13:55	\|	Jerry	29/08/06

52.	We are so damn nice; and they always hate us	13:56	\|	David Gottfried	29/08/06

53.	To #21 - Yonatan	13:59	\|	Klaudia	29/08/06

54.	The United States of Lebanon and Israel	14:01	\|	Beiruti	29/08/06

55.	Olmert, Kadima & The Corrupt Government Must RESIGN!	14:03	\|	Nannette	29/08/06

56.	To Gabriel`s recommendations	14:04	\|	Bieruti	29/08/06

57.	To Kiki Bardot	14:07	\|	SD	29/08/06

58.	hehe Maral	14:10	\|	Margie in Tel Aviv	29/08/06

59.	To # 8 - Joyce from L.A.	14:13	\|	amanda	29/08/06

60.	#52: Who is "we" and what is "so nice"???	14:16	\|	Observer	29/08/06

61.	To Gabriel	14:17	\|	Beiruti	29/08/06

62.	JAYUK Did YOU read about Jabotinski seeing a Pal. President of	14:20	\|	PETER SM	29/08/06

63.	to #4	14:20	\|	Anna	29/08/06

64.	And as always Margie...	14:26	\|	Maral	29/08/06

65.	SD I agree and solved it	14:30	\|	Kiki Bardot	29/08/06

66.	Adding to the fantasy	14:41	\|	Amoz	29/08/06

67.	Where are you Hassan?Where ARE youu?!!	14:55	\|	Ian	29/08/06

68.	#62 Peter SM	14:59	\|	JayUK	29/08/06

69.	Nasrallah Vs Olmert	15:01	\|	Critic	29/08/06

70.	#4 Kiki Bardot Post	15:23	\|	Gary Ridenour	29/08/06

71.	thank you Gary to # 70	15:31	\|	Anna	29/08/06

72.	Hahaha	15:44	\|	Belgitude	29/08/06

73.	Hahaha	15:44	\|	Belgitude	29/08/06

74.	What Lacan said to the students in 1968	15:47	\|	Marco	29/08/06

75.	Kiki Bardot #4	15:48	\|	Belgitude	29/08/06

76.	Anarcho-Zionism indeed	15:51	\|	Mark Lincoln	29/08/06

77.	idiot	15:53	\|	louie	29/08/06

78.	Need leaders how about some citizens	15:55	\|	Kamie	29/08/06

79.	to Amoz	15:58	\|	SD	29/08/06

80.	sad but true	15:58	\|	SHIMON	29/08/06

81.	one big mistake	16:19	\|	hussein	29/08/06

82.	Finally Bradley wrote something interesting	16:20	\|	Sal	29/08/06

83.	Zion forever	16:32	\|	Sophie	29/08/06

84.	To Gary Ridenour, Palestine	16:34	\|	Edgard	29/08/06

85.	Maybe Burston has a point somewhere	16:37	\|	AF11	29/08/06

86.	To Gary Ridenour	16:38	\|	Edgard	29/08/06

87.	Any Lebanese can do better than Olmert	16:38	\|	Hameed	29/08/06

88.	nasrallah instead of annan	16:46	\|	peace	29/08/06

89.	indrajaya-#30	16:56	\|	Daniel Leopold	29/08/06

90.	Wish	16:58	\|	Michael	29/08/06

91.	Mark Lincoln-#76	16:59	\|	Daniel Leopold	29/08/06

92.	To SD now what else does London have to offer	16:59	\|	Geoff	29/08/06

93.	Ziggurat	17:00	\|	Salam	29/08/06

94.	Hope at Last	17:02	\|	Anthony	29/08/06

95.	Who knows, anything is an improvement over Olmert and his circus!	17:03	\|	bat yam	29/08/06

96.	Beyond an excellent satire	17:05	\|	Lebanese	29/08/06

97.	The point about the leadership is well taken The joke not funny	17:09	\|	Shalom Freedman	29/08/06

98.	AND WHY NOT	17:13	\|	mike lowe	29/08/06

99.	Nasrallah and Hamas	17:13	\|	Ben Gurion	29/08/06

100.	I enjoy	17:14	\|	Franck	29/08/06

101.	Fascinated by strongmen and tyrants	17:15	\|	Daniel Leopold	29/08/06

102.	#54 Beiruti	17:16	\|	JayUK	29/08/06

103.	Learn from him	17:18	\|	Alex	29/08/06

104.	Belgitude : Nasrallah in Brussels	17:19	\|	nasser	29/08/06

105.	Belgitude : Nasrallah in Brussels	17:19	\|	nasser	29/08/06

106.	nasralah hates jews???louie idiot	17:20	\|	lebanese christian	29/08/06

107.	Thank you, Danke, Merci, Obrigado Bradley !!!	17:20	\|	nelson	29/08/06

108.	Lebanese #96	17:26	\|	SHIMON	29/08/06

109.	# 93 - Salam	17:37	\|	ziggurat	29/08/06

110.	Hussain	17:46	\|	watcher	29/08/06

111.	Sophie	17:52	\|	Jasmine Murphy	29/08/06

112.	Indrajaya	17:54	\|	Sam The Sham	29/08/06

113.	Lack of morality his best qualification	18:00	\|	Margie in Tel Aviv	29/08/06

114.	to # 4	18:00	\|	Watcher	29/08/06

115.	to # 4	18:00	\|	Watcher	29/08/06

116.	Stay Alert! Hezbollah Hamas And Iranian Psych Ops In Full Swing!	18:09	\|	Sam The Sham	29/08/06

117.	To Geoff from Sydney	18:11	\|	SD	29/08/06

118.	Luckily for Israel, Nasrallah is Chiite not Sunnite	18:13	\|	Tony Ch.	29/08/06

119.	to Geoff from Bondi	18:14	\|	SD	29/08/06

120.	TO JOYCE#8	18:29	\|	SAM	29/08/06

121.	If we won, then why so afraid of the truth?	18:47	\|	Stephen Cohen	29/08/06

122.	lol	18:57	\|	amelia	29/08/06

123.	Jasmine Muphy	18:59	\|	Sophie	29/08/06

124.	Nasrallah your article	19:01	\|	Elliott	29/08/06

125.	Bush For PM	19:04	\|	Fadi	29/08/06

126.	to 70 and 71 and other readers fo history	19:05	\|	Arab	29/08/06

127.	yossi beilin for prime minister	19:13	\|	sam	29/08/06

128.	Ain`t no Inquiry big enough	19:15	\|	JFivel	29/08/06

129.	Terrific article	19:17	\|	Hannah	29/08/06

130.	TO#4 Kiki PM is Parking Manager	19:33	\|	Stranger	29/08/06

131.	Shalom Freedman	19:34	\|	Marilyn	29/08/06

132.	Israels self inflicted wounds.	19:40	\|	Danite	29/08/06

133.	TO#5SALAM	19:41	\|	Stranger	29/08/06

134.	Re: indrajaya @Jakarta:Indoneseans(not Israelis) need your advice	19:43	\|	Vittorio	29/08/06

135.	This is the First Step	19:46	\|	Bernie	29/08/06

136.	BRADLEY IS RIGHT	19:48	\|	NeutralObserver	29/08/06

137.	Halutz can go home to the country of his birth and become the new	19:52	\|	Ann	29/08/06

138.	# 96 Lebanes	19:58	\|	Paul the tall	29/08/06

139.	Well, Margie	20:19	\|	Ann	29/08/06

140.	Gary Ridenour	20:25	\|	Ann	29/08/06

141.	#37 To Maral On Pain	20:27	\|	Yonatan Netser	29/08/06

142.	To # 119. stranger	20:40	\|	nazem	29/08/06

143.	Thank you, Mr. Burston.	20:57	\|	Giles Martin	29/08/06

144.	To Klaudia #21 On Bibi	20:57	\|	Yonatan Netser	29/08/06

145.	To Maral#37 On Pain	21:04	\|	Yonatan Netser	29/08/06

146.	A Better idea MR Huston:)))	21:07	\|	Desert Angel	29/08/06

147.	what r u thinking?	21:36	\|	melissa	29/08/06

148.	Danite #120	21:38	\|	TonyL	29/08/06

149.	From Nasrallah to Hamas, and back	21:42	\|	David ben Avigdor	29/08/06

150.	Where the hell are my comments ??!!	21:43	\|	DESERT Angel	29/08/06

151.	yonatan netser on bibi	21:44	\|	herodotus	29/08/06

152.	TO#119 nazem TRY ITS GOOD	21:45	\|	Stranger	29/08/06

153.	Nasrallah	21:48	\|	Dan	29/08/06

154.	To All	21:49	\|	Imad	29/08/06

155.	to Shalom Freedman	21:52	\|	sara	29/08/06

156.	Excellent idea	21:54	\|	Arun	29/08/06

157.	#105 Sam	21:56	\|	Benjamin	29/08/06

158.	to Haaretz	21:59	\|	Imad	29/08/06

159.	To #136 melissa	22:02	\|	Imad	29/08/06

160.	TO#2 Sandy THINK SMART	22:06	\|	Stranger	29/08/06

161.	THE PALESTINIAN MYTH A MUST READ	22:08	\|	JOSH	29/08/06

162.	THE PALESTINIAN MYTH A MUST READ cont...	22:09	\|	JOSH	29/08/06

163.	Tony L	22:14	\|	Danite	29/08/06

164.	To # 144, Stranger	22:22	\|	Nazem	29/08/06

165.	to 41	22:24	\|	American	29/08/06

166.	To ##149 benjamin	22:25	\|	Imad	29/08/06

167.	I also think Nasrallah is a good leader apart from ...	22:30	\|	omolll	29/08/06

168.	To Bradley.I HAVE YET TO READ YOUR ARTICLE. ONE LOOK AT THE,,,	22:48	\|	Kathy	29/08/06

169.	# 35 Jane. Your comment about Bradley.PLEASE INFORM ME IF YOU CAN	22:59	\|	Kathy	29/08/06

170.	#144, Yonatan (cc: #21, Klaudia)	23:05	\|	Hannah	29/08/06

171.	Befor-bed crazy thought	23:08	\|	Salam	29/08/06

172.	To Melissa in New York	23:10	\|	Hannah	29/08/06

173.	Tony L, Bay area	23:16	\|	Hannah	29/08/06

174.	to arab#126	23:20	\|	sam	29/08/06

175.	Danite #163	23:22	\|	TonyL	29/08/06

176.	Irony of the situation	23:26	\|	Observer	29/08/06

177.	To Omoll , You ll be suprised by Hassan Narallah	23:29	\|	fatima	29/08/06

178.	To David ben Avignor, aka ben Gurion	23:41	\|	Hannah	29/08/06

179.	fascist regimes, fundamental rules	23:54	\|	truth	29/08/06

180.	CLERICS AS LEADERS	00:05	\|	Gabriel	30/08/06

181.	Excellent!	00:12	\|	Sean	30/08/06

182.	#29, Salam, you forgot one thing about Haaretz	00:14	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	30/08/06

183.	#99 Ben Gurion. schizophrenia?	00:22	\|	Freud	30/08/06

184.	#171 FATIMA ADMIRE NASRALLAH AND NAME YOUR CHILDRE AFTER HIM	00:28	\|	Gabriel	30/08/06

185.	FATIMA	00:37	\|	alan	30/08/06

186.	Hannah. Sweet little lies #175	00:45	\|	Hubal	30/08/06

187.	About morality	00:47	\|	LF	30/08/06

188.	Is Israel capable - Ben Gurion	00:53	\|	Mark Lincoln	30/08/06

189.	Over qualified for the job.	01:03	\|	A+	30/08/06

190.	Tony L	01:09	\|	Danite	30/08/06

191.	#3-LOL + reagan needed in Israel	01:19	\|	Eric	30/08/06

192.	#99 Ben Gurion. schizophrenia?	01:24	\|	Freud	30/08/06

193.	Hannah. Sweet little lies #175	01:25	\|	Hubal	30/08/06

194.	Hey Bradley. LOOK WHAT YOU`VE DONE! I HOPE YOU ARE SATISFIED...	01:34	\|	Kathy	30/08/06

195.	Hannah the talmud Scholar	01:38	\|	Danite	30/08/06

196.	To my sweet Hannah and her beloved Islam...	01:42	\|	a zionist occupier	30/08/06

197.	# 41 Watcher.FUNNY YOU SHOULD SAY THAT,,,	01:46	\|	Kathy	30/08/06

198.	177:Eric, for starters...	01:46	\|	bat yam	30/08/06

199.	# 50 Karen. re:Watcher. NOT NECESSARILY KAREN...	01:52	\|	Kathy	30/08/06

200.	Nasralah a true leader	02:10	\|	David	30/08/06

201.	Josh of New Jersey	02:18	\|	Ann	30/08/06

202.	#179, Hubal	02:19	\|	Hannah	30/08/06

203.	Burston`s Vacuum	02:20	\|	Ylunu `jorge` Jarvi	30/08/06

204.	#180, zionist occupier	02:22	\|	Hannah	30/08/06

205.	To # 175 Hannah	02:25	\|	Eli	30/08/06

206.	To Yonatan : Thank-you	02:45	\|	Klaudia	30/08/06

207.	# 150 SESERT Angel. WHERE ARE MINE TOO???	03:01	\|	Kathy	30/08/06

208.	Dr. Prof. Freud #99; Schizophrenia	03:03	\|	David ben Avigdor	30/08/06

209.	Josh, you made several assumptions based on faith, not fact.	03:08	\|	p	30/08/06

210.	"Anarcho-Zionism" and "land for peace"	03:12	\|	fritz	30/08/06

211.	#184, Eli	03:14	\|	Hannah	30/08/06

212.	Hannah; on Islam	03:15	\|	David ben Avigdor	30/08/06

213.	Nasrallah for Prime Minister of Israel	03:41	\|	Mauren Ann	30/08/06

214.	To Hanah #189	05:07	\|	Eli	30/08/06

215.	Olmert Wasn`t That Dumb!	05:24	\|	Sam The Sham	30/08/06

216.	Dr. ben Avigdor - State of War	05:29	\|	Mark Lincoln	30/08/06

217.	HANNAH all rectitude all of a sudden.Read your past posts	05:38	\|	PETER SM	30/08/06

218.	Mr ben Avigdor - aka Mr. Ben Gurion	05:39	\|	Mark Lincoln	30/08/06

219.	Sandy #14 --He looks Jewish to me	06:13	\|	bbl	30/08/06

220.	actually P. that`s not entirely correct	06:25	\|	bbl	30/08/06

221.	Bradley`s attempt at left wing humor	07:03	\|	Sidney Goldberg	30/08/06

222.	Nasrallah is lying - he`s covering Iran`s Rectum	07:06	\|	Abe	30/08/06

223.	West Bank Status	07:10	\|	Charlie	30/08/06

224.	Stupid article	08:04	\|	Robert Frosch	30/08/06

225.	# 89, DANIEL LEOPOLD	08:18	\|	indrajaya	30/08/06

226.	Dangerous phrases - bbl	08:51	\|	sh	30/08/06

227.	Very well written... Bravo	09:00	\|	Maher	30/08/06

228.	Nasrallah the true leader	09:05	\|	Brigitte Meier	30/08/06

229.	Bradley and readers	09:25	\|	MMK	30/08/06

230.	Gary Ridenour 70	09:25	\|	Kiki Bardot	30/08/06

231.	#169, alias Hannah, the agenda is set by us	09:31	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	30/08/06

232.	To Belgitude	09:31	\|	Kiki Bardot	30/08/06

233.	about the mercenaries	09:56	\|	Rolens Pinskhey	30/08/06

234.	Nasrallah	11:13	\|	James	30/08/06

235.	Reply to Hannah - 178.	12:29	\|	James	30/08/06

236.	Reply to Brigitte Meier - 228.	12:46	\|	James	30/08/06

237.	to Brigitte, # 228	13:29	\|	tom	30/08/06

238.	Assassinating!!!??	13:34	\|	Joe	30/08/06

239.	Happy Birthday, Hassan!	13:56	\|	Vee	30/08/06

240.	# 209 p	17:54	\|	josh	30/08/06

241.	#201 ann	17:57	\|	josh	30/08/06

242.	Very good write up by Author! New PM of Israel, Hassan Nasarallah	21:09	\|	Ng from Mexico	30/08/06

243.	To # 228 Brigitte Meier	22:06	\|	Mohamad From Lebanon	30/08/06

244.	Josh of New Jersey	22:46	\|	Ann	30/08/06

245.	Thankyou Mr Nasrallah	23:30	\|	New Settler	30/08/06

246.	#213 Mauren Ann	23:50	\|	Miguel	30/08/06

247.	#187 - LF About morality	00:02	\|	Miguel	31/08/06

248.	Reply to Ann - 243.	02:40	\|	James	31/08/06

249.	Further to Ann - 243.	02:51	\|	James	31/08/06

250.	228 Brigitte Meier:"Nasrallah the true leader" and 9/11.	06:24	\|	Michigan	31/08/06

251.	237 tom, on Nasrallah`s modest goals re Israel	07:06	\|	Michigan	31/08/06

252.	LMAO !	09:21	\|	Yankelowitz	31/08/06

253.	Can i ... make a suggestion ?	09:36	\|	Yankelowitz	31/08/06

254.	To # 24 observer	10:11	\|	Yankelowitz	31/08/06

255.	To Gary Ridenour... A bit of history	10:38	\|	Yankelowitz	31/08/06

256.	Reply to Yankelowitz - 254.	11:08	\|	James	31/08/06

257.	Reply to Mohamad - 243.	11:25	\|	James	31/08/06

258.	Reply to James 256 - Bible-Torah	12:23	\|	Yankelowitz	31/08/06

259.	To James # 257	03:15	\|	Mohamad From Lebanon	01/09/06

260.	Pick King George	06:14	\|	An American	01/09/06

261.	to 45	09:43	\|	mark	01/09/06

262.	to amanda from frankfurt # 56	09:46	\|	mark	01/09/06

263.	Man of Truth & Courage	12:35	\|	Aoun	01/09/06

264.	Lebanese	13:57	\|	hadi	02/09/06

265.	to #49 Zion forever	21:10	\|	Mark	02/09/06

266.	Hey make Nasrallah PM of Palestine..	22:34	\|	Niki Asipone.	02/09/06

267.	Nasrallah is not antisemitic	20:17	\|	Ezan	05/09/06

268.	The ME is Scared no More	18:20	\|	Nizar Abboud	07/09/06

269.	Accurately Analyzed	22:02	\|	Ismael	10/09/06

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