tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post8487404520557793225..comments2023-06-16T15:35:36.718+03:00Comments on Jeha's Nail - مسمار جحا: Electile DysfunctionJehahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714767132428450071noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post-89405810248038739532008-02-05T14:07:00.000+02:002008-02-05T14:07:00.000+02:00R, Thanks, and you're always welcome. The only thi...R, <BR/>Thanks, and you're always welcome. The only thing I would disagree with you on is the "Shia base"; I think there is far less unanimity behind Hezb than meets the eye... Or any party for that matter. It is just that, in a sectarian context, communities tend to identify with the ones who can provide patronage.<BR/><BR/>Fubar, <BR/>Thanks for the link. That's unfair, those Mullahs get all the babes. The video thing is fixed now. I will try and make others in Flash as I learn it, and if I find the time...For now, I am using collage and capture adaptations, such as this one of the Douma game.Jehahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714767132428450071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post-51301171245284480412008-02-05T08:15:00.000+02:002008-02-05T08:15:00.000+02:00Your video is "no longer available."Here is one fo...Your video is "no longer available."<BR/><BR/>Here is one for you:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTt4cbQv2Pc&NR=1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post-54673984176138891342008-02-05T03:10:00.000+02:002008-02-05T03:10:00.000+02:00Hi Jeha, Sound analysis. In fact you (and I and ot...Hi Jeha, <BR/><BR/>Sound analysis. In fact you (and I and others) have touched upon these issues before, but it can't hurt to re-iterate them. I hope its ok if i post a couple of excerpts from some of my previous posts just to highlight that things were rather clear a year ago and even before, when things were salvagable... Now, I am not so sure... <BR/><BR/>from <A HREF="http://voicesonthewind.blogspot.com/2007/04/sound-analysis-of-lebanese-crisis-over.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>, posted on april 17, 2007:<BR/>"The reason behind Hizbulla choosing to fight a losing battle is simple: the stakes are simply too high and eventhough the deck is stacked against them, Hizbulla have no choice (short of changing their very identity, ideology and MO) but to continue in their desperate tactics aimed at preventing the game from changing...<BR/><BR/>... Hizbulla is putting its willing Shia base in an increasingly precarious situation, as the Sunni leadership in March 14 is becoming more and more comfortable with its Sunni identity, that can be a dangerous game to play...". <BR/><BR/>and from <A HREF="http://voicesonthewind.blogspot.com/2007/04/sound-analysis-of-lebanese-crisis-over.html" REL="nofollow">here</A><BR/>"Syria: Another Sunni-Shiite civil war on another of their borders, with them on the Shiite side and 70% of their population being Sunni, is nothing short of signing their own death sentence. <BR/>Moreover, in my opinion, their eggs are all in one basket. Killing the investigation and/or toppling the government and/or killing the March 14 leadership while trying to avoid a civil war that might be too much to handle and to check. In short desperate obstructionism... However the rationality of their decisions and the extent to which they are cornered might prove decisive in how crazy they might behave. Still history has shown them to be masters of brinkmanship without ever crossing the line. They realize that once the line is crossed, there is no turning back."<BR/><BR/>as well as (from the same post) <BR/><BR/>"The only danger in my opinion is in the alliance of Syria, Iran and Hizbullah, not because they want a civil war but more because they might not see an alternative to it. In the case of the Syrian regime, desparation might (in the medium to long-range future) lead them to a point where they might decide to bring Lebanon down with them, or to think that a burning Lebanon might for some reason salvage their anomalous control of Syria. In the case of Hizbulla, the fact that they have been pushed away from the borders with Israel and are separated from their arch-enemies by thousands of international and Lebanese troops might challenge their very "raison d'etre". Moreover, the fact that they are armed to the teeth with nowhere to use these weapons and no enemy to channel them against might lead to them redefining the enemy internally. We are already seeing signs of that"<BR/><BR/><BR/>Again, <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the space and sorry for the long post...Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01594337050083581727noreply@blogger.com