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SLM3 · 05-16-2003, 03:48 AM

If I cite UN resolutions you say they're "nutty", if I cite the words of a Reuters correspondant, you twist his thoughts. Then you tell me I have given no facts. Ok, I'll try and be a bit more deliberate.

It is agreed upon by most academics that Sharon authorised the "Lebanese forces" to "mop up" the Palestinian camps during a meeting with Bashir Gemayel on September 12 (Benny Morris, The Righteous Victims, New York, A. Knopf, 1999, p. 540.). Mr. Sharon had already announced, on 9 July 1982, his intention to send the Phalangist forces into West Beirut (Schiff and Ya'ari, Israel’s Lebanon War, New York, Simon and Schuster, 1984, p. 251.). Furthermore, Sharon's autobigraphy confirms that he negotiated the operation during his meeting with Gemayel in Bikfaya (Ariel Sharon, Warrior: An Autobiography, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1989, p. 498.). More? Ok. On September 22, 1982, Sharon said in the Knesset that the decision that the Phalangists should enter the camps was made on Wednesday, September 15 at 3:30pm (Sharon at the Knesset, Annex to the Kahan Commission report, The Beirut Massacre, The Complete Kahan Commission Report, Princeton, Karz Cohl, 1983, p. 124).

So far does this look like the Sharon didn't play a part in these massacres? How many different sources do you need?

When the Phalangists entered the camps, General Drori called Sharon to tell him, "Our friends are advancing into the camps. We have co-ordinated their entry." What did Sharon reply? "Congratulations! Our friends’ operation is approved." (According to Kapeliouk, Sabra et Shatila: Enquête sur un massacre, Paris, Seuil 1982, p. 37).

The nerve of those people to think poor Sharon had anything to do with these slaughterings. It's a good thing we know better.

"Tsahal controls all strategic points in Beirut. The refugee camps, inside which there is a concentration of terrorists, are surrounded and sealed" (Israeli press release as quoted in the Kahan Commission Report, p. 14.). But of course the Israeli army had no clue what was going on.

I can keep going if you'd like.

05-16-2003, 03:48 AM	#17 (permalink)
SLM3 Insane	If I cite UN resolutions you say they're "nutty", if I cite the words of a Reuters correspondant, you twist his thoughts. Then you tell me I have given no facts. Ok, I'll try and be a bit more deliberate. It is agreed upon by most academics that Sharon authorised the "Lebanese forces" to "mop up" the Palestinian camps during a meeting with Bashir Gemayel on September 12 (Benny Morris, The Righteous Victims, New York, A. Knopf, 1999, p. 540.). Mr. Sharon had already announced, on 9 July 1982, his intention to send the Phalangist forces into West Beirut (Schiff and Ya'ari, Israel’s Lebanon War, New York, Simon and Schuster, 1984, p. 251.). Furthermore, Sharon's autobigraphy confirms that he negotiated the operation during his meeting with Gemayel in Bikfaya (Ariel Sharon, Warrior: An Autobiography, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1989, p. 498.). More? Ok. On September 22, 1982, Sharon said in the Knesset that the decision that the Phalangists should enter the camps was made on Wednesday, September 15 at 3:30pm (Sharon at the Knesset, Annex to the Kahan Commission report, The Beirut Massacre, The Complete Kahan Commission Report, Princeton, Karz Cohl, 1983, p. 124). So far does this look like the Sharon didn't play a part in these massacres? How many different sources do you need? When the Phalangists entered the camps, General Drori called Sharon to tell him, "Our friends are advancing into the camps. We have co-ordinated their entry." What did Sharon reply? "Congratulations! Our friends’ operation is approved." (According to Kapeliouk, Sabra et Shatila: Enquête sur un massacre, Paris, Seuil 1982, p. 37). The nerve of those people to think poor Sharon had anything to do with these slaughterings. It's a good thing we know better. "Tsahal controls all strategic points in Beirut. The refugee camps, inside which there is a concentration of terrorists, are surrounded and sealed" (Israeli press release as quoted in the Kahan Commission Report, p. 14.). But of course the Israeli army had no clue what was going on. I can keep going if you'd like.