David Frost Joins JihadTV, Feels "Excitement"

JihadTV has recruited a new British star: David Frost joins al-Jazeera TV.

Sir David is to appear on al-Jazeera International, the pan-Arab news network’s new English-language channel, due to be launched next spring.

The Qatar-based channel said Sir David, who broadcast his final Breakfast with Frost programme for the BBC in May, would be among the “key on-air talent”.

Sir David was quoted as saying he felt “excitement” about his new role.

“Most of the television I have done over the years has been aimed at British and American audiences,” he said

"Launched in 1996, al-Jazeera is best known outside of the Arab world for carrying exclusive al-Qaeda messages."

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Launched in 1996, al-Jazeera is best known outside of the Arab world for being the exclusive al-Qaeda propaganda tool

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U.N. Nuclear Agency and Its Chief Win Nobel Prize for Peace

Milli Vanilli wins Grammy for best Vocals

J Lo wins Oscar for “Gigli”

While fully realizing what retards the Nobel Committee is - was quietly hoping al Sistani might win the award. Certainly not naive enough to think Mr. Bush or Mr. Blair had a chance; but a nod to the liberation, and imminent implementation of a democratic Constitution for 25 million Iraqi’s, seemed sort of peace-inducing to me.

But then, Arafat won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994...

so I am not the only person who liked Gigli then ??

^^and let's not forget Kissinger- he was one of the last to win the prize for inducing the same sort of bomb-soaked peace that you seem to like so much. I'm not a big fan of the Nobel committee myself, but the IAEA deserves some sort of nod after such a long time in which their work has only had the purpose of peace (and getting rid of bombs).

Ask the Iraqis how peaceful things are now. Today's BBC report: Iraq on brink of civil war. Watched an interview last night where a couple of kids were kept inside all the time because their parents are afraid to let them out. Anyone with enough money is fleeing the place.

"Steven"

^^and let's not forget Kissinger- he was one of the last to win the prize for inducing the same sort of bomb-soaked peace that you seem to like so much.  ...

"Steven"

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This is a little unfair. Henry Kissinger deserved a Nobel Peace prize alone for his "shuttle diplomacy" after the 1973 war in the Middle East.

No other Secretary of State has made such efforts to bring to close a state of war and the successful exchange of prisoners of war.

I know because I was in the ICRC delegation that flew with him.

So how do you explain Nixon's and Kissingers clandestine carpet bombing of Cambodia whilst at the same time sitting in peace talks in Paris in 1973?

Just watched a program on the History Channel called Biography. It was about Nixon.

This pair bypassed everyone (Congress, the Senate, National Security advisors, the lot) to wage this war in Cambodia where an estimated 100,000 innocent civilians died.

Kissinger getting the Peace Prize was a sick joke.

So how do you explain Nixon's and Kissingers clandestine carpet bombing of Cambodia whilst at the same time sitting in peace talks in Paris in 1973?

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"The times they are a' changing"

I only know what I experienced.

So how do you explain Nixon's and Kissingers clandestine carpet bombing of Cambodia whilst at the same time sitting in peace talks in Paris in 1973?

Just watched a program on the History Channel called Biography. It was about Nixon.

This pair bypassed everyone (Congress, the Senate, National Security advisors, the lot) to wage this war in Cambodia where an estimated 100,000 innocent civilians died.

Kissinger getting the Peace Prize was a sick joke.

Kissinger certainly deserved the Nobel Peace prize more than say Arafat.

Don't bring up the Viet Nam war w/out opening another can of worms here.

My last word on this subject is to mention - what about Charley using Cambodia as a staging area, eh??????????

Kissinger certainly deserved the Nobel Peace prize more than say Arafat.

Yet again Boon Mee, I agree with you here. Arafat getting the peace prize was disgraceful. But this was a political decision. They wanted to give it to the Isreali PM at the time (can't remember his name), so they had to give it to Arafat too.

The common misconception regarding the Vietnam war was that the Americans thought it was a fight against communism. In reality, it was a war of independence.

Ho Chi Minh had asked for assistance from the OSS to keep Vietnam independant after WW II in exchange for fighting the Japanese invaders. The OSS agreed, but, went back on their word and let the French march in again.

America didn't learn the lessons of history, that a war of independence hardly ever fails. Hearts and minds.

PS. Vietnam vets are the last people to discuss the war objectively. They were too close to see the big picture.

Kissinger certainly deserved the Nobel Peace prize more than say Arafat.

PS. Vietnam vets are the last people to discuss the war objectively. They were too close to see the big picture.

We saw the 'big picture' alright...

Kissinger certainly deserved the Nobel Peace prize more than say Arafat.

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Yet again Boon Mee, I agree with you here. Arafat getting the peace prize was disgraceful. But this was a political decision. They wanted to give it to the Isreali PM at the time (can't remember his name), so they had to give it to Arafat too.

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There were in fact three recipients of the Nobel Peace prize that year..

The othe two were Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin.

We saw the 'big picture' alright...

No, I don't think they did. You still think the "Domino Theory" was correct?

Do you still think the war was "winable", but, you "were betrayed by the politicians"?

PS. Vietnam vets are the last people to discuss the war objectively. They were too close to see the big picture.

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Which one would that be?

We Were Soldiers, Apocalypse Now, Born on the Fourth of July, Coming Home, Dear America: Letters From Vietnam, Full Metal Jacket, Hamburger Hill, Platoon, The Deer Hunter, Good Morning, Vietnam or The Green Berets?

I don't study history from Hollywood, least of all Mel Gibson (Braveheart).

All the movies you mentioned were made by the losers. History is written by winners.

I don't study history from Hollywood, least of all Mel Gibson (Braveheart).

All the movies you mentioned were made by the losers. History is written by winners.

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Who as a consequence are more disposed to being objective and tell the truth?

Neither side at the time the conflict was going on, which is why I refuse to debate the Vietnam war with Vets. You must have heard the saying that "the first casualty of war is the truth".

Now that the conflict has been over for many years and documents are starting to be declassified, the truth is starting to come out.

We are still learning about the truth of WW II.

We saw the 'big picture' alright...

No, I don't think they did. You still think the "Domino Theory" was correct?

Do you still think the war was "winable", but, you "were betrayed by the politicians"?

Absoutely, it was.

If not for Hanoi Jane and the Chinese, it was a 'done-deal'...

Absoutely, it was.

If not for Hanoi Jane and the Chinese, it was a 'done-deal'...

&lt;deleted&gt;! The US can't subdue Iraq with all their military might. You think against the Vietnamese who where far more motivated and disciplined, the result would have been different?

The lessons of history show that if you don't have the hearts and minds of the people, then it's a futile effort.

When the USA signed the peace treaty in 1973, they betrayed their ally South Vietnam by allowing the North to keep whatever soldiers they had on South Vietnamese soil to stay, knowing full well that eventually they would advance and take over the South.

So much for leaving Vietnam "with honour", which was Nixon's campaign promise.

Absoutely, it was.

If not for Hanoi Jane and the Chinese, it was a 'done-deal'...

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&lt;deleted&gt;! The US can't subdue Iraq with all their military might. You think against the Vietnamese who where far more motivated and disciplined, the result would have been different?

The lessons of history show that if you don't have the hearts and minds of the people, then it's a futile effort.

When the USA signed the peace treaty in 1973, they betrayed their ally South Vietnam by allowing the North to keep whatever soldiers they had on South Vietnamese soil to stay, knowing full well that eventually they would advance and take over the South.

So much for leaving Vietnam "with honour", which was Nixon's campaign promise.

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I agree with you here. We might have been in a position to stop the army regs and control much of the land in the north had we been allowed to, but the war would have never stopped. Romans couldn't control many areas in their empire and they used brute force. There was no way American forces would have been able to keep a lid on the people's need to run their own counrty. We just shouldn't have been there.

It somehow explains something about Boon Mee that he's publicly willing to claim that the Viet Nam war had any point at all.

It somehow explains something about Boon Mee that he's publicly willing to claim that the Viet Nam war had any point at all.

If not for the Viet Nam War - Pattaya wouldn't be the lovely place it is today!

As S. Burr has mentioned, I can't be objective on this - end of story.

It somehow explains something about Boon Mee that he's publicly willing to claim that the Viet Nam war had any point at all.

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If not for the Viet Nam War - Pattaya wouldn't be the lovely place it is today!

As S. Burr has mentioned, I can't be objective on this - end of story.

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You probably could be objective about it but I'm sure that it would be painful and probably not worth it.

Beautiful Maidens:

Just like Survivor, only different...

A new television series being broadcast around the Middle East tells the story of Arabs living in residential compounds in Saudi Arabia and the militant Islamists who want to blow them up so they can collect their rewards in heaven - 72 beautiful virgins.

It somehow explains something about Boon Mee that he's publicly willing to claim that the Viet Nam war had any point at all.

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If not for the Viet Nam War - Pattaya wouldn't be the lovely place it is today!

As S. Burr has mentioned, I can't be objective on this - end of story.

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I thought it was Vietnam not Viet Nam. Also, what does Pattaya have to do with the Vietnam war?

I thought it was Vietnam not Viet Nam. Also, what does Pattaya have to do with the Vietnam war?

The naughty night life in Pattaya was was started by American GI's on R&R from the Vietnam war.

I thought it was Vietnam not Viet Nam. Also, what does Pattaya have to do with the Vietnam war?

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The naughty night life in Pattaya was was started by American GI's on R&R from the Vietnam war.

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Not wishing to be pedantic, but this difference is of some importance to a Nation that has never been colonised: the naughty night life in Pattaya was started by enterprising Thais who saw a way of making money from the American GI's on R&R from the Vietnam war.

Yes, that's what I meant, but, I thought my meaning would be obvious.

GI's on R&R wouldn't have the time to open businesses would they? They had a "police action" to fight.

Official Name:

Quoc hoi nuoc cong hoa xa hoi chu nghia Viet Nam

short form: Viet Nam

int'l long form: Socialist Republic of Vietnam

int'l short form: Vietnam

Source:

http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/vietnam.htm

^^and let's not forget Kissinger- he was one of the last to win the prize for inducing the same sort of bomb-soaked peace that you seem to like so much.  I'm not a big fan of the Nobel committee myself, but the IAEA deserves some sort of nod after such a long time in which their work has only had the purpose of peace (and getting rid of bombs).

"Steven"

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Shared it remember...

The Nobel Peace Prize 1973

Henry A. Kissinger. US

Le Duc Tho . Viet Nam

GI's on R&R wouldn't have the time to open businesses would they? They had a "police action" to fight.

Hundreds of midgets and Trolls out of business in Vegas and we got S. Burr...