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Hezbollah theme park: an attraction designed with terror in mind
Are you always searching for a roller coaster that will make your hair stand on end? Well, if you really want to scare yourself, skip the traditional amusement park rides and catch a flight out to Beirut. There's a "theme park" in town that will open your eyes wide and keep you looking over your shoulder.
Hezbollah has gotten into the Disney business.
Identified as a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department, Hezbollah's new endeavor isn't doing a thing to change that perception. Called "Landmark for the Resistance," the theme park celebrates the group's military efforts against Israel. Enter the park, and you can wander among implements of mayhem and destruction, from tanks to machine guns ... and you can even get some photo ops of the kids with their fingers on the trigger!
Designed and built by Hezbollah, Landmark for the Resistance cost a mere $4 million, a pittance compared to what it would cost to get an attraction up here in the United States. So far, the park's been a success, one of the few in a country that has had trouble attracting tourists because of ... well ... Hezbollah.
Buoyed by the strong response, especially the smiling children, I suspect, Hezbollah has already committed to expansion plans. Look for a cable car wandering around the guns 'n' ammo soon – and a hotel and a restaurant.
Filed under: Activism, Arts and Culture, History, Lebanon, Middle East, Theme Parks
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 3)
Sergio Oct 2nd 2010 4:01PM
SO WHAT ! It's no different than the nasty jews and their holocaust museums and propaganda.
Christopher Hacke Oct 2nd 2010 4:07PM
What happened Sergio. You got wading across the Rio Grande again illegally? Or did your welfare payments dry up? Or one of those illegitimate kids you fathered tell you to get out of the house thety paid for? By the way, you really should take you Prozac and Valium like that doctor at the prison told you when you were paroled for child molestation. Sorry you don't like Jews since most of us don't rally care fof many Spics.
awaiting Oct 2nd 2010 4:17PM
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New American Standard Bible (©1995)
and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
However, if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, search for me, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear their prayer from heaven, forgive their sins, and heal their country.
William Shan Abel Oct 2nd 2010 11:35PM
The real truth over all is that the deceiver,,or the opposite of the Real God, the God of the Bible, is opposed to God , hates all mankind and promotes hatred and killing of all of God's creation. When he keeps his goal of hatred using these same people against one another, it is his "goal" . This is the description of true evil,,the opposite of Truth .We are all fighting one another because of the devil's influence, and will continue until Christ's return to re-establish God's Divine Kingdom that was almost destroyed at Lucifer's rebellion. This is God's plan for saving His Creation as opposed to just destroying it including mankind,,this way we can cooperate in the destruction and and,, more influence from the once head Angel , Lucifer, or the devil . May God educate us, show us through His Truth and our cooperation to have the privedge of helping God,,as any Father would . Amen and Amen . ( We do need to cooperate) for preservation of our own Souls .
WT Oct 2nd 2010 4:53PM
And these are the sort of people in the middle-east that many of you expect Israel to make peace with? Hamas and Hezbolla are Iran frontmen. These terrorists don't want peace. They want Israel, and us, to be dead.
suitman36 Oct 2nd 2010 4:58PM
just a wonderful place to take your kids. don't learn from the past that war is totally counter-productive. lets just keep teaching our kids to hate others.
way to go!!!
thanks to the 'religion of peace'.
disgusting.
S.S. Oct 2nd 2010 5:28PM
Day after day, we keep hearing about some form of arrogant, pushy, radical behavior from Islam.....sure, the western has done some AWFUL things, and we should be willing to.......oh, wait, geez, I forgot......America has spent over a trillion dollars on aid for other countries.....
But do we make the pain of others into a sad joke...do we sit by and watch other countries suffer from terrorists, do we teach our children hatred, do we enlist the services of 3 yr. olds to pick up "the pretty bullits that still have the pointy pieces on them" so we can use them in guns? Do we circumcise our women so they get no pleasure from sex with even their husbands?
Ok, those of you who have chosen to say how disgusting we are, instead of condemming people like Bush, Rove, Chaney and Rumsfeld......here I am.....how would you like to say that to me in person......bring it.
Mena Oct 2nd 2010 5:34PM
When Pearl Harbor was bombed America responded with the Nuclear Bomb, was that called for? I bet you don't mind because we won, and now you get to live an awesome life here and get to judge those who suffer in other parts of the world. If Canada attacked America we would defend ourselves, we wouldn't be like "Oh sorry for being here Canada, please do take our land!". No, we would fight back and maybe win and then we would celebrate the victory just like everyone else in the world.
Also, this is not a religious war. It is not the Jews against the Muslims, it is Israel against Lebanon. Lebanon is made up of 40% Christians and they have fought and died for their country just like the Muslims there do, side by side.
Mena Oct 2nd 2010 5:35PM
this was @ Dee
Joe Oct 2nd 2010 6:35PM
While technically your comment about America responding with the atomic bomb after pearl harbor was attack could be considered true, it was not the only factor in that decision. The main reason the bomb was dropped was to avoid countless casualties on both sides of the war. The Japanese were known fanatics to their cause and it was believed they would fight to a man for every island we took. though 150,000 to 250,000 japanese lost their lives in the bombing a drawn out war had the probability of costing close to a million lives. So in that sense it was a more humane option, of course not to the people being bombed but as they say war is hell, and if it was not for japan's action we probably would not have taken such an active role in that war.
Other then that I agree with your comment
Jeanie Oct 2nd 2010 7:48PM
So tired of the CRAP! AGAIN..? The Constitution of the United States (get it..united STATES) protected OUR CHRISTIAN RIGHTS..NOT "JUST ANY OLD RELIGION" WHO changed the constitution..TO INCLUDE ALL religions?? THE younger generation have been BRAIN WASHED by the PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. The dads of THIS NATION..MADE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR WHAT GOD WE SERVED ! The ONLY differential about religion, was the separation of those religious groups: Baptist, Pentecostal, Full Gospel (as their religion varies) BUT they ALL believed in ONE GOD..The Most High God also known as Jehovah, who sent His ONLY BEGOTTEN SON (born from a virgin named Mary) son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for the remission of our sins. God, Jesus, Holy Spirit. ASK ANY REAL AMERICAN, and they will TELL YOU SO.? WHO changed the constitution.PEOPLE PLEASE TAKE OUR CONSTITUTION BACK ! GET RID of the evil do ers..don't let them worship DEMONS three times a day in OUR nation???
brooks Oct 2nd 2010 5:54PM
theme park theme ................... kill thy neighbor....... gee teach your children well
Thimas Oct 2nd 2010 6:10PM
More BS from the middle east. This is the first place that the Jews will probably bomb. Sure hope so!
Enuf Already Oct 2nd 2010 6:42PM
Were we afraid of trampling anyone's rights when we ended WWII? We had the same constitution then. I say we quit playing War, and just Blow them off our precious planet for-ever!!!
dickn2000b Oct 2nd 2010 6:43PM
Another gestue of good will from the peacful religion of Islam. $4M dollars wasted when it could have been used to actually help their own people.
Keggy Oct 2nd 2010 6:59PM
hahaha cant we just kill everyone in that shithole?
kevin Oct 2nd 2010 7:10PM
NO DIFFERENT THAN AN ISRAELI PARK-----TAKE THE TITLES AWAY---DESCRIBE THE ACTIONS OF ALL PARTIES--TRUTHFULLY---AND YOU WILL SEE WHO ARE THE REAL TERRORISTS---HINT---KILL AND STEAL--KILL AND STEAL----OVER AND OVER AND SAY ITS A DEFENSIVE ACTION OVER AND OVER----AND HIDE BEHIND SOME REAL VICTIMS
L. Harrison Oct 2nd 2010 7:17PM
A Hezbollah Theme Park? The celebration of death and destruction instead of the joy of life? Why am I surprised -- and yet, not surprised? The history of Islam is one of war, despite claims of "peace." They were kicked out of Spain in 1492 (along with the Jews) but Queen Isabella had absolute power, and didn't care about "political correctness." Today, because people are afraid to seem to be condemning a "religion" they avoid stating the truth, which is that Islam is not merely a religion -- it is also a political movement, inasmuch as Islamic religious tracts state:
"we see no separation between the secular and the religious." Their "religion," as practiced by its fundamentalists, is a vast political movement whose ultimate aim is the destruction of all other religions, to be replaced with Islam and the implementation of sharia law.
If anyone in America created a "fun park" to celebrate Hiroshima, or the Germans created a place to celebrate the Holocaust, it would be condemned, as was stated above. (There is a difference between their "theme park" and making a theme park about Jesus' life -- the Holy Land park does not celebrate death, only honors Jesus' life and depicts the way he died -- but doesn't make his death a cause for celebration.)
It has taken a millennium for Christianity to stop trying to convert others by force -- and now most Christians, the world over, live in harmony with their Jewish neighbors. The Christians and Jews also live in harmony, largely, with Hindus and Buddhists. Only the Muslims are waging a war of violence against the Christians in Africa and the Middle East, and against the Jews in Israel, and the Buddhists (whose "world cultural heritage" statues they destroyed a decade or so ago), and against the Hindus, in India.
Islam is the youngest of the great religions on Earth, and, like a baby, is squalling and acting like a terror -- or a terrorist. When will the terrorist groups -- which represent the worst of Islam, not the most honorable aspects of Muslims -- grow up, and let the rest of the world live in peace?
Most of the world has accepted the idea of democracy, of freedom of religion, and equal rights, and that we are free to choose our own religion and our own way of understanding God. (Most moderate and liberal Muslims all understand this -- when a poll was taken recently of Arabs in Israel, they prefered to live under the freedom of Israel's democracy, rather than under the despots that run the Palestinian Authority and Hamas.) When fundamentalist Muslims drop their war against those whom they view as "infidels," the world will finally be at peace.
RobertRob Oct 2nd 2010 7:16PM
Hey yall AOL has ben on my butt & has warned me about when I speek my mind.
I am Sorry I am 1/2 English 1/4 Irish 1/4 Semenole Indian.
These people R just aching to get there Country Rouined by Idiots like Hezbollah.
This is a prime Example of how Stuped they really R.
I hav a vary good friend who is from Lebenon he is Christian & was jailed 4 sending arms Via Miami to his family 2 defend them from Hezbollah.
I hav not got much more 2 say.
noreenarshad Oct 2nd 2010 7:22PM
As an American-Indian Muslim girl, it upsets me that such a park has been created. It's like totally ironic to them trying to portray themselves in any ood light, despite the fact they have in fact helped to create hospitals and other such instituation in nieghboring nations. The pure arrogance and ignorance coming from both parties, the American people's misguided total view angled by an sensational media, and this group's blatant disregard to the western culture and publishing it by creating this display, is upsetting and simply maddening.