Comments on: This is what passes for an “expert” in the PA http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/19/1281 Cutting straight to the point Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:14:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/19/1281/comment-page-1#comment-7435 Meryl Yourish Sat, 20 May 2006 18:42:13 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/19/1281#comment-7435 Ed, somehow, you're not making me feel any better about that nutjob. Ed, somehow, you’re not making me feel any better about that nutjob.

]]> By: Ed http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/19/1281/comment-page-1#comment-7327 Ed Sat, 20 May 2006 13:08:08 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/19/1281#comment-7327 But look at the last quoted paragraph: He suggests that some Jews are considerably more evil than others, which implies that he's capable of imagining that there are limits to the evil of some Jews — in fact, a majority of them. So he's a gibbering lunatic, but he stops short of running around stark naked in the street howling at the moon at midday. He's a moderate! With the bit about messianism, he's also tacitly admitting that people's concerns about Ahmadinejad are reasonable. The difference is that Ahmadi's in power right now, and his hypothetical Israeli extremists aren't. But look at the last quoted paragraph: He suggests that some Jews are considerably more evil than others, which implies that he’s capable of imagining that there are limits to the evil of some Jews — in fact, a majority of them.

So he’s a gibbering lunatic, but he stops short of running around stark naked in the street howling at the moon at midday. He’s a moderate!

With the bit about messianism, he’s also tacitly admitting that people’s concerns about Ahmadinejad are reasonable. The difference is that Ahmadi’s in power right now, and his hypothetical Israeli extremists aren’t.

]]> By: Michael Lonie http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/19/1281/comment-page-1#comment-7173 Michael Lonie Sat, 20 May 2006 04:18:48 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/19/1281#comment-7173 Don't forget Egypt's war in Yemen during the sixties, where the Egyptian Air Force gassed Yemeni villages from the air, in the same style that Mussolini's air force did to Ethiopians in 1935. Benny the Moose won, Nasser didn't. Then there was Syria's attempt to colonize Lebanon, successful for many years. Dare we mention Qaddaffis' several incursions into Chad, seeking uranium? These failed due to French support for the Chad government, whoever it was that month. In one famous case the French-backed Chadian forces defeated the Libyan armored forces with antitank missiles mounted on Toyota pickup trucks. Like so many Arabs this jerk is projecting onto the Israelis what he would do if he had control of power like Israel's. The Arabs would have nothing to fear from the Israelis if they would just stop attacking Israel and trying to destroy the country. But Israel's mere existence offends the gigantic egos and narcissistic self-love of the Arabs. Tsk, tsk, how awful those mean old Jews are. Don’t forget Egypt’s war in Yemen during the sixties, where the Egyptian Air Force gassed Yemeni villages from the air, in the same style that Mussolini’s air force did to Ethiopians in 1935. Benny the Moose won, Nasser didn’t.

Then there was Syria’s attempt to colonize Lebanon, successful for many years. Dare we mention Qaddaffis’ several incursions into Chad, seeking uranium? These failed due to French support for the Chad government, whoever it was that month. In one famous case the French-backed Chadian forces defeated the Libyan armored forces with antitank missiles mounted on Toyota pickup trucks.

Like so many Arabs this jerk is projecting onto the Israelis what he would do if he had control of power like Israel’s. The Arabs would have nothing to fear from the Israelis if they would just stop attacking Israel and trying to destroy the country. But Israel’s mere existence offends the gigantic egos and narcissistic self-love of the Arabs. Tsk, tsk, how awful those mean old Jews are.

]]> By: Cynic http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/19/1281/comment-page-1#comment-6930 Cynic Fri, 19 May 2006 20:42:31 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/19/1281#comment-6930 Seems that nobody remembers that once upon a time Jordan was protected from an invasion by Syria when Israel threatened to intervene. Seems that nobody remembers that once upon a time Jordan was protected from an invasion by Syria when Israel threatened to intervene.

]]> By: Greg in San Francisco http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/19/1281/comment-page-1#comment-6872 Greg in San Francisco Fri, 19 May 2006 15:40:02 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/19/1281#comment-6872 I'm no historian, but let me count the number of times Israel has invaded and colonized neighboring countries: zero. Now let me count the number of times the Arab forces has invaded other countries with the intent of colonization: Egypt attacked Israel, Syria attacked Israel, Jordan attacked Israel, Hizbollah attacked Israel, Iraq attacked Kuwait. And lest we forget, the charter of Hamas and the goal of Iran is to wipe Israel from the map. I’m no historian, but let me count the number of times Israel has invaded and colonized neighboring countries: zero. Now let me count the number of times the Arab forces has invaded other countries with the intent of colonization: Egypt attacked Israel, Syria attacked Israel, Jordan attacked Israel, Hizbollah attacked Israel, Iraq attacked Kuwait. And lest we forget, the charter of Hamas and the goal of Iran is to wipe Israel from the map.

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