A sad commentary on the movie I never saw
Titanic in five seconds. All you really need to know about the plot.
(But I confess to a secret liking for the theme song sung by Celine Dion. Hell, I confess to liking Celine.)
Titanic in five seconds. All you really need to know about the plot.
(But I confess to a secret liking for the theme song sung by Celine Dion. Hell, I confess to liking Celine.)
Something to make you laugh.
All the Rocky movies in five seconds.
Put down your drinks, folks.
Egypt insists that Israel must accept the 2002 Saudi peace initiative, which calls for the return of the palestinian refugees and complete withdrawal of all the land taken in 1967, before then being permitted to make any changes to the deal.
“Israel must announce first that it is accepting the initiative, then we start searching for a mechanism of negotiations, for a peaceful settlement for the conflict,” said Egyptian Deputy Foreign Minister Hani Khalaf.
The plan offers Israel recognition and peace in return for full withdrawal from the land Israel captured in the 1967 war, plus the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. It also calls for allowing Palestinian refugees the right to return to homes in Israel.
Sure.
Cue Admiral Akbar.
Because in the past, Israel has always been allowed to agree to something and then not be held to it later.
Because Egypt is keeping to the terms of its peace agreement with Israel.
Because Egyptian soldiers are stopping Hamas from importing weapons into Gaza.
Because UN Peacekeepers can be counted on to prevent terrorists from building up arms and soldiers along Israel’s borders.
Because it’s not like the UN is biased against Israel or anything like that.
Sure. Israel should absolutely just agree to that Saudi peace plan thing. Because it’s in her best interests.
Once again, the Arabs want to claim victory without having won it by force of arms. In fact, they want to claim victory over Israel in spite of having been defeated by her forty years ago.
Sure. Israel should absolutely just agree to that Saudi peace plan thing.
Not.
Some videos of the IDF in action. First up: IDF Dave sends this video of the end of a patrol near Bethlehem in 2002, at the height of the second intifada. Here, the soldiers meet a group of Palestinian children. But strangely, violence does not ensue. In fact, the children act like children everywhere, begging IDF Dave to take their picture on his digital camera, and then crowding around to look at the picture.
They have to be taught to hate. It’s not an instinct.
Next up, a slickly-produced video of the IDF to the tune of Mark Knopfler’s “Brothers in Arms.”
Going through the YouTube IDF videos (ignoring the ISM lies, because it’s amazing how the “peaceful” protesters never do anything, but the wicked IDF suddenly starts shooting and beating them—every single time!), it made me feel—worried. Because spring is here, and the war isn’t finished. Syria and Hamas are both digging bunkers and putting rockets along the Israeli borders. The next war is still, I think, inevitable. Because the enemy thinks that Israel blinked. Because the enemy thinks that Israel is defeatable.
The good news on that front is the IDF is taking a long, hard look at what went wrong, and working to fix it. The bad news is it can’t be done in a day.
The other factor, however, is—well, let Golda Meir tell you.
We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon — no alternative.
Yes.