Amazing how much stuff they can get through those tunnels: That’s funny, I thought Gazans were having a humanitarian crisis: The IMF says that the Gaza economy grew by 16% so far in 2010. Maybe it’s because there never really was a humanitarian crisis? But will this news stop the flotillas or George Galloway from trying to break the blockade? Of course not. Because they’re not interested in peace. Only in Israel’s destruction.
The New York Times: Still whitewashing anti-Semitism: According to the Times, “Death to Jews” is now an “anti-American” chant.
The crowd chanted anti-American slogans, including “death to Americans,†“death to Obama,†and “death to Jews.â€
Because, sure, that’s totally how you describe your anger with America. You call for the death of Jews. The New York Times—you can always count on it to ignore threats to Jews.
Think they’ll get someone else to fly the jets for them? I’ve been trying to wrap my brain around the $60 billion in arms sales to the Saudis, and why nobody seems to be upset that we’re arming the Wahhabist entity that sponsored 9/11. And then I realized: Just because they have the equipment doesn’t mean they’re going to have the expertise to actually, you know, use them. In the past nine years, I’ve heard many stories about the utter incompetence of the Saudis in the first Gulf War, particularly their air force. So perhaps we should look at it as an exchange: We’re finally getting some of their petro dollars that they’ve gotten from us. On the other hand—if al Qaeda ever manages to unseat the ruling class, the world will then have a well-armed terrorist state in the Middle East. Oh. Wait. I think I just described Iran.
Newsweek: We’re totally irrelevant! An American newsmagazine that was sold for a dollar says America is only the eleventh-best nation in the world. I missed that issue. And on 9/11, Tom Friedman agreed, and then topped by by saying that China and India are catching up to the U.S. not because of cheap labor (provided by child and slave labor, among other things), but because they have the Protestant work ethic that Americans have lost. Yeah, because totalitarian governments and child labor are so what America was all about. Hey, if anyone wants to move to the top three nations, you’d better pack some heavy winter clothing. Shyeah. Finland. Riiiight. Millions of people from around the world are trying their damnedest to emigrate to Finland. Oh. Wait. That’s the U.S. Number eleven. [Insert eye roll here]
The one-state solution: Let’s lie about the idyllic state of Isratine. George Bisharat, known Israel-hater, had an op-ed in the WaPo recently in which he declared the two-state solution dead (again). And here’s what he has to say about why there is resistance to the United State of Isratine:
The main obstacle to a single-state solution is the belief that Israel must be a Jewish state.
Really? You mean the countless statements from Hamas and other terrorist groups about eliminating first Israel, then the Jews, are just words? That UN partition resolution in 1948? What, that was also something to be ignored? (Don’t you just love how history is only counted when it can be used to bolster Israel’s opponents arguments, and ignored when it comes to the three-millennial history of Jews in Israel? Homeland? It’s only theirs, not ours.) Honestly, aren’t the editorial page editors tired of this bullshit yet? I know I am.
Actually I think the Times comment, conflating “Death to the Jews” with anti-American calls, is correct, although I don’t think the Times’ writers or editors understand why. I think antisemitism and anti-Americanism have become two sides of the same coin. Scratch an antisemite and most of the time you’ll find an anti-American (even among many Americans). Scratch an anti-American and you’ll most of the time find an antisemite too. “Death to the Jews” and “Death to the Great Satan” are complementary slogans. America and the Jews (including Israel) will stand or fall together.