Yeah, but they have to have the ability to fire first: Turkey is installing new “friend or foe” software in its F-16s, the better to target IAF jets with. Isn’t it time for Barack Obama to have a talk with Turkey? Isn’t it time for NATO to tell Turkey to cut this crap out? A NATO member is regularly threatening a NATO ally with war. But of course, let’s not forget that Israeli Double Standard Time is in effect. That’s why no NATO statement on Turkey’s threats to a nation that has not threatened it—ever—are being ignored. Report after report after report. When does Turkey stop making with the rhetoric and start acting? Israel can’t afford to find out.
A break in the anti-Israel rhetoric: Romania memorializes six fallen IDF soldiers. Bravo, Romania.
If you’ve lost the Greens: One of Australia’s Green MPs came out against the boycott of Israeli products. Good on you, mate. (Of course, he’s still not pro-Israel, but at least he’s not on the side of the Nazis, I mean, the anti-Zionists targeting Jewish shops.
By the numbers: 2,600 dead in the Syrian protests against the Dorktator. Number of UNSC resolutions against Syria: Zero. Number of UNHRC commissions investigating Syria through August: Zero. Number starting this past Monday: 1. (And they passed a strongly-worded resolution, woo!) Publicity for that compared with publicity for the Goldstone Commission: Oh, please, I was just joking. Number of outrageously outraged protests against Syria worldwide: Zero. Can you say, “Israeli Double Standard Time”? I knew you could.
It’s a star! It’s an asteroid! No, it’s SUPER-EARTH: Kewl. Too bad we’re dismantling our space program, so we won’t be able to figure out how to visit Super-Earth. Okay, so it’s 35 light-years away, speed of light, carry the two… bummer. No visiting Super-Earth in my lifetime.