Category Archives: Syria

Monday briefs

Let’s you and him fight: Turkey’s Islamist prime minister is yelling at Syria for not attacking Israel in response to Israel flattening a biological weapons lab and taking out advanced anti-aircraft missiles headed to Lebanon. Some reports are also saying … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

How’m I doing? Ed Koch, a New York Jewish icon, died this morning. The liberal world cast him out because he endorsed George W. Bush in 2004, but it’s one of the things that made me respect him even more–the … Continue reading

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Briefs that make you go hmmm

Probably rhymes with WMD: Israel bombed something inside Syria–a weapons convoy heading to Lebanon. Good for Israel! Now do it again, and again, until Syria stops arming Lebanon. And since Israel is still technically at war with both nations, what … Continue reading

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Monday morning briefs

Those Israeli films nominated for Oscars? They’re both anti-Israel films. Gee, what a shock. Gee, this will end well: The EU is working on another peace plan that they intend to ram down Israel’s throat. They UN is also trying … Continue reading

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Thursday, briefly

When the Defector General defects, you’re in big trouble: So the general in charge of stopping people from defecting from Syria has–defected from Syria. Say buh-bye, Baby Assad. I’m sure the Dorktator is wishing hard that the world didn’t have … Continue reading

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Wednesday briefs

We don’t need no stinking transparency: The EU told NGO monitor that sure, member countries weren’t following the laws regarding transparency in regards to who is paying for all those EU anti-Israel organizations. And then it threw the lawsuit out, … Continue reading

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If Jews didn’t do it, it didn’t happen

The AP released a long article on the end of the fighting in the Damascus Palestinian refugee camp. It starts with an innocuous headline. Note the difference between the headline and the lead, and realize that the editors are the … Continue reading

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Israeli Double Standard Time, redux

Syrian armed forces are now attacking Palestinian refugee camps. Even Ban Ki-Moon has come out frowning about it. The UN itself? Well, the General Assembly passed nine resolutions today–concerning Israel. The U.N. General Assembly today adopted nine resolutions on Palestinian … Continue reading

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Monday briefs

Think Hillary or Kerry can just call up Assad and stop all this? Yeah, they were all about how Assad is a “reformer”. I think he’s reforming the Assad reputation for killing large amounts of its own citizens–upward. Syria is … Continue reading

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Post T-Day briefs

No more rockets in Israel, for now: And Tony Badran says Hamas was the ultimate loser. You should read that one. Tony is the one who has always told it straight on Lebanon while the idiots were buying the Hezbollah … Continue reading

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Tuesday, briefly

Upending the narrative: So, that analysis that says the Israelis are always at fault in any instance with Palestinians? Yeah, guess the PRC releasing a video of their firing on a Jeep driving along the border puts paid to the … Continue reading

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A tale of two borders

You know what’s really hot on the AP newswire this morning? Israel firing back at Syria after taking fire for the last few days. Let’s take a look at how this is being reported. Israel fires at Syria for 2nd … Continue reading

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The day after briefs

Well, duh! The U.S. ambassador to Israel says direct talks between the PA and Israel are the only way to peace. Too bad Mahmoud Abbas disagrees. He’s still working on an end-run around Israel to get his own little mini-state. … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

U.S. forces told to “stand down” during Benghazi attack: This is a screw-up from the very first moment, and if it were a Republican administration, this would be front-page news in every newspaper across America. Instead, only Fox News and … Continue reading

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10/11/12 briefs

Hypocrisy, thy name is Erdogan: So, Turkey gets shelled by Syria, and then Turkey shells Syria–not unlike what Israel does to Gaza. Now, Turkey has forced down a Syrian airliner that it suspected was carrying weapons–not unlike Israel refusing to … Continue reading

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