Let's put this in context.
That part of the world has been a war zone, off and on, for more than half a century. Palestinians send their children to throw rocks at tanks and encourage their teenagers to strap bombs to their waists. Israelis send their sons and daughters into the army at extreme personal risk protecting a country smaller than New Hampshire. And The Guardian is shedding tears over a guy forced to play his fiddle for two minutes to prove it isn't a bomb? Excuse me, but I forgot to weep.
Ridiculous security measures, you say? It beats having an airport official grope your underwire bra when it sets off the metal detector in Kennedy Airport. I'll play the violin any day.
If anyone ever finds an article - nay, a SENTENCE - with a less than al-Jazeera-like attitude toward the State of Israel, do let me know.
Oh, but hey... we are the bad guys (America and Israel) you see, Israel has a lot of independent Jews and Europe (because of some ancient hatred) doesn't like that. Europe also doesn't like a bunch of independent scrubs like us in America that laughs at their romantic ideas of kings, queens, and other homosexual types. We drive them nutz so they get mad and report what they will.
Fortunately, the winners make the rules. And the last I checked America never loses and neither does Israel.
But Europe, well, they have a long history of losers.