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And nobody bowed. And everyone came in the front door.
After the last elections in Israel, I read a Lefty Israeli journalist opining on a seemingly paradoxical fact (not really, but it is for many doctrinal western liberals) that Israel’s Arab opponents will have less problems dealing with hawk Avigdor Lieberman as a Foreign minister than they had with mushy Livni. And not just because she is a woman, but because Lieberman is much more predictable: he negotiates from the position of strength and self respect - something that Arabs can relate to much better. I am paraphrasing here, but this observation was coming from a lefty - which caught my attention.
While insisting on dogma of multiculturalism, the Western Left, nevertheless, is not paying attention to the fact that strength is more respected in the Middle East than magnanimity, which is more often than not interpreted as weakness.
Prince Turki Al-Faisal, former Saudi ambassador to the United States
Thats the muzzie bastard who’s turban deep in all the known terrorist groups in the world.