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#82 Amy  1/23/2003 04:20PM PST


I adore la Fallaci. That interview brought tears to my eyes. And anyone who says that murdering a Holocaust survivor, her pregnant daughter and a tot is morally equivalent to taking out the murderous swine who perpetrate such atrocities has a sense of morality about the size of Arafat's brain.

As for the Likud scandal, it's a scandal, and that's the point. It's out in the open, it's being vigorously pursued by the Israeli press, and those involved will be severely punished, and their political careers will be over.

Now let's look at the terminally corrupt and tyrannical regimes in the rest of the Middle East, shall we, and perform some real moral comparisons.

Let's talk about Assad and Saddam slaughtering their own citizens with bombs and poison gas.

Let's talk about the Saudis exporting their hate-filled ideology and chopping off people's hands, feet and heads.

Let's talk about the mullahs' secret police in Iran.

Let's talk about threatening death to women who dare to walk out of their homes by themselves, drive a car, go to school or have a job.

Let's talk about Palestinian child abuse - raising their children to hate, to seek death, to murder.

Let's talk about the official Egyptian media, which spreads blood libels and lies about worldwide Jewish conspiracies, publishes caricatures of Jews worthy of the worst Nazi excesses and broadcasts the Protocols as if they were the truth. And let's talk about Egyptian persecution of anyone who criticizes the government.

Let's talk about Hamas and Islamic Jihad, which will not be satisfied with any Israeli pullbacks, will not be satisfied with a Palestinian state alongside Israel, will not be satisfied with autonomy over Arab Jerusalem - will never be satisfied until all of "Palestine" is Judenrein and Israel destroyed.

Let's talk about Hezb'Allah, which continues to shell Israeli territory from the safety provided by the Syrians on the concocted pretext that the Israelis are occupying Lebanese territory (despite the U.N.'s finding that the Israelis are not setting foot on one inch of Lebanese soil).

Let's talk about how much blood Arafat has on his hands. Let's talk about Arabs disemboweling and literally tearing apart two Israelis who blundered somewhere they didn't intend to go.

Let's talk about the Palestinian intimidation of the press which tries to bear witness to Palestinian celebrations of the deaths of innocents.

Let's talk about the corruption of Arafat and his cronies, who skim millions off the aid that the idiot Europeans shell out every month instead of seeing to the needs of their own people.

Let's talk about the Israeli policy of demolishing homes instead of carpetbombing the rats' nests of terrorists in Gaza and the West Bank.

Let's talk about the Palestinian destruction of Joseph's Tomb and the Jordanians' wanton destruction of Jewish synagogues and graveyards, using tombstones to pave streets and line latrines.

Let's talk about antisemitic attacks taking place all over the world (There was a long article in today's Ha'aretz about antisemitic incidents and vandalism of Holocaust memorials and cemeteries, when there are a grand total of 5,000 Jews in Greece).

Oh, but the antisemites like Justa Goy don't want to discuss that stuff of course. In fact, Israel is necessary in order to protect Jews from people just like him. Too bad for Justa Goy that the glorious period of Hitlerism is over - JG was born too late to join in the fun. What a pity!

People like Justa Goy are offended and incensed when Jews dare to defend themselves. How dare those hook-nosed bastards kill anybody, even people who have dedicated their lives to killing Jews.

To quote my idol Oriana, "Fuck you!"

 


39 posted on 01/23/2003 7:03:34 PM PST by dennisw (http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/weblog.php)
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Above is by Amy not me.
40 posted on 01/23/2003 7:04:33 PM PST by dennisw (http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/weblog.php)
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Excellent perspective (# 39.) This is exactly what it is about. We've come to tolerate barbarism in the Middle East, in Africa, never scrutinize it (why, that would be "racist"!), all the while comparing our own Western imperfections to some utopian standards. Enough already!
41 posted on 01/23/2003 7:10:21 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Someone left the cake out in the rain I dont think that I can take it coz it took so long to bake it)
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To: dennisw
And another view

Kuwait calling
Scripps Howard News Service
| 1/22/03 |
M.E. SPRENGELMEYER



KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait You don't have to donate money to the Republican Party to get an ambassadorship overseas. All you need is a plane ticket, a baseball cap and the face of a big, ol' Yankee, and then people on the streets will seek you out for sidewalk diplomacy.

As photographer Todd Heisler and I wander through the streets of this oil-rich emirate, it's hard for us to be as invisible as we'd like.

We stand out from the native Kuwaitis in their formal robes and head coverings. We tower over many of the immigrants from India, the Philippines and other countries, who outnumber the natives and do most of the sweatin' work here.

It's impossible for us to blend in with the crowd and observe life anonymously. We might as well be wearing stilts and sparkling Uncle Sam costumes.

When they see us coming, they stop and smile. And, whether they speak much English or not, all it takes is one word to start a dialogue about war, about peace, or about life. And that word is "Howdy."

"Are you America?" one Kuwaiti man asked, easily spotting us in a crowded marketplace one recent Friday night.

To him, I guess we were America personified.

"Yes," I said.

He grabbed my hand and his eyes grew wider and wider.

"Oh, America," he said. "So sorry, New York. So terrible ..."

He kept gripping my hand, shaking his head. Tears filled his eyes. He said he had waited since Sept. 11, 2001, to tell America that only a few Muslims hate it.

The way he sees things, the United States and Britain "made" Kuwait by developing the oil refineries, buying the oil and creating wealth. As a prosperous businessman, he almost lost everything when Iraq invaded Kuwait in the summer of 1990. Then it was the Yanks and Brits who took back the land and the life he knew.

"Kuwait belong to America," he kept repeating in broken English. "That OK. You welcome."

He was so animated as he spoke that a small crowd of amused Indian workers gathered around us. He ignored them, staring into my face, still squeezing my hand, tighter and tighter.

He took my notebook to write a note to America, struggling with spelling but scribbling with gusto: "I love you. Are you love me? Bush pleas kill all murderers. And I love Eesa, Mohamad. I love you. O.K.? Kill Saddam. Kill bin Laden. I am Muslim. I love all."

People assume that we're Christian and want to teach us about Islam.

We made friends with a man named Haisam, a 31-year-old waiter from Syria who took us out for Turkish coffee at a place with an exotic-looking name. Translated from the flowing Arabic lettering, the name meant "Cinnabun."

We sat drinking from tiny cups, our teeth getting stained from black silt that delivered the caffeine. And Haisam talked about his frustration.

He has always wanted to live in the United States. Today, he thinks his dream is dead. Osama bin Laden killed it by poisoning the image of all Muslims like him.

It wasn't so easy to achieve even before Sept. 11, 2001. Several times, Haisam went to the U.S. Embassy to apply for at least a tourist visa. They asked to see six months of bank statements. If he couldn't show that he had $50,000 - which is many, many times his annual salary - he'd never get the visa, they told him.

We kept talking, kept drinking our coffee, until the musical chanting of the Muslim call to prayer echoed through the shopping mall. Haisam politely excused himself and disappeared to a prayer room to give thanks for all that God has given him.

Back near our hotel, my Egyptian friend Mahmoud asks if it's impossible for someone like him to get to the United States in the wake of Sept. 11.

His education back in Cairo was in English literature, but he's here in Kuwait working seven days a week as a security guard. There is no money back home, he says.

Every time I see him, Mahmoud stops me to quote Shakespeare - and to make me feel bad for not paying more attention in Mrs. Harris' English class. Then we talk about the United States and whether he'll ever get there.

I'm not an actual diplomat, so I can't offer him any assistance. But I decided to print out a page of Shakespeare quotes from the Internet to thank him for helping teach me a bit about life in this part of the world.

A quotation from his favorite play, "King Lear," sums up what I'm learning in my impromptu diplomacy on the streets of Kuwait: "Oh! The difference of man and man ..."


48 posted on 01/23/2003 9:28:33 PM PST by Valin (Place Your Ad Here)
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