Let there be sunshine July 27, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : General, Islam/Arab Phobia, Lebanon, Media , add a commentI have to disagree with The Angry Arab when he says:
I am opposed to inviting Israeli propagandists on Arab TV. I am opposed to normalization with a state that is premised on religious preference, racism, terror, mass violence, and displacement. But Arab news stations now invite Israeli propagandists.
Au contraire, they are usually so over the line that they undermine their own filthy cause:
AlJazeera today invited this really fascist Israeli professor at Bar Ilan University–he fulminated and got so angry, that he started to drool. He said many crazy things. One of them: he said that there have been clashes in South Lebanon between “Khizbullakh”–I think that he meant Hizbullah here but I am not sure–and other Shi`ites opposed to “Khizbullakh,” and he accused AlJazeera of suppressing those news. He did not identify who whose Shi`ites were. Could they have been supporters of Michael Husayn Young, the well-known leader in South Lebanon? He also promised the people of South Lebanon that villages will be destroyed one after another.
See? Crazy, murderous people - let them come out to the light and be seen by millions.
PS: What’s up with the “khitzboolaaa” pronuniciation defect that all Israelis I hear seem to have? European Americans don’t have that problem, so is this just another case of Israelis having trouble hearing Arabic? Mind you, it’s hard to listen while blasting artillery and dropping bombs on people.
Contempt, rising
Posted by Delilah in : General, Lebanon, Media , add a comment
To anyone with a conscience and a modicum of knowledge about Israel’s historic role and colonical attitude in the Middle East - the general commentary from US establishment types and media defending Israeli actions come what may and kissing up to the multitudes of Israeli spokespersons (overt and not) are nauseating. With Lebanon’s destruction on everyone’s tv 24/7, the latest round of blather has taken on an unprecedented tone - especially from Israeli politicians.
They seem very comfortable adopting some seriously deranged, murderous, rethoric. It was just last week, wasn’t it, that the Israeli rep at the UN basically called all Hezbollah members “animals” during a press conference. He did the same thing on Charlie Rise a couple of days before, That was before his side started taking casualties, I guess.
I’m glad to see some folks starting to revolt.
Israel’s idiots, our “representatives” - sic July 25, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : General, Iraq, Islam/Arab Phobia, So-called Democrats, US Congress, Lebanon , add a comment
The So-called Democrats are having a hissy fit because the President of Iraq condemned the “criminal Israeli aggression in Lebanon” and failed to “condemn Hezbollah”. Meanwhile, we haven’t heard a word about the devastataion in Lebanon from the hordes of So-called Democrats lining up on cable news to “support Israel” - not a word. They are as cluelessly insular as their Israeli masters, continuously parrotting them.
Schumer sounded pathetic, haranguing the Iraqi President on c-span a moment ago: “Where do you stand on the war on terror?” still trying to sell us that old tired, ineffective line. Hey, Schumer and assorted Israeli tools, the game is up, you’re seen for what you are and you are being challenged on it. Deal with it or get out of the People’s House.
Stop the posturing July 24, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : General, Palestine, Lebanon, Media , add a comment
It is not enough that WaPo’s editorial line has been - to their never ending shame - firmly on Israel’s side, supporting the endless carnage of innocent people, listen to this guy, trying to posture as some sort of impartial “media observer” (puke) when he is, in fact, a shill. He deems the flimsy reporting on Lebanese victims excessive, parotting the Israeli line that “Hezbollah started this”.
Not only is that pure BS designed to cover-up (or make more “palatable” - puke again) Israel’s crimes against humanity, as reported in his own paper, but it isn’t even true. The main US news outlets have taken their own sweet time covering the depth and extent of the devastation, just as the UN and the “international community” - these fountains of civilization - turn a blind eye to the horrors for 10 full days. And everyone is trying to “balance out” by covering, for hours, Israelis bored in their hot bunkers and a couple of holes in the ground. Let’s all stop pretending.
WTF? July 21, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : General, Islam/Arab Phobia, Lebanon , add a comment
Is it me or does this WaPo headline sound a tad sadistic to anyone watching the news? How do you respect someone who thinks this way? Bush Sees Mideast Strife As a Step Toward Peace
US Congress: bought and paid for
Posted by Delilah in : General, Islam/Arab Phobia, So-called Democrats, US Congress, Lebanon , add a comment
(pic thanks to The Angry Arab who says her brother was killed by IDF)
Says WaPo:
Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are rushing to offer unalloyed support for Israel’s offensive against Hezbollah fighters, reflecting a bipartisan desire to not only defend a key U.S. ally but also solidify long-term backing of Jewish voters and political donors in the United States, according to officials and strategists in both parties.
With Israel intensifying its air and artillery attacks on Lebanon and warning of a protracted war, the Senate yesterday unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution endorsing Israel’s military campaign and condemning Hezbollah and its two backers, Iran and Syria. A few hours earlier, Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) delivered his most strident defense of Israel since the conflict erupted a week ago. The House is expected to pass a similarly pro-Israel resolution today.
What else is new? July 20, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : General, Islam/Arab Phobia, So-called Democrats, US Congress, Lebanon , add a comment
We’ve all been nauseated by the US press who, along with the “left” blogs and So-Called Democrats, is outdoing itself cheering on Israel’s latest series of unchecked crimes against humanity in Lebanon. Editor & Publisher’s Greg Mitchell aptly documents the atrocities:
Few Editorials Find Fault with the Bombing of Beirut
It’s one thing to endorse Israel’s right to defend itself and retaliate. It’s another to remain silent on the crime of causing mass destruction and civilian deaths in neutral areas of Lebanon.By Greg Mitchell
(July 18, 2006) — While it’s not surprising that nearly every editorial page in the U.S. has offered support for Israel’s right to retaliate against Hamas and Hezbollah, it’s a disgrace that few have expressed outrage, or at least condemnation, over the extent of death and destruction in and around Beirut — and the attacks on the country’s infrastructure, which harms most citizens of that country.
Pathetic US “left” July 17, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : General, Islam/Arab Phobia, Palestine, Lebanon , add a commentHere it is, in all its glory. This site is supposed to be the “leading (so-called) Democratic blog” - write about anything BUT Israel’s crimes against humanity. Pathetic. And he is not even saying the truth, is he? The reason is won’t deal with the issue is not because it’s intractable, it’s because it would cause the Democratic Party too much headache with the Israel Lobby. Pure and simple. Hypocrits.
Our tax dollars at work…
Posted by Delilah in : General, Political Islam, Iraq, Islam/Arab Phobia, US, World, So-called Democrats, Palestine, Iran, US Congress, Lebanon , add a comment
We, US tax payers, are paying for this Killing, maiming, devastating Arab people and lands, at will, with the tacit and overt support of the “civilized” (sic) world. The US media has been its usual self, blind to Arab suffering, supportive of the Israeli gratuitous onslaught on Lebanon and conducive of its sickening lies and propaganda.
I’ve been nauseated having to follow the news all week-end on CNN, the reporting is so incredibly distorted and ignorant. I remain particularly disgusted by the utter silence from US “lefty” blogs. Crimes against humanity are going on in Lebanon, and the American left tries to cover it up. As for the so-called Democrats in Congress, Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein, Joe Biden… outdid themselves on the network, lying for Israel, covering up crimes of a massive scale conducted against Lebanon and its people. John McCain, and a few other bush types were also on, doint Israel’s dirty work of deception and misinformation. (more…)
While Beirut burns July 13, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : General, Political Islam, US, Washington Consensus, World, Palestine, Maryland, US Congress , add a comment
(photo from Wash Post)
So, Israel is doing what it does best: bomb, kill and maim Arabs. It can’t help itself, it’s bent on making the same mistakes again, and again, and again - the very definition of insanity. Meanwhile, we, US taxpayers are paying for this continuous outrage to our conscience and humanity and our elected representatives - who were so eager to punish Palestinians for their election results - are silent, presumably in fear of the Israel lobby. Nor is the press or the so-called “liberal blogs” touching this. God forbid anyone should call Israel on its latest murderous rampage.
Meanwhile, Fromkin calls Bush the Bystander in this crisis - my feeling exactly.
The crowd that can’t shoot, talk or walk straight July 12, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : General, Iraq, US, World , add a commentFrom Salon.com (membership req.):
Better late than never, or what a difference a Supreme Court decision makes:
Alberto Gonzales, memo to the president, Jan. 25, 2002: “As you have said, the war against terrorism is a new kind of war … In my judgment, this new paradigm renders obsolete [the Geneva Conventions’] strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions.”
Donald Rumsfeld’s office, memo to military officials, July 7, 2006: “The Supreme Court has determined that Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 applies as a matter of law to the conflict with Al Qaeda … You will ensure that all DoD personnel adhere to these standards.”
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, July 11, 2006: “It’s not really a reversal of policy.”
Always worth another read July 3, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : General, US, World , add a commentThe Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
