“You go, terrorist clerics! Show Chimpy McHitlerBurton that freedom isn’t on the march just yet!
“Down with Republican foreign policy success! Up with Islamic theocracy, occupation, and Allah bombs!”
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update: Just moments ago on “Hannity & Colmes,” Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift compared Hezbollah to Nelson Mandela, and noted that at one time, “Menachem Begin was considered a terrorist.” She then argued that, whether the rightwing likes it or not, Hezbollah “has evolved into a political party,” and that the US will one day be forced to engage with them diplomatically.
…all of which served to remind me why I hold out virtually no hope that the internationalist left will ever be able to deal with serious problems in a serious manner.
I like the New Yorker story that blogger links to- Of the guy who was sent to Syria (on terrorist suspicion) and was tortured by … uh SYRIANS. He’s now suing the US because we’re the ones who sent him back there. The best part of the article was this :
Gawd, I adore you, you pencil-necked geek!
Yeah, what the hell was that about. Granted I’m no ODub (who has a neck like a ham), but “pencil-necked”? Hardly.
Geek? I dunno. I guess that’s subjective.
You’ve got to admit you are a silver tongued devil though, Jeff.
“Riddle me this, honey: How is Giuliana Sgrena like a period?â€Â
“Pencil-necked”? Watch out—he’ll kick sand in your face next. Sounds like a job for Charles Atlas.
But, to even dream, a few months ago, that articles like these would be written in Al Hayat???
Lebanon and the Awakening
Urgent Steps Needed to Sustain the Fragile Window of Opportunity
Lebanon-Syria: The Gateway of Change
Having a pencil neck is better than having a pencil…….
Syrian reform legitimate demand
Heh!
Ayoon wa Azan (Media Incitement)
Jihad Al Khazen Al-Hayat 2005/03/7
It seems that your buddy at hellblazer still hasn’t glommed onto the possibility that the “hundreds of thousands” who showed up yesterday might not have been as fully committed to continued oppression as they appeared.
While it’s easy to assert that yesterday’s made for TV event was just the continuation of a silly shell game, prudence dictates waiting for better information. I’ve now heard a statement of the obvious,
from a reliable source, and feel full vindicated in my initial but silent skepticism.
I saw Eleanor, too—It must be hard for Hannity not to break out laughing each time she speaks . . . . then again, it’s hard not to cry at the state of internationalist left discussion.
Eleanor Clift is probably the dumbest of the regular “talking heads” that make the rounds.
The most annoying and dumb is still Susan Estrich, of course. If Viagra needed an antidote, it would be Susan Estrich.
Jeff’s head explodes and leaves an angry red stain across Martha’s driveway:
U.S. Called Ready to See Hezbollah in Lebanon Role
Jeff’s head doesn’t explode for anonymous sources.
Ah, I forgot. We wait until after in has become out again and then the explosion looks like it was a reassembling.
Unless and until Hezbollah renounces terrorism and its aim to eradicate the Jews from the Levant (meaning it must recognize Israel as a state), I would be wholy opposed to the US normalizing relations with them—even if Hezbollah is voted into power in free Lebanese elections. I would recognize them as a legitimate government, but that doesn’t mean I’d support dealing with them in any way.
It’s just the irony. Or the horror. Can’t figure out which is which these days.
Nelson Mandela was really good in that “Driving Miss Daisy” movie.