Following are excerpts from an interview with the Deputy Governor of the Salah Al-Din district in Iraq, Abdallah Hussein Jabara, which aired on Al-Arabiya TV on April 25, 2008...
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Land of a thousand conspiracy theories. The only part of the interview that makes sense is when the host say, "We are a little confused here."
This seems to be pervasive across the Arab world: if you really want to insult someone, call him a Jew, or an Israeli, or a Zionist.
You'd think that it would be sufficient for an Iraqi to tell other Iraqis that al-Qaeda is bad because they terrorize villages, and subvert Islam, and brutally kill and desecrate innocent Muslims. But no, that just doesn't have the impact of saying that they're Jews.
I agree with Cynic. We know who keep invoking Jews, Jewish sentiments, Jewish traditions, Jewish names, etc., when they wish to de-legitimize a policy or a movement. A Jewish public figure's preferred policies are automatically assumed to be underpinned by his/her Jewishness. As in this example which I picked up randomly on the Internet (uttered by someonre who desrcibes himself as a democratc and Leftist):
"… now a misguided madman Jew Lieberman is saying we must bomb Iran.”
Apparently, only crazy Jews advocate tough policies vis a vis Iran, which is why it is necessary to include in criticism of this position the reminder that JL is a Jew when he talks about American foreign policy. Mention a Jew in reference to a controversial policy, and you have no more honest intellectual work to do.
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I'll say they're confused.:)
Sigh.
This seems to be pervasive across the Arab world: if you really want to insult someone, call him a Jew, or an Israeli, or a Zionist.
You'd think that it would be sufficient for an Iraqi to tell other Iraqis that al-Qaeda is bad because they terrorize villages, and subvert Islam, and brutally kill and desecrate innocent Muslims. But no, that just doesn't have the impact of saying that they're Jews.
Grow up, people.
This seems to be pervasive across the Arab world: if you really want to insult someone,
No, not just the Arab world, unless of course you are referring to the world of the future.
It runs rife through the fascist left in today's world.
I agree with Cynic. We know who keep invoking Jews, Jewish sentiments, Jewish traditions, Jewish names, etc., when they wish to de-legitimize a policy or a movement. A Jewish public figure's preferred policies are automatically assumed to be underpinned by his/her Jewishness. As in this example which I picked up randomly on the Internet (uttered by someonre who desrcibes himself as a democratc and Leftist):
"… now a misguided madman Jew Lieberman is saying we must bomb Iran.”
Apparently, only crazy Jews advocate tough policies vis a vis Iran, which is why it is necessary to include in criticism of this position the reminder that JL is a Jew when he talks about American foreign policy. Mention a Jew in reference to a controversial policy, and you have no more honest intellectual work to do.