Wednesday, August 6, 2003
Thomas Friedman does a worthwhile riff on Amr Moussa's silly (if it weren't so sad) criticism of the new Iraqi Council.
AMMAN, Jordan — Shortly after the 25-member Governing Council was appointed in Iraq, the head of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, questioned the U.S.-appointed Council's legitimacy. "If this Council was elected," complained Mr. Moussa, "it would have gained much power and credibility."
I love that quote. I love it, first of all, for its bold, gutsy, shameless, world-class hypocrisy. Mr. Moussa presides over an Arab League in which not one of the 22 member states has a leader elected in a free and fair election. On top of it, before the war, Mr. Moussa did all he could to shield Saddam Hussein from attack, although Saddam had never held a real election in his life. Yet, there was Mr. Moussa questioning the new U.S.-appointed Iraqi Council, which, even in its infant form, is already the most representative government Iraq has ever had...
Did you read Vodka pundit's take on his article?
I assume its the same article as I can't read it. One day my computer get Times and Jrslm Post articles and the next day it doesn't. I get the sign in registry. The computer is old though. I need a programmer to rip this thing apart and put it back together.
Mike
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I just did based on your recommendation. He makes a point that's been made before and certainly bears repeating. Many feel that one of the things that's kept Arab, but particularly radical Islamic beligerance strong is that they've never really suffered that big, painful defeat. This is particularly true vis a vis the Israeli/Palestinian issue, where the Pals are like a guy holding a knife and stabbing at a big fellow with a gun. The party only lasts until the big guy turns the safety off and the little knife-wielder needs to find a more peaceful method of getting what he wants. The Pals and much of the Arab world have simply never looked the destruction of their civilization in the face, as did the Germans, and particularly the Japanese.
I going to cut down my blogs to 4 or 5. I find something somewhere and then can't remember later where the hell I found it.
I need a vitual file cabinet for double filing in categories that Explorer is impossible to do with aka..... Michael Douglas film with Demi Moore. (He has an affair with her?)
I am trying to find the Reuters article either about the recent shooting or killing the Palestinian guy planting a bomb? where Reuters states something to the effect:
The violence took place "in the context" of
"Militants staging a ... month old uprising against the occupation of their land"
Its beautiful considering they don't use the word "terrorist" unless its about the 2 Israelis recently arrested by Israel because its a judgemental term. However, they sum up the story with a sentence that oozes with judgements.
If you found this one I'd be forever indebted to you, like mass mail my email list to your site? lol.....
http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=3210630
Think the key phrase is in there actually which was linked by Yourish. I looked at it 3 times and didn't see it at first. Staring at a computer screen too long can't be good for your mental or physical health.
HERE IS THE KEY PHRASE:
The attack on a road connecting the settlement of Har Gilo to Jerusalem was a rare flare-up of violence since Palestinian militants waging a 34-month-old uprising against Israeli occupation declared a three-month truce on June 29.
http://talg.blogspot.com/2003_08_03_talg_archive.html#106000192233932503
Israel has released the names of the latest set of prisoners that it is releasing. Who are they?
Reuters says:
Israel has said it will not release those involved in attacks on Israelis, although it has agreed to free 210 Islamic militants who were involved in political activity.
"political activity"?!? According to the Associated Press :
Israel has agreed to free only a few hundred, and has said it will not release prisoners directly involved in violent attacks.
The majority of those being released were convicted of stone throwing, membership in an illegal organization or harboring fugitives...
Note those two words "the majority"...
Haaretz, unlike the AP and Reuters, may have actually looked at the list (provided in Hebrew HTML and Excel for families of victims who wish to appeal the releases):
Despite the ministerial committee's decision that no prisoner with "blood on his hands" would be released, some of those slated to be freed on Wednesday were convicted of participating in attempted terror attacks, shooting attacks, planting explosives devices and throwing grenades or Molotov cocktails.