The media will always romanticize and sanitize the genocidal enemies of the Jewish state. Just as blithering idiots such as Patty Murray will vapidly claim that Osama Bin Laden is popular because he builds day care centers (he does not by the way), they will always point out that Hamas provides social services to Gazans.The goal is to humanize the most murderous and totalitarian ideology since the defeat of National Socialism and the implosion of the U.S.S.R. in order to demonize Israel so that its physical annihilation will be heartily approved with no guilt attached. We have seen CNN and BBC reporters admit that they have shed tears at the deaths of the hideous Yasser Arafat and Sheikh Fadlallah and I am sure that Christiane Amanpour felt the same way only she is too smart to admit it – unlike Helen Thomas and Octavia Nasr.
Hat tip – Hot Air
by Lee Smith
It’s nothing new for Western intellectuals to lavish attention and admiration on the resistance forces aligned against Israel, whether it’s Hamas or Hezbollah or even organizations like al-Qaida that are less interested in Israel than in killing and maiming Western civilians. Last week, when CNN’s former Middle East editor, Octavia Nasr, tweeted [1] that she respected the late militant cleric Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, the cards were out on the table for all to see. But usually the pro-resistance vibe is more subtle, as when Nasr’s defenders demanded a more nuanced understanding from knee-jerk Americans who were shocked by Nasr’s support for a suicide-bomb-sanctioning man of faith. After all, Fadlallah was a relatively pro-feminist radical Islamist cleric—and if his talk about Israel was genocidal, well, that’s just part of the package when dealing with a complex place like the Middle East.
Media consumers in the United States are by now well aware that Hezbollah and Hamas provide “social services” for their communities. For the writers and television personalities who push such supposed palliatives on their audiences—“Yes, they do chant ‘kill the Jews!’ and they do act on their rhetoric, but they also educate poor kids in clean, well-lit schools (please ignore the slogans painted on the walls)”—respect for the resistance is a polite way of indicating one’s tolerance for murderous anti-Semitism. The issue is whether this attitude is in danger of seeping into the mainstream of the U.S. public. Poll numbers show that U.S. support for Israel is consistently high—in February Gallup found [2] that a near-record 63 percent of Americans were more sympathetic to the Jewish state than to the Palestinians. But ideas can change, and it’s intellectuals who often lead the way. Remember that Israel was a popular cause among the intellectual classes until the 1967 war. It is true that the American people and the bulk of their intellectual class are far apart on the subject of Israel, but all the massive and popular evil of the last century started among a small ideological elite.
A common explanation for the turning away of the intellectuals from Israel is that the Jewish state forfeited the world’s sympathy once it was no longer perceived as the underdog in its conflict with the Arabs. Israel’s sin, in this reading, is that it didn’t lose. However, this would suggest that intellectuals misunderstand a uniquely American concept: The underdog does not win the pity of the chorus because he is crushed by his tormentors; rather, he is the champion who perseveres because the stubborn stars that rule his nature will not permit him to choose otherwise. Perhaps his friends will abandon him, and maybe his family, too; neither his wife nor children signed on for such an arduous journey. If he intends to follow this hard path, he may well travel alone. Such is the stuff of big-ticket American heroism. It is odd that the American intelligentsia cannot recognize in Israel the likeness of our literary models, Melville’s Ahab, Fitzgerald’s Gatsby, Hawthorne’s Hester Prynne. Rather, the intelligentsia is more like Hester’s hypocritical neighbors. If Israel is portrayed as the Dirty Harry of nations, then its accusers are the tepid bureaucrats mistaking cowardice for compassion, who chide Clint Eastwood’s Callahan.
In reality, of course, Israel isn’t all that heroic. No one and nothing is. Israel’s men and women of honor do not accomplish Homeric deeds in south Lebanon or Gaza to the beat of martial songs, like the resistance; instead they ride the bus home on the weekend to see their parents, go out drinking with friends, and pick up the wrong guy or girl in a smoky bar with awful pop music. “Our warriors,” says one former tank driver, “are Jewish boys who are bossed around by their wives.” And yet during the war with Hezbollah four years ago, the country’s incompetent political and military leadership sent too many of those Jewish boys to their deaths, without sufficient training or a strategy for victory. It seems like almost every day there is news that another of Israel’s chief political leaders is under investigation for corruption charges, which is to say the system is rotten and the system works. To say that Israel is normal is to say that it is, like all democracies, mediocre.
[..]
Some journalists shed tears [5] when Arafat died, others are smitten [6] by the beauty of Islamist militants: The “green eyes” of Hezbollah’s deputy Naim Qassem “are framed by thick, dark lashes and he has long elegant hands.” Saddam Hussein, we are told [7], did much to advance the rights of women. In Cairo I knew a former CNN producer whose first affair with an Arab intelligence officer was in Saddam’s Baghdad—a great city, she explained, if you didn’t mind the constant surveillance and widespread torture.
Read the rest: Hollow Men
The Left loves any islamic cause. Just like the Serbs where demonize, now it’s Israel’s turn.
Hey guys, looking forward to tonight’s show.
What are your topics?
@ savages_girl:
The BP Oil leak plugged
Obama’s relation with Europe falling
Muslim squat bathrooms in UK
Overpaid salary in California.
@ Rodan:
Cool. Looking forward to the show!
Rodan wrote:
Over a decade ago, we knew that was going to happen.
The fuzzy headed wine sipping pinko’s get all starry-eyed over an organization that provides “social services”. Foolish people.
Leftist attorney gets 10 years in prison for aiding jihad terror mastermind
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/attorney_who_helped_terrorist_gets_PYGIvliTgsFfDjH8DWkVTJ
@ savage:
Savage!
savage wrote:
Can you imagine the pain it must have caused that judge to do that to one of their own? All so they could maintain the fiction that not all judges are liberal progressive Marxist traitors…
From the comments at that article:
Fascinating, I hadn’t thought of that angle.
@ savage:
At her age it’s a death sentence, if she isn’t paroled. Rough justice I’d say.
@ savages_girl:
SG!
MrPaulRevere wrote:
Rough justice would be if she were forced to be Kalid Sheik Mohammad’s cellmate…
@ MrPaulRevere:
I hope they toss daily torture sessions on that fucking Communist. Break her every damn day.
savage wrote:
ROTFLMAO… See my comment #13
@ doriangrey:
I’d feel bad for KSM. hahha
doriangrey wrote:
Ahh, poetic justice.
savage wrote:
Heh heh heh Alien vs Predator…
savage wrote:
What great news. Lynne Stewart is a hideous leftist who thought she could get away with aiding and abetting this jihadi monster and help him keep his terror campaign going. She thought it was a game and she didn’t have to play by the rules. I bet she has some remorse now. I hope she does the whole 10 years.
btw that one eyed, hook fisted sheeek would cut that stupid ugly hag’s head off in a heart beat if they were in the oppressive world that she was helping him promote.
Oh, and a re-posting of a comment from the last thread, cause it’s to precious not to re-post and I really am that childish and immature.
@ doriangrey:
you know, Ripley could never drive that loader…
@ savage:
I knew she was bad news, but I needed to re-read this:
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=861
@ chickadee:
Precisely. She thought the rules didn’t apply to someone as smart as she is.
doriangrey wrote:
That would work out well actually. They can shave each other’s backs.
Well, Carol’s here.
Time for me to log off…
@ doriangrey:
Did you see this one?
5
Can we get him to try?
1389 – if you’re still here, i heard another company is hiring in Phoenix. it’s only a few people, but you might be just the one they need! it’s called Eeye Security. Here’s the article.
@ Poteen:
omg! the stupid runs deep over there. what the hell are they on? 10 minutes??? come on, someone with a sock run over there and say PROVE IT!
doriangrey wrote:
Did that NYT guy ever say what kind of fruit that was with the water?
Hey Kirls. How’s AZ?
Poteen wrote:
Particularly in soap form, I have no doubt.
Kirly wrote:
With hypothermia, you can go longer, but I don’t think these guys are smart enough to know that.
Poteen wrote:
Because he rides the bus!
@ savage:
I’m home now… Yea!
The short one.
snork wrote:
ROTFLMAO…. Charles does live here in the land of Fruits and Nuts, since we know Charles is Nuts, I guess we now know what kind of Fruit it is…
savages_girl wrote:
Mel Gibson’s meltdowns. We will play all 4 tapes.
@ lobo91:
Good luck on date #2!
doriangrey wrote:
He just proved Mandys point!
Speranza wrote:
In all seriousness, why bother? Is there anyone on earth that didnt already know he was both a racist and bat shit insane?
@ Kirly:
Also, 1389, EMC is hiring in Raleigh, NC at Research Triangle Park!
@ Speranza:
That guy’s A JERK!
Don’t get me started…
Speranza wrote:
Yes he did, but the best part is how utterly and totally oblivious he is to what he just did.
doriangrey wrote:
I was just joking. He is a psychotic, suicidal nut job though – but then so is 1/2 of Little Green Balls.
Poteen wrote:
hotter’n hell when the devil has a party!
but it’s a dry heat! heheheheh
it’s fantastic here! hot and dry and the pool is cool and wet! whhhhheeeeeeeee!
and you? how are you this fine day?
you know what makes this day so fine? i think i’m finally cured of the dang flu! wooohooo!
it’s the small things in life that make one happy. can ya tell???
@ Eliana:
we are awesome! look at us trying to help each other. as it should be. i will keep sharing info as i learn about it.
@ doriangrey:
You know, everybody has glommed on to the racist thing, but no one seems to be concerned about his ABUSIVENESS towards women, especially the girlfriend. And if he hit her hard enough to break her teeth, why isn’t that asshole in jail?
That guy needs anger management courses… a lot of them…
doriangrey wrote:
All of a sudden he is concerned about Muslims feelings. Isn’t he several years too late after God only knows how many “Religion of Peace” threads he used to put up? His totalitarian mind set lets him delete her post instead of debating with her.
actually, 1389, I think EMC is hiring all over the place!
They have a LOT of new jobs on their job openings list.
snork wrote:
How ‘Green’ of him.
savages_girl wrote:
That’s what got me, his pure hatred of a woman who is the mother of his 8 month old daughter. He is allegedly a man of God but his language would make a truck driver blush.
@ Kirly:
Beautiful Orange County day here. All is well.
Love that AZ sunshine though. Spent 3 years working in Laughlin- Bullhead. It’s a dry heat there too. Never had a cold when I was there. Germs dried out.
@ 1389AD:
Yup, I told people that after Serbia, Israel was next. Goldstone rings a bell to Serbs, doesn’t it?
@ Speranza:
Problem is he thinks HE’S God…
he’s a drama king… AND a jerk…
doriangrey wrote:
Un-Fucking-Believable! Chuck better hope his new muslim lizard friends don’t go into the achieves. Oh, that’s right, he scrubbed them.
Mandy, why do you put up with that shit?
Blow that joint and move over here where you’re welcome.
Thank you sir, may I have another?
Liberals don’t like to mention that Hamas teaches their society’s children that they have an obligation to commit suicide.
Hamas doesn’t just murder Jews, they sacrifice their own society’s children as a PR statement so that the world will blame Israel.
Hamas isn’t the least bit ashamed of getting their children killed:
@ 20 doriangrey: She speaks the truth there is no fun in islam. Didn’t the comedian Albert Brooks go looking. More likely the comment was deleted is because it’s a theme on anti charles blogs.
i used to think there were muslims now I think there are only f**king muslims.
@ 20 doriangrey: That is the only time I have seen Charles concerned about someones feelings. Muslims. lol
@ Kirly:
Thanks!
It’s a wonderful idea!!
MrPaulRevere wrote:
Betcha you’re right. That’s why the progs suck up to Venezuela and Chavez while they demonize Chile for the Pinochet counterrevolution.
Eliana wrote:
Phoenix is pretty far away; I’ll take a look, but it costs money to move a big vehicle, as Savage and others can tell you! The closer to SC, the cheaper it is for me to get there.
Speranza wrote:
She had microphones in her ear rings, this smells to high hell of agent provocateur crap if you ask me. Mel is clearly unbalanced and she is a gold digging bitch out to take that fool for a hundred million or more and he probably realizes that is the only reason she ever had anything to do with him.
Story from http://www.michaeltotten.com/
Last year I expected to see at least a few government soldiers when I visited the ancient city of Shibam in Hadramawt, the vast eastern province where Osama bin Laden’s father was born. A few months earlier, four South Korean tourists were blown up by a suicide bomber as they admired the view of Shibam from across the valley. I was a little nervous. “Don’t worry,” my guide said, patting my shoulder as we walked up to the ridge where the Koreans died. “Ever since the bombing they have put this place on high security.” But when we got to the top of the ridge there was not a single soldier or policeman to be seen. We gazed out over the valley in silence. A sign stood nearby, showing a pair of binoculars and the words in English “Discover Islam.” As we began to leave, my guide smiled broadly and gestured at the sign. “The Koreans – they discovered Islam,” he said, giggling at his joke.
@ doriangrey: Mel Gibson is a classic bad blackout drunk. I had a relative drink like that and he took an axe to his wife. His son in law knocked him out cold. He sobered up and couldn’t remember a thing. It borders on a mental illness.
@ Eliana:
I read this.
Hizballah is preparing for war.
Rodan wrote:
You mean this???
This is an evil person.
@ 1389AD:
Raleigh isn’t that far as Eliana is pointing out.
Thunder and lightning very very frightening… But oh so welcome when it brings the rain that drops the 105 temp down to a lovely 90 degrees…
WOW Geraldo Rivera defending the Tea party against the NAACP.
@ doriangrey:
think what you will, but his attitude is recorded for all to hear and witness. Do you think he would have acted nicer if he didn’t know he was being recorded? Possibly. Would we have seen the “real” Mel? Probably not.
Think what you want of the girlfriend, but he was stupid enough to get involved with her and her with him, and now he’s all ranting against her.
He wasn’t hating her so much back when he was busy fooling around with her and getting her pregnant… Mel’s not all too smart when it comes to his personal life…
1389AD wrote:
Ahhh, but Stan has a very special place picked out for him, such lovely curtains in the kitchen…
@ Rodan:
WOW! Yeah for Geraldo!
doriangrey wrote:
My husband and I like the thunderstorms we’ve been having, but my cat gets freaked out. Poor little guy…
@ orangecrush:
There I go again with that stupid block-quote problem…
Is it just me or is it not really ironic that the name of the President of the NAACP name is “Ben Jealous”?
Yes, I know the type. I lived with a guy like that for 3 1/2 years…
It’s VERY SCARY.
fify
Rodan wrote:
eEye is hiring an account manager and a sales engineer in Phoenix, neither of which I’d be qualified for. I’ll check EMC next.
@ savages_girl:
Hey take a chill pill, I’m not defending Mel, I’m a Alpha Male, so is Mel, I know how we react to certain situations, and it isn’t by being calm rational or reasonable.
Most men are neither Alpha nor Beta males, they are a combination of both, most men would never respond the way Mel is responding. His response is pure Alpha male behavior, that doesn’t make it right or acceptable, it’s just what it is.
@ savage:
Thanks Savage… I couldn’t figure out how to fix that…
Rodan wrote:
Maybe you could make a thread out of that?
bar wrote:
Greg Gutefeild on Red Eye pointed that out last night…
@ savages_girl:
His response is pure bullshit…
And believe me, I’m plenty “chill” as Savage could tell you…
@ doriangrey:
#83 was response to you… not to me… geez, can’t get this right tonight…
@ 1389AD:
I believe I did already.
I’ll find it and link it. If not I will write that up.
I wonder if Bravefart’s face was painted blue when he threatened to burn down the house if he didn’t get a BJ NOW.
just got a call for a live conferance call with my congress critter
any ideas for questions
I’m on now
@ huckfunn:
Ut oh…
rain of lead wrote:
Ask him why we dont charge people who betray America with Treason any more…
@ doriangrey:
I don’t believe it was doctored at all and it sure sounded like Gibson to me. He has some expensive and slick lawyers working for him.
Rodan wrote:
Can’t ya just see it?
@ rain of lead:
Why aren’t they calling Zero a liar more often, afterall the Demcong accused Bush of faking evidence to invade Iraq
@ huckfunn:
Yeah!
@ Scott Madsen:
Republicans don’t know how to fight.
@ doriangrey:
Yeah, we were talking about that at work today. I don’t think it’s so doctored and yeah, I agree with Speranza, he can afford expensive and slick laywers, PR people, etc. (I know, William-Morris agency dropped him, but he’s still got people). Bottom line is, he said what he said, and nobody’s denying that…
Speranza wrote:
Ya, about that… These weren’t Gibson’s lawyers, these were experts for one of the websites that released the audio tapes, seems they figured out that they were hoaxed and are trying to cover their asses against a libel suits now.
this gal is running for congress
wow, she is sounding awesome
the questions sound like stuff you guys would ask
here is her website
http://www.votelouann.com/
doriangrey wrote:
Well it certainly does not take much to provoke him. How many times did he use the c*nt and f*ck words on her? I cannot stand that guy with his phony religious persona. His mother and father (two Holocaust deniers by the way) did some number on him.
well, im ready for the show yay!
savages_girl wrote:
His lawyers are denying that he knocked her two teeth out.
@ savage:
You’d better be ready, you are on in less than 5 minutes!
silly goose…
wow she is aware of sharia law and what it really is
@ savages_girl:
2 mins haha
Well I really did some bs because I thought the blogtalk was on at 8 eastern time and thats what I told Pamela. If she dont come its my fault. Wasn’t it on at 8 before?
Speranza wrote:
The tomahawk tapes will be out tomorrow…. stay tuned.
holy jeez she is a strong Republican woman
OT. Just because they goose-stepped some financial bullsh$t through Congress today
http://www.theonion.com/articles/nation-demands-tax-dollars-only-be-wasted-on-stuff,17704/
@ yenta-fada:
Yenta-fada!
Are you going to be listening to the show tonight?
@ savage:
Present!
168 hour rule.
savages_girl wrote:
If my computer doesn’t mess up!
Speranza wrote:
So, you know Mel personally? You know him well enough to know that his religious beliefs are really phony? I don’t actually know a single person well enough to know if their religious beliefs are phony. I must be frightening to know stuff like that about other people.
Not much of a fan of Allahpundits lately but he says this regarding the charges of doctoring the tapes
doriangrey wrote:
A man so full of hatred,violence and bigotry is not a man of God – just my opinion.
@ rain of lead:
GREAT start.
she is running to defeat Tenn’s Bart Gordon( d-spit)
she sounds like one of Sarahs momma grizzlys
Speranza wrote:
Well considering I have lost all respect for Assholepundit…