Thursday, June 03, 2010

We Con the World

HT Scott, Powerline. The Flotilla Choir

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1 comment:

pathickey said...

Anne, Read Kevin Myers on Flotilla Skunks - brilliant.

" Whatever the humanitarian motives of the Irish party heading towards Gaza on the 'Rachel Corrie', the overall effect of this mission to Gaza has been to support Hamas.

Did you see the Arab women's headgear on Al Jazeera TV News before the assault? Did you hear what they were singing?

Passengers on the Turkish vessel chanted: "Remember Khairbar, Khaibar, O Jews. The Army of Mohammed will return." This was a reference to the prophet's seizure of a Jewish-held oasis, the last Jewish settlement in Arabia.

Most of the Jews were slaughtered and their leader, Kinana bin al-Rabi, was captured. He was tied down and a fire lit on his chest and, just before death, he was beheaded. His wife was then forcibly 'married' to Mohammed. This is the event that some of the Gaza 'peace mission' -- though obviously, not the Irish -- were celebrating in song.

And no, this doesn't justify anyone being killed. But do you really believe that the Israelis set out to murder people? If so, why did they kill so few?"



http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/kevin-myers/kevin-myers-israel-has-walked-into-a-welllaid-ambush-and-its-government-shows-every-sign-of-being-insane-2205268.html