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Defending the indefensible — badly
Defending the indefensible — badly
Mar 04, 2011 03:07 pm
Pamela Olson
The following is a piece from the Jerusalem Post (JPost), which is usually a pretty right-wing Israeli paper, but it has one amazing column called Rattling the Cage by Larry Derfner.
Let me back up a minute. Last night I went to a debate about the Goldstone Report featuring former Congressman Dr. Brian Baird (D-WA) (you can pretty much guess he's no longer a Congressman based on the fact that he tells the unvarnished truth about the situation in Israel/Palestine -- that kinda thing gives you a very short shelf life in Washington) and Representative Anthony Weiner (D-NY), who defines the concept of Progressive Except for Palestine. The moderator was a columnist at the New York Times, Roger Cohen, who frequently covers the Middle East and usually knows what he’s talking about.
Dr. Baird, who actually visited Gaza and saw the results of Operation Cast Lead for himself, and also visited Sderot and talking with several Israeli officials, argued that the Goldstone Report is a fair document with respect to both the reality of what happened during Operation Cast Lead and the international laws that were violated by both sides, and it should be taken seriously and acted upon.
When Weiner wasn't fabricating demonstrable falsehoods out of whole cloth (There are no Israeli soldiers in the West Bank? Goldstone didn’t criticize Hamas?), he countered by talking really loudly about how Israel is...
Well, here's the thing. I don't need to tell you what Anthony Weiner said because Larry Derfner, in the following article, explains most of his points. It's amazing. Almost as if Weiner were reading from some pre-fabricated set of talking points. Guess that's what you gotta do when you don't have any actual arguments -- when you're called upon to defend the indefensible. [My comments are in brackets.]
After you read this, watching Israel apologists at work becomes kind of entertaining. I bet we could make a good drinking game out of it.
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Rattling the Cage: Tips for information warriors
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Mar 04, 2011 03:07 pm
Pamela Olson
The following is a piece from the Jerusalem Post (JPost), which is usually a pretty right-wing Israeli paper, but it has one amazing column called Rattling the Cage by Larry Derfner.
Let me back up a minute. Last night I went to a debate about the Goldstone Report featuring former Congressman Dr. Brian Baird (D-WA) (you can pretty much guess he's no longer a Congressman based on the fact that he tells the unvarnished truth about the situation in Israel/Palestine -- that kinda thing gives you a very short shelf life in Washington) and Representative Anthony Weiner (D-NY), who defines the concept of Progressive Except for Palestine. The moderator was a columnist at the New York Times, Roger Cohen, who frequently covers the Middle East and usually knows what he’s talking about.
Dr. Baird, who actually visited Gaza and saw the results of Operation Cast Lead for himself, and also visited Sderot and talking with several Israeli officials, argued that the Goldstone Report is a fair document with respect to both the reality of what happened during Operation Cast Lead and the international laws that were violated by both sides, and it should be taken seriously and acted upon.
When Weiner wasn't fabricating demonstrable falsehoods out of whole cloth (There are no Israeli soldiers in the West Bank? Goldstone didn’t criticize Hamas?), he countered by talking really loudly about how Israel is...
Well, here's the thing. I don't need to tell you what Anthony Weiner said because Larry Derfner, in the following article, explains most of his points. It's amazing. Almost as if Weiner were reading from some pre-fabricated set of talking points. Guess that's what you gotta do when you don't have any actual arguments -- when you're called upon to defend the indefensible. [My comments are in brackets.]
After you read this, watching Israel apologists at work becomes kind of entertaining. I bet we could make a good drinking game out of it.
http://mondoweiss.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8d38ef747c2061bb9c6137961&id=74b4abbd38&e=bd29784974
Rattling the Cage: Tips for information warriors
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
Partial or Impartial
Partial or Impartial
Empires exist no more and Influence today comes from friendship
For centuries we have been friends with our neighbors
To flourish we need to commerce with our neighbors
In the past adversaries have separated us from our neighbors with history of trade and culture for many centuries
We claim to be the ancestors of Cyrus the grate
We brag about his charter
And yet we insult people for their belief, religion, and race
To protest for decades of more of Pahlavi or Ghajar dynasties or another team of hungry position and wealth seekers, and or clan lovers to rule us is madness
We have constitution we should read it, adjust it to our needs, and rule ourselves
Does it take time?
Look at the history of dynasties and see haw long that has taken us to be independent? The blunder is that disillusioned protesters attack the prospers portion of the regime as fault and not the illegal ones voicing American and Israel’s fancy
We get misleadingly coached by motivated individuals like Curveball (Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi)
In his case he did well fore every one including him
Today Iran’s foreign policy has proven fruitful
We stand independent, strong, and fair
Among many problems one is the social justice and justice needs impartial independent administration
The establishments of Iran’s judiciary system is biased and corrupt
Stand up to change it by the law
http://alanmirsblog.wordpress.com/
Empires exist no more and Influence today comes from friendship
For centuries we have been friends with our neighbors
To flourish we need to commerce with our neighbors
In the past adversaries have separated us from our neighbors with history of trade and culture for many centuries
We claim to be the ancestors of Cyrus the grate
We brag about his charter
And yet we insult people for their belief, religion, and race
To protest for decades of more of Pahlavi or Ghajar dynasties or another team of hungry position and wealth seekers, and or clan lovers to rule us is madness
We have constitution we should read it, adjust it to our needs, and rule ourselves
Does it take time?
Look at the history of dynasties and see haw long that has taken us to be independent? The blunder is that disillusioned protesters attack the prospers portion of the regime as fault and not the illegal ones voicing American and Israel’s fancy
We get misleadingly coached by motivated individuals like Curveball (Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi)
In his case he did well fore every one including him
Today Iran’s foreign policy has proven fruitful
We stand independent, strong, and fair
Among many problems one is the social justice and justice needs impartial independent administration
The establishments of Iran’s judiciary system is biased and corrupt
Stand up to change it by the law
http://alanmirsblog.wordpress.com/
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
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