Archives for the 'Arabs' Category
Kumbayah Express
Published on 3 Aug 2009 at 8:39 am.
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Filed under Arabs, Israel, Obama.
In the wake of the Iranian nuke talks/election train wreckage, the Obama admin, pumping like crazy on its Cairo handcar, rolls toward a major new foreign policy derailment. NYT:
Pragmatist On Irrationality
Published on 21 Jan 2009 at 9:50 pm.
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Filed under Arabs, Israel, Palestinians.
Solomonia with a good read from sociologist Sami Alrabaa, who puts his fellow Arabs on the couch re Hamas, Israel.
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Mideast News & Views
Published on 11 Dec 2008 at 10:40 pm.
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Filed under Arabs, Iran, Iraq, Islam, middle east, military.
Quick roundup runs a gamut. MEMRI first:
Greater Islamosphere
Published on 6 Nov 2008 at 10:08 pm.
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Filed under Arabs, Iran, Islam, Obama, hated Crusaders.
Reacts to Obama’s election. Some of it is actually quite favorable. Take this Egyptian imam’s fatwa, via MEMRI:
“The Democrats kill you slowly without you noticing it – and therein lies the danger. They are like a snake whose touch is not felt until its poison enters your body.”
Domestically, I heartily agree. In terms of foreign [...]
Short, Sweet
Published on 28 Sep 2008 at 2:47 pm.
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Filed under America, Arabs, Islam, hated Crusaders.
And to the point, as always. It’s Theo Spark, with another reason why we love us.
I’m sorry, what were we talking about … why they hate us? Lost my train of thought. I’m pretty sure this is one of the reasons. But it isn’t all about the Islam. Here’s MEMRI with some Arab geopolitical thinking:
No Nukes
Published on 7 May 2008 at 12:37 am.
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Filed under Arabs, Iraq, nukes.
Mohammed at Iraq the Model on Iraqi anti-nuke sentiments … they don’t like the idea of any rotten Arab or Persian regime having them. They don’t mind Israel having them. Other Arabs don’t get it. But judging by the Iraqi views expressed, they get that and a lot more:
Channeling Lawrence
Published on 28 Apr 2008 at 7:30 am.
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Filed under Arabs, ancient mysteries.
“Do not try to do too much with your own hands. Better the Arabs do it tolerably than that you do it perfectly. It is their war, and you are to help them, not to win it for them.”
Bateman takes this currently stylish T.E. Lawrence quote and does the scholarly archaeology to put the charming artifact and [...]
Burning Questions
Published on 16 Apr 2008 at 12:41 pm.
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Filed under America, Arabs, al qaeda.
If this is true, then why do so many want to drive cabs here?
via Poligazette, Brookings poll finds 83 percent of Arabs take a dim view of the United States, and 70 percent have no confidence in the United States. The answer may be America’s top freedom and democracy rating, despite high Arab approval ratings for [...]
Another Zionist Trick
Published on 15 Apr 2008 at 12:01 pm.
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Filed under Arabs, Israel.
Shin Bet seeks to win hearts and minds of Arabs and the pro-Pal West, also rope in some top IT talent on the Web. Good luck with that! No obvious cloak and dagger skulduggery here. Just the intelligence business at its most corporately bland and lifeless. Ha’aretz:
Shame/Honor Dynamics
Published on 14 Apr 2008 at 9:32 am.
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Filed under Arabs, western civilization.
An embittered former IDF lieutenant examines Arabic shame/honor culture based on his experience in a Bedouin Scout company, draws conclusions for larger Western-Arab relations, and counsels greater understanding. Small Wars Journal:
From the Mouths of Despots
Published on 9 Apr 2008 at 7:37 am.
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Filed under Arabs.
Ghaddafi’s on a tear at the Arab League, talking in circles while ripping other Arabs a new one, apparently looking to fire up another six-day war. Good fun at MEMRI, where Mo actually makes some good points, inspite of himself. Some highlights:
