Friday briefs

Turkey’s alliance with Israel is so ten minutes ago, dude: Having secret meetings behind Avigdor Lieberman’s back don’t seem to be doing much other than pissing off Lieberman, as Turkey is now talking about banning all Israeli flights from its airspace. Hey, no skin off the Israelis’ noses. Turkey’s the nation that lost $400 million in tourism in this deal. Here in the U.S., we call that closing the barn door after the horses have run away. Do they have a saying like that in Turkey?

The U.K. loses the rule of law completely: Not only does the U.K. prosecute homeowners who protect themselves from criminals, but it is now no longer a crime in the U.K. to break into a company and cause $270,000 in damages if you do it in the name of Israeli “war crimes.” I used to think that Mark Steyn was wrong about England’s decline. But I don’t any longer. The barbarians are inside the gates. The icing on the cake? The judge was born in Jaffa and brought out of retirement for this case, and gave a summary so favorable that the decision to acquit would be challenged in America on those grounds alone.

Pakistani Muslims blame U.S. for Muslim terrorism: Oh, please. They’ve been blowing each other up since long before U.S. forces went after the Taliban, but Pakistanis are blaming Americans for yet another suicide bomb attack on yet another Muslim holy site. What, they can’t pin this one on the Jews? Oh. Wait.

Washington “is encouraging Indians and Jews to carry out attacks” in Pakistan, said Arifa Moen, 32, a teacher in the central city of Multan.

Hey, I have a question: Which religion is responsible for the most deaths in the last, oh, twenty years? Hint: It isn’t Judaism or Christianity.