But it’s the holy armistice time, or something: Say, remember when the media was all over the “You can’t war on Muslims during Ramadan! theme? Well, it’s Ramadan, and Syrian forces are shelling the crap out of Hama, especially during the evening break fast. I’m thinking the hypocrisy is still rank after all these years.
Awesome. Iranian Revolutionary Guards are now controlling OPEC. See title.
AP writers and editors are probably taking notes: Check out this Xinhua story, titled “Israel’s “empty promise” won’t stop Palestians”. It’s an absolutely perfect exercise in biased reporting. The quote from the headline is from “analysts,” and it’s not even a direct quote. I’ll be the AP writers who cover Israel wish they could write stories like this one. And may I take a moment out to say: Eff you, Xinhua, and your Palestinian propaganda machine.
BBC discovers Palestinian rocket fire—after Israel fires back. It’s the endless media cycle of bullshit: Israel gets hit with rockets day after day after day, and the media decline to cover it. But the second Israel fires back, well, they’re all over it, and they make sure to minimize the rocket fire that caused the retaliatory bombing strikes.
Recent weeks have seen an increase in mortar and rocket fire from Gaza after months of relative calm.
Right. Relative calm=rockets flying into civilian areas on a near-daily or daily basis. Eff you, too, BBC.
And now, Meryl is taking the day off from work. Happy Friday, everyone.
The Arabs attacked Israel in 1973 during Ramadan; as a matter of fact, they refer to it as the Ramadan War. I’m not sure why we should be more sensitive to their religious feelings than they are themselves. For that matter, I’m not sure why we should be sensitive to their religious feelings when many of them, maybe most, aren’t even claiming to be sensitive to ours.