Oh, shut up about so-called Israeli racism: The New York Times is running a front-page story on how Libyans are rounding up black-skinned Africans (and dark-skinned Libyans from the south) because they’re—wait for it—black. And all black men, apparently, were soldiers in Ghaddafi’s army. At least, until they’re cleared by the “investigator.” In the meantime, they have to stay by the hundreds in filthy, sweltering, concrete jails with no amenities, learning how to say “Allahu Akbar” and other Islamist slogans. Who are the real racists in the Middle East? Here’s a hint: It’s not the Jews.
Ehud Olmert, proving why he’s no longer PM: Olmert took a little time out from his legal problems to talk about the current Palestinian leadership, thus proving he’s no wiser now than when he was in office, trying to give away the farm:
He then added: “Gentlemen, there will not be a Palestinian leadership who wants peace more than the current leadership. Peace on terms that may be difficult and painful to most of us, peace that will involve concessions, the thought of which shocks us all, but they want peace.”
Yeah, they want peace as much as Yasser Arafat wanted peace. Which is to say, not at all. Arafat’s “peace of the brave” was really the “peace of the grave”—where he wanted all Israelis. Anyone who says otherwise is kidding himself.
The Iranian bomb gets closer and closer: Wonderful. Iran is increasing enrichment, after having moved their machinery underground. Because that’s what all peace-loving countries do with their peaceful nuclear power plants: Fortify them against attack.
One of Mubarak’s many crimes? Selling gas to Jews: Once again, let’s hear how the Egyptians aren’t going to be an issue. One of the charges against Mubarak is that he sold gas to “the Israeli enemy” for less than market prices. Seriously? They couldn’t find enough actual crimes against, you know, Egyptians? They had to add this one? But of course, because it will enable them to flog the scapegoat issue, and that’s what the world has always done: Scapegoat the Jews. I would worry about the current Middle East environment for Israel, but then I read Barry Rubin’s analysis, and I give a big sigh of relief.
Now, go celebrate your day off, my fellow Americans, and remember to thank the unions of yesteryear for the day. My father the teamster would be spinning in his grave, but I believe the time of unions is over. We have labor laws, the EOC, and many, many regulations that keep workplaces safe and fair. We don’t need the thugs of the SEIU and others threatening people who disagree with them.
Indeed.