But I thought Iran was anti-Zionist, not anti-Jew: Did you know one of the three American hikers illegally imprisoned by Iran was Jewish? Neither did I, until yesterday. The fact that the negotiators felt it was urgent not to let the world know that he was a Jew puts paid to the lie that the Iranian regime is not anti-Semitic. I’m told many of the Iranian people are not. I’ll believe it when they overthrow the anti-Semitic bastards that run the country, and give me a sign that they don’t hate me because I’m Jewish.
Speaking of Jew-hatred: Terrorists blew up the Egyptian gas pipeline to Israel and Jordan again. Way to control the Sinai, Egypt! Good thing Israel gave you permssion to put a few thousand more soldiers there to protect it. By the way, the fact that Jordanians will suffer, too? Yeah, terrorists don’t give a damn about hurting their own. Never have.
Don’t worry, they were only killed by Egyptians: There will be no condemnation about this story. Eygptian security forces killed three Palestinians in a smuggling tunnel after flooding it with sewer water. Of course the world will ignore this, just as it ignores the same security forces when they shoot African immigrants in the back.
Passing along the Turk’s lies: Time magazine gave Erdogan a bully pulpit to pass along his lies. Of course, nobody reads news magazines anymore, so there’s one positive in it. Then again (sigh), other news organizations quote the interview. He’s calling for sanctions on Israel. Why? Because the terrorists were unarmed. No weapons aboard the ship. Straw man, meet Erdogan. I know, I know, you’re really old friends.
“Did you know one of the three American hikers illegally imprisoned by Iran was Jewish?”
i dunno / in my day the CIA was strictly a *WASP* outfit (yeah, i know, they were simply hikers, albeit hikers who wanted something more .. exotic/challenging than, say, the Appalachian Trail ..)