Tag Archives: Barry Rubin

The ‘poor Palestinians’ shuck

Posted on August 31, 2011 | Comments Off on The ‘poor Palestinians’ shuck

Barry Rubin explains the latest wrinkle. Same as the last one.

“Rockets from the Gaza Strip continue to pound Israel. And much of the Western media blames: Israel. I want to explain again how this system works:

“What follows is a seven-point pattern that goes something like this: Someone shoots at your spouse, you punch the attacker, he yells, ‘Ceasefire!’ then kicks you in the groin and takes some more shots at your spouse.

“You try to defend yourself. The police stand by doing nothing and then declare you to be the aggressor for breaking the ceasefire.”

Fortunately, enough Israelis are getting fed up with this scenario that they may finally stop worrying about Western media. As well they should.

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Ship of Tools

Posted on July 6, 2011 | Comments Off on Ship of Tools

“A number of the organizing groups [for the latest Gaza Flotilla] are fronts for Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood, raising money and political support for these organizations and often controlled by them. In other words, revolutionary Islamists are using Western pacifists and leftists to achieve their own ends.”

Read it all.

Meanwhile, even an NYTimes’ reporter admits Gaza is doing very well, thank you. Just not very free if, for instance, you’re a woman who wants to drive a motorcycle. Hamas forbids it.

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Negotiating with terrorists

Posted on July 4, 2011 | Comments Off on Negotiating with terrorists

Obamalot chose this July 4 weekend (of all times) to announce that it is (yet again) breaking with foreign policy tradition and negotiating with the Muslim Brotherhood, founders of Hamas.

Barry Rubin has repeatedly assured us (with evidence) that the Brotherhood is not a “moderate” organization as some would have it. Obamalot’s new move is not so unusual, you may say, since the White House already was negotiating with the terrorist Taliban on our exit from Afghanistan, and you would be right.

But we can also hope that they also are trying to finally bring home (recently promoted) Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (above), of Hailey, Utah, who has been a prisoner of the Taliban for three years now.

Via Blazing Cat Fur.

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Heh

Posted on February 10, 2011 | Comments Off on Heh

Mubarak to Obama: Drop Dead!

Via Simply Jews.

UPDATE: Does anyone in Washington know how to play this game? Barry certainly doesn’t.

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Reasons to side with Egypt’s dictator

Posted on January 30, 2011 | Comments Off on Reasons to side with Egypt’s dictator

“There are reasons not to expect Egypt to turn into a moderate, stable, and democratic state: There are few forces favoring this outcome; the rebellion has no organization; Egypt doesn’t have the resources to raise living standards and distribute wealth; extremist ideologies are deeply held and widely spread.”

A takeover by the Muslim Brotherhood, or some other extreme Islamist group, would not be pretty.

Not only would war with Israel be the likely result (with an Egyptian air force flying American-provided F-16s) but a new world spot for stonings, beheadings, and religious ranting and threats. A new seat of terrorist training and dispatch to the West.

UPDATE:  On the other hand, there already do seem to be some exceptions.

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Israel is safer than you think

Posted on May 1, 2008 | Comments Off on Israel is safer than you think

Wright, Farrakhan, Carter, et al, notwithstanding, Israel is doing quite well, thank you very much.

Via Simply Jews. 

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