Sunday, September 20, 2009

I'm Begging..

..Ah Puch, Brahma, the Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, Mohammad, Moses, Mercury, Ngai, Odin, Osiris, Zeus, Zoroaster and any others who might be inclined to forgive me. When I read this, I had an maniacal thought which made me laugh, blush and cringe at the same time. I'll leave it up to the readers to figure out what it might have been.

Does anyone remember earlier this year the Egyptian authorities ordering the slaughter of all pigs in Egypt? Of course the only people who raise swine in Egypt are the already oppressed Coptic Christians, since Islam forbids the consumption of pork and considers pigs to be unclean (just like Jews do, btw). They mistakenly believed that swine flu is passed on by swine.

Anyway, it seems the various governments in the Arab world have since become better informed.
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Meanwhile, Iamadinnerjacket feels no compulsion.
"President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad raised the stakes against Israel on Friday and called the Holocaust a lie, just as world powers try to decide how to deal with the nuclear ambitions of an Iran in political turmoil.

“The pretext (Holocaust) for the creation of the Zionist regime (Israel) is false … It is a lie based on an unprovable and mythical claim,” he told worshippers at Tehran University at the end of an annual anti-Israel “Qods (Jerusalem) Day” rally.

“Confronting the Zionist regime is a national and religious duty.”

"Ahmadinejad’s anti-Western comments on the Holocaust have caused international outcry and isolated Iran, which is at loggerheads with the West over its nuclear programme.

The hardline president warned leaders of Western-allied Arab and Muslim countries about dealing with Israel.

“This regime (Israel) will not last long. Do not tie your fate to it … This regime has no future. Its life has come to an end,” he said in a speech broadcast live on state radio."


Yawn. This was followed, of course, by the usual "strong" statements from the civilized world:

"Britain was swift in condemning Ahmadinejad’s remarks, calling them “abhorrent as well as ignorant”."
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"U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said it was time Iran showed it is serious about addressing international concern. “There will be accompanying costs for Iran’s continued defiance: more isolation and economic pressure,” she said."
You bet, Shillary.

And I'm dang sure I'm not the only one who is getting sick of this. This is the looking like the decade between 1991 and 2003 in the neighbouring country of Iraq.

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