Required Reading
February 21st, 2006 - 10:40 am
The incredible thing about the ongoing Kristallnacht against Denmark (and in some places, against the embassies and citizens of any Scandinavian or even European Union nation) is that it has resulted in, not opprobrium for the religion that perpetrates and excuses it, but increased respectability! A small democratic country with an open society, a system of confessional pluralism, and a free press has been subjected to a fantastic, incredible, organized campaign of lies and hatred and violence, extending to one of the gravest imaginable breaches of international law and civility: the violation of diplomatic immunity. And nobody in authority can be found to state the obvious and the necessary
I wonder if the MSM realize they’ve put themselves in bed with the Islamists on this one.
They were already there.
God only knows how Hitchens can make such sense and still consider himself a Marxist!
I wonder if the MSM realize they’ve put themselves in bed with the Islamists on this one.
Of course they do.
They are not the forth estate, they are the fifth column. And they always have been.
Re read your history and read some of the stuff they supported with their slanted reporting in the late 1930′s and all during WWII. You will find the similarities striking.
I’m having trouble blaming the MSM on this one. They’re the same bunch they’ve always been. What’s really sticking in my craw is the silence of other Western democratic governments.
Or am I missing something here?
Iran has asked for cartoons insulting the Holocaust the same way the Danish cartoons are insulting to Mohammed. We are missing a golden opportunity here. Living in an oppressive regime retards the creative juices. We decadent American who have been making fun of just about anything you can think of need to help the Iranian in their drive for satirical cartoons.
If I could draw, I would send them some
dac:
When the “free press” is pushing the following memes, is it very surprising that democratic governments will follow:
1. There are thousands, if not millions, of Muslims who were offended by the cartoons.
2. The fake cartoons aren’t mentioned (so now it appears that it’s the Danish cartoons, not the fake ones from the imams that are at fault).
3. Those who are offended are prepared to take extreme action to express their umbrage.
4. Those who are not offended don’t exist (whether b/c they’re not reported on, or b/c they don’t speak up).
5. No one (in the press) is prepared to show what the cartoons actually portrayed, so who knows how bad they really were?
When you add in the inherent cowardice of most politicians, is it any surprise that democratic governments won’t speak up in support of Denmark?
Any issue where the MSM, the American Left, and the Bush Administration are on the same page is one to be stomped into dust. Hitchens, Trotskyite he is, just did it.
I am beginning to lose hope. The magnitude of the loss is immense. We are at a critical point in history, and there are no leaders. The west is entirely adrift.
Doug
David Horowitz wrote a whole book on the American left (which includes vast swaths of the MSM) being in bed with Islam: “Unholy Alliance : Radical Islam and the American Left.”
I’m kind of with ‘dac’ here. The other day I was thinking how badly we needed a Peggy Noonan speech delivered by someone approaching Reagan — and I didn’t even like Reagan in the 80′s.
great idea by Hitchens. If Washington isn’t convenient, try this list of Danish Consulates
Jesus, what is it with people trying to take on the whole Muslim world at once? Ever hear of divide and conquer?
Why don’t we worry about Iran. Remember them? Nutjob president trying to get nuclear weapons? Ring any bells? Well in order to take care of that little issue we’re going to need the help (or at least non-hindrance) of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, and Iraq.
So we could speak out and make it that much more costly to eliminate Iran’s nuclear program, or we could keep quiet and loose…what? The Danes are taking care of themselves.
This is, literally, political theater. Do you honestly think that these protesters are violently pissed about cartoons? It’s the Imam’s way of letting everyone know how much power they have. I’m sure Iran has no small part in this.
Once we deal with Iran, we can take care of Syria, then we can put pressure on Saudi Arabia, then cut off Egypt, then (if we’re feeling merciful) clean up Yemen and Somalia.
Wait a minute, in this post you have the “MSM” in bed with the Islamists and in the previous post you have the President biting the bullet & bravely siding with…”the Islamists” although the latter is “corporate Arabia” to be sure.
I’m just a little confused about the standards that are being applied. And I think you are too.
Would you contemplate hiring a Mexican firm to run your southwestern border security? Because these Arab guys will not just be running the ports but they will become an integral part in your security operations.
And that’s no cartoon.
Hey, I’m Canadian but I’m watching all of this with bitter amusement.
You guys had it right to go after Al Queda after 9/11. But after Afghanistan, a little more thought & a little less flying lead would have served you better.
As a Christian the cartoons on this site are a little shocking, but as a conservative I believe in freedom to offend even the majority. Irregardless, I doubt there will be rioting in the Vatican