An "intifada" is a "shaking off" or uprising, and the Palestinian "intifada" against Israel has resulted in the murders of countless Israeli civilians. Does Abdelbari Atwane hope for the same civil unrest in America in the coming intifada he envisions against the "slave system"?
It hardly bears remarking, but I will do it anyway: the only place in the world where there are still slaves is in the Islamic world, because of the approval the Qur'an gives to slavery. Not in the United States. But such is the self-righteous myopia of those who think the problem in the world today is America, not the jihadists.
Here is my rough-and-ready translation of the French post at the blog drzz:
The associate editor of the daily newspaper Al Quds Al Arabi, Abdelbari Atwane (the first journalist to have met Osama Bin Laden), in his lead article of November 3 considers the American elections. Under the provocative title “The Historic Intifada of Obama”, which makes reference to the Palestinian Intifada so often covered by the daily newspaper, Atwane stresses that “in the absence of a catastrophe, Obama will be elected, and the American people, through his vote, will have launched his more important Intifada”.For Atwane, “the Americans thus give the kickoff of their historic Intifada against racism, of their revolution against sectarianism and the extreme right. A rising against the Anglo-Saxons and the slave system in general… ”
"the Americans thus give the kickoff of their historic Intifada against racism, of their revolution against sectarianism and the extreme right. A rising against the Anglo-Saxons and the slave system in general… ”
In my years of reading political analysis this is the single most MENTALLY CONFUSED sentence I have ever read.
the Americans thus give the kickoff of their historic Intifada against racism
That train left the station a long time ago.
The proof of its success is Obama's presence on a national ticket.
It is time, certainly, for sub-Saharan blacks to dwemand Reparations from the descendants of those who began earliest, and ended latest, and inflicted the most cruelty, and caused the most deaths -- the Arab slavers. Besides, the Arabs are awash in trillions of dollars. The Western world has given close to 500 billion dollars in transfers to Black Africa. Now it is the time for the Arabs to do so, and not by building mosques and madrasas. Given the size of the Arab slave trade, given the fact that even today black Africans are held as slaves in the Sudan, Mali, Mauritania, and -- one has reason to believe -- deep within Saudi Arabia, where Western eyes do not pry -- something a little larger, say a trillion, or two trillion, dollars, from the Arab oil states to black Africa, would be a start.
Hmm? How about it?
If the Obaminator wins you can bet on it that he brings in reparations for slavery. No doubt about it.
Europe and America have already paid, in the form of that that nearly $500 billion in aid over the past few decades, whatever "reparations" might conceivably be paid. It is now the turn of the Arabs, who will drowning in wealth, show no signs of wanting even to pay for other. "less fortunate" Arabs (Egyptians, Jordanians, "Palestinians"), or non-Arab Muslims (Pakistanis, Afghanis), preferrring to let the West do it for them, for as long as the West continues to play the fool, to be a patsy.
I'm not for "reparations." But if "reparations" are to be paid, let them now be paid by the Arabs, and let's start with what they owe sub-Saharan Africa for a slave trade, one largely based on seizing black boys to serve as eunuchs in harmes, boys who were promptly castrated when caught in the interior, and then moved, by slave coffle, to the coasts (see "The Hideous Trade") and by the time they reached the Islamic slave markets, only 10% of those originally seized had survived.
This is just more demopathic Muslim projection. And Obama will not be seeking reparations for slavery because it will call too much into question, namely the "Arab African" self-identification of his father, the Arab slave trade itself, the immutable connection between Islam and slavery, as well as the fact that the black Muslims whom he loves so much are by definition shamelessly ignorant and gimpy slaves to their Arab masters, and Obama's hypocrisy, since he is descended from slave OWNERS, not slaves, which would only serve to highlight the extent of his illegitimacy and the fact that he is neither black nor American, certainly less so than Bill Clinton, who would be getting his 3rd term if it weren't for massive voter fraud on Obama's part (Hillary would beat McCain by the biggest margin since Reagan and Mondale in 1984, since 7% of Dems are smart enough to vote for Britney Spears or a grilled cheese sandwich if they were running against Obama). Bill Warner wrote a great article about Obama's connection to slavery: http://www.politicalislam.com/blog/obama-and-slavery/
Obama wants reparations a` la Islam: through the redistribution of wealth and the rewarding of parasitism and degeneracy and the punishment of hard work, decency, and every other Judeo-Christian value which he so despises.
Given that Obama's entire roll call of advisors has, with the exception of Albreigt, devoted their lives and careers to the genocide of Israelis, an Obama election would be an intifada in favor of racism, not against it. But since everything is as backward, perverted, and projected as possible in the minds of Muslims, of course they view Obama in the most backward, perverted, projected way while ignoring Islamic slavery, which, let's face it, they all necessarily favor, and their own inherent racism, genocidal tendencies, and hatred for decency and democracy itself.
poetcomic1
the author failed to note that Obama's mother was Anglo-Saxon.
Robert, here's the rest of the article, translated from French to English via Google. As you can see, it's a projection of the writer's view of Obama, complete with antiZionism, antiAnglo rhetoric, etc. Unfortunately, it would appear much of the world shares this view. We may be for some rough times of The One is elected tomorrow.
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From, Chawki Freih, www.Mediarabe.info
The editor of the daily newspaper Al Quds Al Arabi, Abdelbari Atwan (the first journalist to have met Osama bin Laden), is in his editorial in the Nov. 3 on the U.S. elections. Under the provocative title "the intifada historic Obama," which refers to the Palestinian intifada as leased by the newspaper, Atwan stressed that "in the absence of a disaster, Obama will be elected, and the American people , Through its vote, has launched its largest intifada. "
For Atwan, "Americans give the start of their intifada against historical racism, their revolution against bigotry and extreme right. An uprising against the Anglicans and against slavery in general ... ". "Barack Obama, from the black and poor, who come through his personal struggle and perseverance, to lead the superpower through the ballot box, is the only one who can reconcile America with itself and with the world, after eight years of the policy of George Bush who has ruined the country and squandered its credit sympathy ... "Says the editorial. He adds that "the defeat of Obama facing John McCain is impossible at this stage, although it may occur through an organized fraud. But in this case, it could sign the end of the United States, cause divisions Inter, demonstrations, riots and anger unparalleled ... This precipitate the defeat of the American Empire "[Editor's note: The same newspaper had long warned against an explosion of French suburbs in case of victory of Nicolas Sarkozy face Ségolène Royal].
The editorial criticism, with virulence, the Republican candidate: "Those who criticize Obama's lack of experience should tell us what the United States and the world have gained experience with Bush for years, and that they show a credible alternative to Obama. This is not the old McCain, who continue the policy of Bush and his colistière Sarah Palin, who has had his passport last year, which will leave the United States of the crisis and the economic and moral bankruptcy ".
Praising in advance the benefits of victory Obama, Atwan said that "(...) the expected change in the USA will undoubtedly have its positive impact on us, Arabs and Muslims, who have suffered a Administration past eight years under the control of Zionists, with the hold-up of the Israeli lobby whose objective is to destroy the Arab world and Islam .... " For the editorialist, "the change in the U.S. probably lead change in Arab countries. The Arab regimes, tyrannical and corrupt, have lived through their alliance with Washington beneficial to Israel (...). We have the largest wealth could save the world from the crisis. If these resources are properly harnessed, we could impose our point of view and serve our cause, as the Jewish Rothschild family had used his wealth to buy Lord Balfour and get his famous promise after the First World War that had ruined the Great Brittany. The conditions are now fulfilled for the Arabs use their wealth to obtain a U.S. promise favorable and correct historical mistakes committed in Palestine. It is our right today to show our support for Obama, not because his father called Hussein, or because he is black, even less because he is Muslim. But just because he revolted against contempt. "
Good job with the translation! If you ever want to translate important texts between English, French, and German, I'd be glad to help.
Speaking of which, I still think it would be a good idea to include a new section of links to JW-friendly, high-quality websites in other languages. I can suggest a few.
I'll be happy to help out with any Italian.