Iran crows that Israel accepting ceasefire is sign of weakness

Among the many faults of those deluded people who go by the name of "Muslim" is a pathetic bragging tendency. Just one more reason to see Islam for what it is---a great and tragic error (and era) in the history of man.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Israel has to take back not only Gaza, but the Sinai. There is no other way, strategically. Israel’s southern border as it is now isn’t defensible. And screw Barack Obama. Israel has nothing to lose there. He’s out to get you one way or the other. I apologize for my country’s stupidity.

The swagger of both Islamista and Israel supporters aside, these are the realities that prompted a truce:

*Though Israel has a formidable army and air force, it is critically dependent on fuel imports: almost all of its oil, and about 70% of its natural gas. These fuel sources either come from Israel's neighbors, or through them (e.g., Caspian oil). Yes, there have been discoveries of offshore reserves, but these are undeveloped, and there is no appetite for investors in such a volatile region. Israel also depends on imports for most of its food--like other overpopulated, mostly arid countries in the region, the country lacks the arable land and water to feed itself.

*Turkey is now an Islamist and very pro-Palestinian country, and relations have seriously deteriorated since the Gaza flotilla raid. Turkey has the ability to block food and fuel imports to Israel. And, unlike Israel, Turkey is a NATO member and major EU trading partner.

*Unlike 1973, Iran is now a very nasty and well-armed, battle-hardened Islamist theocracy, and Reakpolitik-practicing Ba'athists are out of power in the region. The militaries of countries like Egypt have significantly improved since the Yom Kippur War. Any direct military attack on either Iran, or Egypt would have fatal retaliatory consequences for Israel.

*Compared to 1973, the economies of most of the Western world are even more dependent on foreign oil, and in very fragile states. Oil price shocks would mean a recessionary slide. The West, including the U.S., can NOT afford an embargo, and OPEC countries wielded that cudgel.

*Over the years, Israel squandered much of its goodwill with the United States. From the USS Liberty attack, to the endless spying incidents, to Netanyahu's ill-considered interference in the U.S. campaign (e.g., backing the Birther movement), America's patience has worn thin. A recent poll has put U.S. public support for Israel at 57%--still a majority, but a very significant slide from just a few years ago. And even mainstream Protestant churches have questioned U.S. aid to Israel. Israel is actually very low on America's list of international priorities, especially with the deteriorating situation in Mexico.

*The U.S. has just finished a bloody (over 4,000 troops dead) and costly (over a trillion spent) misadventure in Iraq, and there is ZERO public appetite for another war in the Middle East. Israel could not expect anything more than tepid moral support from the U.S., in the event of a regional war.

*Unlike the United States, Muslim countries (including former Soviet republics, and booming economies like Indonesia and Malaysia) have deep pockets and large pools of cannon fodder, willing and able to contribute to a war against Israel.

Even if some hawks in the IDF (see another Jihad Watch post) have itchy trigger fingers, or some Revelations-thumping Evangelicals wanted an invasion of Gaza, or more, Netanyahu wouldn't give it to them. The geopolitical and financial realities of 2012 are nowhere what they were in 1973.

You shouldn't take Muslims seriously what they say. Mohammad recommended drink camel piss for good health, and he drank it often too.

Muslim Media Told To Be More Professional

"... He emphasized the role of the Muslim media in confronting the false and unjust allegations against Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and Islam in a proactive manner by making use of all available resources.

“All Muslims are now encircled by suspicions and accusations. Being the media leaders of the Muslim world how can we defend ourselves,”...

... “We have a great role to play in defeating the campaigns that smear Islam and Muslims... ”...

... Addressing the meeting, OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu called on member states to exert all efforts to move forward in joint action and make available all necessary financial wherewithal to achieve that goal....

... Ihsanoglu reminded the audience that information, in both its positive and negative aspects, plays a very important and effective role in this era. It also has a direct impact in escalating situations and stoking up conflicts, especially when it comes to distortion and defamation of religion and religious symbols"...

http://www.eurasiareview.com/23112012-muslim-media-told-to-be-more-professional/

Iraq’s unveiled women face rising crackdown, discrimination

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/11/22/251194.html

Will the "islamophobia" ever end?.

Iran's comments don't amount to much. The Palestinians have not improved their position. If they break the ceasefire again the world will be even wearier of their lies. They have now definitely eclipsed the PA, so less pressure on Israel to negotiate (give up more territory), since Hamas cannot be negotiated with. Part of the deal is said to be that Hamas will be stopped from acquiring new weapons, and that will work for Israel after Iran is attacked and Hamas will have less means to launch missiles at the Israelis.

They will always crow they won unless they are totally and completely chastised. That time will come, too.

From: "Infidelity: 900 Days in Saudi Arabia

XI

Palestine; the so-called Palestinians.

There is no such a thing as a Palestinian just as there is no such thing as a “Roman”, in the sense of a state or empire anymore. The Roman Empire held the name of that great city.

They’re Italians, now, though.

The “Palestinians” have never been anything; they have never had a “home city”, an empire or a supposedly occupied country. The people who claim they are Palestinians are, simply, bloodthirsty, Jew-hating Muslims who have been kicked out of Jordan for trying to assassinate a Head of State and for the same reason in Egypt - (successfully, though) - vis-a-vis the Muslim Brotherhood’s sneaky murder of Anwar Sadat.

Interestingly, Saudi is crawling with so-called “palestinian expats”. Yet, the curious thing is that none of these people actually possess a “Palestinian” passport! No thing exists, of course, and any so-called Palestinian in Saudi carries a Jordanian Passport, without exception.

Once, the question, “Why?” was posed to one of those creepy guys with whom I worked.

He stuttered and stammered something about the Israelis; but he was also asked if he, then, thought of himself as a dual-citizen. He looked at me silently; stupidly. His head made a funny, half-circular movement as he struggled to answer. That movement – that unique, Middle Eastern gesture of dissonance – became as familiar as a shrug of the shoulders is to the Infidel Professor of the West.

This is all at the heart of the problems in the Middle East. The “palestinians” are the whipping boys of the other Arabs. They are particularly useful idiots for the Saudi Arabs who publicly support them, but in private, describe them as a “garbage people”.

Indeed, those very same words were uttered to me, once, in an old Mercedes during a test drive with a man whose last name will be kept private but whose first name was, incredibly, Riyadh!

XII

Riyadh was one of those oily Saudi Liasons working at the university, mainly, as a “Fixer”; the local expert who knows the ins and outs, speaks English well enough and native Arabic, of course. Once, I went to Riyadh with marital problems on my mind. He simply laughed and said, “Man is Man, David! – Man is Man! Who cares what wife thinks?!”

He would allow you to visit him at his villa, but you wouldn’t get to meet or see the one wife he had. He seemed to be perpetually in search of a second one, though. He often received cell calls from young “prospects”, and even put me on the line to talk with one, one night in his car, cruising around the city.

I remember Riyadh grinning mischievously at me from the driver’s seat while I listened to her bad English on the I-Phone. Her name was Dalia, as I recall.

I think Riyadh had five or six little Mohammedists running around his villa, though I don’t remember exactly.

There is no pleasing these people. If you fight them, you're the aggressor. If you agree to a ceasefire, you're weak. It is like the saying, you cannot win an argument with the devil. You just have to realise you are dealing with evil. You have to do what is right without expecting any applause.

Internal emails offer details on Osama Bin Laden's burial

"... Bin Laden's body was washed, wrapped in a white sheet and packed into a weighted bag as a military officer read prepared religious remarks translated into Arabic by a native speaker, according to emails obtained by the wire service"

Hmmm... "religious remarks in Arabic", obviously we're talking about Shintoism... or Buddhism... or Catholicism.

“Traditional procedures for Islamic burial was followed”... "

"Islamic burial"? bu... bu... but they told us that Osama Bin Laden, Al-Qaeda & Co. weren't Muslims in the first place, they told us these terrorists misunderstood Islam and hijacked it!. Oh, the buffoonery. Will it ever end?.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/emails-detail-bin-laden-burial-article-1.1206307

Robert, I and stand by a statement I made out here earlier:

This agreement will very quickly be overtaken by events (OBE). The events will be hamas firing more rockets.

From Bibi's perspective, this agreement is his cover to invade gaza when the rockets start getting lobbed into Israel again. He can say he went the extra mile for peace, but hamas wanted war. How many agreements have the various and sundry islamic terrorist groups violated over the years? Answer: all of them.

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Netanyahu has not been weak here. The Israelis were very clearly prepping for an invasion.

If the invasion comes in the next weeks or months, what is the difference?

Israel is in this for the long haul. Bibi knows his primary responsibility is the safety of his people.

When hamas soon starts firing the rockets again, WHEN, not if, Israel will invade gaza.

I'm not sure I understand.

thomas, all your questions are answered by the PC MC dogma of Anti-Racism -- to which all you have to add is the perception that Muslims are a non-white collection of peoples & cultures.