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| Hate Like an Egyptian |
| 2004-05-07 |
| Little Green Footballs is very good at sifting through the garbage to find pearls like this. Egyptian pop star Shaaban Abdel Rahim, who had a smash hit on the Arab charts in 2000 with âI Hate Israel (and Love Amr Moussa),â is back on the scene with the cheery pop confection âHey Arabs Leaders!â http://www.pmw.org.il/new/Latest%20bulletin.html#twocoins The new song blames Israel for the World Trade Center attack, and says that Israel and the US are dividing up the Arab world. Shaabanâs music video is available with subtitles at the link above; the cartoon treatment of the WTC collapse is especially memorable. â...Two faces of the same coin, America and Israel. They made the world a jungle and ignited the fuse. America spread its wings, doesnât care at all. No one can stop her, no one can catch her. Soon he (Bush) will say Iran, then he will say Syria, But he is silent about [North] Korea. Maybe he should say Egypt. About that [Twin] Tower, oh people Definitely! His friends [Israel] were the ones who brought it down. What terrorism!! [Visual shows Sharon pushing the button] How many years are left. For America and Israel acting as bullies. . . â The singer, Shaaban Abdul Rahim, was interviewed in the official PA daily Al Hayaat Al Jadida this week, and said that his feelings of hatred of Israel and the US were representative of the sentiments of the Arab world in general. |
| Posted by:Random thoughts |
| #5 Unless, of course, Allah is not in fact either all good or all powerful or both. If that is the case, well you gotta wonder about who you are worshiping. |
| Posted by: Ol_Dirty_American 2004-05-07 11:46:21 PM |
| #4 Barbara, it was a great rant! Eventually, after they've been severely licked (even more than they are now), they'll come to the conclusion you talked about. If they were smarter--and some of their folks, to their credit, have--they'd do it now. |
| Posted by: Jen 2004-05-07 11:26:45 PM |
| #3 Barbara, great rant - wished I'd thought of that angle. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-05-07 11:24:41 PM |
#2 his feelings of hatred of Israel and the US were representative of the sentiments of the Arab world in generalWhich proves they're bad Muslims. Since everything is the will of Allah, the fact that we're free and prosperous and their lives absolutely suck is the will of Allah. So what are they whining about? If Allah wanted all the Americans and Jews to be dead, we would be. If Allah wanted the Arabs to have decent, free, democratic lives, they would have them. Obviously we're free and powerful, especially our women, and the Arabs' lives are in the toilet because Allah wants it that way. If they were good Muslims, they'd shut up and thank Allah for their fates instead of whining and complaining and earning his wrath even more than they already have. I won't hold my breath, though - if they could figure out something as simple as that, they wouldn't be the whiny-assed worthless losers they already are. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-05-07 10:47:04 PM |
| #1 his feelings of hatred of Israel and the US were representative of the sentiments of the Arab world in general What a coincidence! My hatred of Egypt is representative of the sentiments of the USA in general. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-05-07 10:04:39 PM |