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2011-04-26 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Jordan begins trial of Danish cartoonist

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Posted by Fred 2011-04-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Global Jihad

#1 It is an interesting observation that ~~shitty little~~ moderate and pro-western Jordan is officially less respectful of western freedom and sovereignty than the Soviet Union was (at least since Khrushchev.)

Here's a Danish citizen in Denmark, ethnically Danish, not a Muslim, exercising his right to free speech in a perfectly legal way. He's criticizing a violently intolerant totalitarian belief system. His right to exercise his freedom in this manner is a nonnegotiable core principle of western civilization.

And yet the West lets this corrupt little regime turn him into an international pariah with impunity.

Where's the protest? Where are official western sanctions? Where are covert ops to deter this behavior? ~~(A little polonium in your sushi Mr Shehadeh, Mr Hawamdeh?)~~

What's the point of zapping goat molesting losers in Afghanistan when 'moderates' are free to wage a legal terror campaign against individuals in the West?

When the USSR tried to impose censorship of international news the Reagan administration left UNESCO in 1984.

In 2011 it is likely that the governments of major western powers as well as NATO's military leadership in Afghanistan approve of this trial.

Maybe the Soviet Union should have tried Ronald Reagan in absentia for Anti Soviet Propaganda in his 'A Time for Choosing' speech in 1964. This might have preempted Reagan's political career and it would have been a warning for others.

I wonder why they didn't?

/rant

Posted by Vortigern Greque1922 2011-04-26 13:56|| 2011-04-26 13:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Excellent point Vortigern Greque. Four legs or eight legs; hard shell or soft shell; they remain pesky insects.

Posted by Besoeker 2011-04-26 14:07|| 2011-04-26 14:07|| Front Page Top

#3 "Piss off"

Posted by mojo 2011-04-26 17:01|| 2011-04-26 17:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh my, this is a neat idea. "Try" somebody in another country for something that you don't approve of.

So let's try the so-called leaders in Iran, Arabia, etc., for their crimes against decency, freedom, women, homosexuals, etc. Call witnesses from NOW and some of the homosexual-supporting groups (can't think of any acronyms at the moment) and let them explain why a public policy of murdering homosexuals and treating women as property is a crime.

~~Stuttering, backpedaling, and~~ Hilarity would ensue.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-04-26 19:18|| 2011-04-26 19:18|| Front Page Top

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