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2005-05-19 Terror Networks & Islam

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Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-05-19 11:17|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 yeah. and while we flagellate ourselves for possibly disrespecting the religion of peace, at the very same time, the Palestinian Authority TV station broadcasts a vicious attack on Jews and Judaism. Outraged citizens rioting? Nope. We've come to expect it from Islam. Quick to insult, quick to be insulted.

Posted by PlanetDan">PlanetDan 2005-05-19 11:34|| 2005-05-19 11:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Jacoby's got it right. As much as I loathe Newsweek's behavior, Isikoff is not the enemy. It's those f***ing maniacs who hack off heads in order to preserve the purity and superiority of their one true faith. Perhaps this episode will bring the more rabid Bush-haters-- and maybe some Newsweek-haters, too-- back to their senses and focus us on the true fascist enemy.

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-05-19 11:42|| 2005-05-19 11:42|| Front Page Top

#3 When I cancelled my subscription to the Globe, I mentioned Jacoby as the only factor that made me hesitate in reaching that decision. Fortunately, I can get his stuff online.

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-05-19 11:44|| 2005-05-19 11:44|| Front Page Top

#4 X-Man - ~~The Globe sucks~~ I haven't bought the Globe ~~badly~~ in over 10 years. I'll read Jacoby but the other Op Eds just serve(d) as Fisking Fodder. I didn't bother with the Herald 'cuz I was reading Drudge, maybe Kaus and some others, regulary by then.

Posted by Raj 2005-05-19 12:24|| 2005-05-19 12:24|| Front Page Top

#5 And once you've finished Jacoby's piece, high-tail it over to Whittle. He has a new essay, and it is phenominal.

Sanctuary (part 1)

Sanctuary (part 2)

Posted by BH 2005-05-19 12:37|| 2005-05-19 12:37|| Front Page Top

#6 BH: Indeed, Whittle's in fine form.

Raj: Aside from Jacoby and sports, I stopped reading the Globe about 5 years ago, but I kept my Sunday delivery for the coupons. After 9/11, though, I just couldn't be a party to their crap any longer, so I cancelled, making sure to let them know why. I didn't want them getting any more of my money or using me to boost circulation numbers.

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-05-19 13:05|| 2005-05-19 13:05|| Front Page Top

#7 I wonder if Derek Z. Jackson gets a royalty check everytime Jihad Unpsun reprints one of his articles?

Posted by tu3031 2005-05-19 13:09|| 2005-05-19 13:09|| Front Page Top

#8 comparable acts of desecration

Remember when Sharon put his foot on the Temple Mount what violence was launched against the Israelis?
Just see how they desecrate their own, Sunnis blowing up Shiite mosques and such.
Just give them an excuse and they desecrate the very world they live in.

Posted by Cynic 2005-05-19 13:14|| 2005-05-19 13:14|| Front Page Top

#9 I think somebody oughta call up Newsweak and tell them to come over and watch them take a crap on the koran and feed it to the pigs.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2005-05-19 14:10|| 2005-05-19 14:10|| Front Page Top

#10 Jacoby didn't even get in to the other major Islamic disfunction; i.e., the fact that many muslims believe impossible things (e.g., that Israeli pilots flew the 9/11 planes).

Posted by mhw 2005-05-19 14:11|| 2005-05-19 14:11|| Front Page Top

#11 I, for one, can not get past the idea that millions of Western Progressives would rather see a nation re-enslaved, or erupt in civil war, or have twenty thousand of their countrymen come home in boxes than admit that they were wrong.

And more--their reckless words and position against the War have changed the outcome in ways that cannot be recaptured and corrected. Just think-had the lefties here and abroad seen the value of deposing Saddam, seen the enormous and lasting value that promotion of democracy in the region would have had, the dynamics in Iraq today would NO DOUBT be much different. Instead, they pushed negative public opinion so effectively that the people in the ME are panicked, suspicious, leaderless, gullible and self-doubting--and not about the right things--possible culminating at some point in a civil war. They fostered such anti-Americanism in the "intl community" that it will take decades to correct miscomprehension of our intent.

I feel that it's nearly impossible to measure the consequences of their misbegotten politics against deposing a murderous tyrant.

BTW-A wonderfully written article.

Posted by jules 187 2005-05-19 14:36|| 2005-05-19 14:36|| Front Page Top

#12 X-Man - I kinda weaned myself off it. I bought Globes for two months, pulled the Sports section out and threw the rest in the garbage, as many times as possible in front of the paperhawker, then transitioned to the WSJ..

One other thing re: Jacoby & the Globe - remember this Globe stunt, putting Jacoby on ice for a conveniently timed stretch of four months before the 2004 Presidential election? I've nary a stitch of respect for those bloodsucking, bow-tied bum kissers thereafter.

Posted by Raj 2005-05-19 14:47|| 2005-05-19 14:47|| Front Page Top

#13 Raj: Wow, thanks for the info - I wasn't aware of that last little tidbit. And I thought I couldn't despise the Globe any more than I already do.

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-05-19 15:43|| 2005-05-19 15:43|| Front Page Top

#14 The globe sports section aint all that anyway.
Cafardo and Borges suck.
Ryan and Shaugnessy are elitist pricks.
The only columnist I can stomach is Jackie MacMullan

Posted by domingo 2005-05-19 15:46|| 2005-05-19 15:46|| Front Page Top

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