Archive for October 9, 2009
Regime Longevity
My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: “The Longevity of Regimes: An Examination in the Causes of the Arab Ordeal”
Posted on October 9, 2009 by As'ad
Why do some Arabs become ashamed of who they are if they get to be known in the US?
And notice that the word “Arab” is not even used. “Q: Egyptian is certainly a more unusual ethnicity here in the U.S. Do you have any specific traditions you celebrate, or unique Egyptian practices?Hoda: My parents raised us red, white and blue. You k…
Posted on October 9, 2009 by As'ad
All that you have done to our people is registered in notebooks
“Jewish settlers on Tuesday cut off 250 Palestinian fruitful olive trees in Deir Ammar village, west of Ramallah city, local sources reported.”
Posted on October 9, 2009 by As'ad
Arab dictators on ebay
“Package deal! Arab puppet dictators made in USA, cheap, servile, ressourceful, 100% unelected, “moderate” label, “New Middle Beast” certification, “New World Disorder” 90001, among the useful fonctions of your “Arab puppet dictators full kit”:”
Posted on October 9, 2009 by As'ad
Meet Arab dynasties
“The Middle Eastern leader set to host the upcoming America’s Cup yacht race was once arrested for sexually assaulting a housekeeper at a luxury hotel adjacent to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. The previously unreported bust of Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al …
Posted on October 9, 2009 by As'ad
Furious my potato
“The U.S. administration is furious over Israeli incitement against President Barack Obama, Democratic congressmen close to Obama told an Israeli source who returned from a visit to Washington this week.” He will get over it, in a few days. (thanks Oli…
Posted on October 9, 2009 by As'ad
Ask the Iraqis
“Issam al-Khazraji, a day laborer in Baghdad, said: “He doesn’t deserve this prize. All these problems — Iraq, Afghanistan — have not been solved…The man of ‘change’ hasn’t changed anything yet.”"
Posted on October 9, 2009 by As'ad
Jordanian opposition
There is no opposition in the Arab world that I detest more than the Jordanian opposition–the Islamists (the Moroccan communists under `Ali Ya`tah are a close second, and Ya`tah used to kiss the hand of King Hasan II). The Jordanian Islamists deserve…
Posted on October 9, 2009 by As'ad
The PFLP
I don’t have much respect for what is left of the PFLP. The organization died even before the retirement of George Habash. But yesterday, the Politburo of the organization met and called for accountability regarding the Goldstone controversy, and in …
Posted on October 9, 2009 by As'ad
No to normalization with Israel, ever
“Jordanian engineers will probably not participate in a regional engineering conference scheduled in Jerusalem next month if the only way to get there is by obtaining a visa from the Israeli Embassy in Amman…Their decision is part of a growing moveme…
Posted on October 9, 2009 by As'ad
Links
My CSU, Stanislaus email is down so I can’t access the email. Regarding the question raised on the Wikipedia entry on me, of course I don’t publish all the links that I receive. I must receive more than 150 links per day from readers around the world…
Posted on October 9, 2009 by As'ad
Obama’s Prize
Aside from expanding the wars of his predecessors, why did Obama win the Nobel Peace Prize? He deserves the prize as much as King `Abdullah deserves the Nobel Prize for Feminism, or as much as Jacquie Collins deserves the Nobel Prize in Literature and…
Posted on October 9, 2009 by As'ad