Archive for November 9, 2011
Repression in Bahrain
“Arrest of Poet, Blogger and Media Professional Jaafar AlAlawy in Bahrain, Arab Capital of Culture 2012″
Posted on November 9, 2011 by As'ad
My stance on Syria
I can’t cheer with regard to Syria: I can only mourn the dead. Supporters of the regime often write to me or ask me: what about the security forces who are being killed. My answer is cold hearted: I have no sympathy whatsoever for any Arab …
Posted on November 9, 2011 by As'ad
Doomed
“With rising tensions over Iran’s nuclear program fanning Iranian fury toward Israel, Ehud Barak, the Israeli minister of defense, said that if the country was forced into a war, the casualties on the home front would not likely a…
Posted on November 9, 2011 by As'ad
Do I have to pretend along with you?
Do I have to pretend that the potential Iranian nukes scare me much more than actual Israeli nukes? Do I have to go along with the charade given that I live in the US? Please guide the perplexed here.
Posted on November 9, 2011 by As'ad
The Myth of the American dream
The stories of the exceptions are a regular feature in the US popular culture. Capitalism (and government) need them as much as capitalism needs religion. They are the examples that are used to justify the “myth of the metals” in Plato’s re…
Posted on November 9, 2011 by As'ad
There is progress: people now laugh at the notion that Israel is a "democracy"
No, really there is progress. When I first came to the US, people would casually refer to Israel as the “only democracy in the Middle East”. Outside of the US Congress, people laugh at the notion. In academic circles, no one dares say…
Posted on November 9, 2011 by As'ad
named after the blood of victims of Bahrain
“The Crown Prince of Bahrain, His Royal Highness Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, SPA/BA ’92, made a $3 million gift in December 2009 to honor his family and their deep ties with American University. The building’s soaring, light-filled, three-s…
Posted on November 9, 2011 by As'ad
somebody should research that
Somebody should actually survey all articles written in the Western press from 1980 till today about the POTENTIAL nuclear weapon program in Libya, Iraq, and Iran versus the ACTUAL WMDs of Israel. I mean, what does that say since we know the resu…
Posted on November 9, 2011 by As'ad
A Likudnik Lebanese wants Iran bombed–to preserve his Israel
Zionists for the bombing of Iran. What a bunch. (thanks J)
Posted on November 9, 2011 by As'ad
Israel’s existence: the war crimes excuse
“Finally, the president has a deep understanding of Jewish history, and is repulsed by Iranian anti-Semitism. He doesn’t want to be remembered as the president who failed to guarantee Israel’s existence.”" Personally, I want to be remembered …
Posted on November 9, 2011 by As'ad
So why the hue and cry then?
“Speaking a day after the release of an IAEA report detailing Iran’s efforts at weapons development, Ben Yisrael explained, “One nuclear bomb won’t destroy a state, not even a neighborhood in Tel Aviv. An atomic bomb like the one the Iranians want to …
Posted on November 9, 2011 by As'ad