"How did it come to pass that an opposition's measure of a president's foreign policy was all or nothing, success or "failure"? The answer is that the political absolutism now normal in Washington arrived at the moment--Nov. 7, 2000--that our politics subordinated even a war against terror to seizing the office of the presidency." - Daniel Henninger - WSJ 11/18/05 ------------------------------------------------
"the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts." - George Orwell ------------------------------------------------
'"Obama contrasted his plan with other attempts to strengthen the economy, saying that the difference is his plan "won't just throw money at our problems -- we'll invest in what works."'
Cool...this time we'll just do what works...I like that...
"Iran is mulling an international demand by the Organization of the Islamic Conference to the International Criminal Court to bring to dock the Israeli leaders for their crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza."
Mulling?Does IRNA mean they’re “mulling” when to demand what is always pre-prepared?
"ICC is the United Nations Court specialized in war crimes."
Defined for the “common” Iranian, that is none too familiar with this “tool” perhaps, at least its proper use (requires alternate universe that UN fits appropriately into; see fiction)
"President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that Israeli leaders must be brought to justice for the war crimes they have committed in Gaza."
Yes sir, right after he is brought to justice for opening his mouth.
"Addressing a large group of local people of the city of Zahedan, capital of the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, he said, Israel which was created with the motto of occupation of all regional territories, is faced with a deadend."
Hmmm, seems to be a lot of difficulty these days for people regarding national mottos.
"He regretted that the humanity is currently witnessing the worst crimes, oppression and discrimination."
…imagined….
"Briefing the audience on the developments in the occupied lands in the past 60 years, he added that 60 years of massacre, violence, violation of people's rights, terror, siege, and humiliation of the Palestinian people and all regional nations are the performance of the Zionist regime in Palestine."
And what a “briefing” that must have been; edification is lacking in Persia as well (haven't they learned the their lessons since the "revolution?"). Not fair on my part, they're just likely in the dark on the latest version.
"Condemning inaction of international bodies toward the Israeli crimes against humanity in Gaza, Ahmadinejad asked, "If the United Nations belongs to all nations why it does not issue a statement against Israel?"
He urged the UN Security Council to fulfill its commitments towards the world nations."
“urged the UN Security Council…” I’ve been wondering about just that same thing myself for most the the UNs existence (at least for as long as I’ve been aware of it)
"Addressing the leaders of Arab states, the president said, "The era of the Zionist regime has ended. The regime is going to collapse soon." The world should know that the logic of oppression and crime has failed, he said, adding that oppression can not be continued through killing and violence."
However, in that vain the Iranian president and mullahs will nonetheless continue with their “logic of oppression and crime,” as it hasn’t failed for them yet.
"President Ahmadinejad further called on the Arab League to move and take a positive step towards restoration of the rights of the Palestinian nation."
….confused here….aren’t these the “rights” that they voted Hamas into power for?
"He also urged the Organization of Islamic Conference not to let the Israeli leaders continue with their war crimes in Gaza."
One supposes the “urging” will continue until perhaps a “war crime” is committed by Israel.
Defending oneself or a nation seems only to be considered "defense" when you are being attacked; once the trigger is pulled in response no one seems to consider it defensive any more.
The deaths of civilians (real and imagined)...blood on hands...international "outrage"...
We really should try to remember from one day to the next what has and is going on.
"Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it."
"The Islamic Resistance Movement believes that the land of Palestine is an Islamic Waqf consecrated for future Moslem generations until Judgement Day. It, or any part of it, should not be squandered: it, or any part of it, should not be given up. "
"There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad. Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are all a waste of time and vain endeavors."
"After Palestine, the Zionists aspire to expand from the Nile to the Euphrates. When they will have digested the region they overtook, they will aspire to further expansion, and so on. Their plan is embodied in the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion", and their present conduct is the best proof of what we are saying."
"The shoe-throwing incident captured another failure of the administration -- the inability to win the support and confidence of the Iraqi people."
Why does one pair of Iraqi shoes represent so many? Could this "event" be akin to a Dem throwing shoes at a Rep or vice versa? Every story seems to gets its own resolution/ending, when often times it is just a piece of the story. To bring everything to "conclusion" when it is nothing but a "detail" is no different than the President declaring "Mission Accomplished."
"History shows that presidents can make bad choices, and those choices can have devastating political consequences on their own legacy in history."
As this commentary is "complete" it would appear to be just a "piece" as well...
"It’s missing the point to get into debates about whether this is the “Deccan Mujahideen” or the ISI or al-Qaeda or Lashkar-e-Taiba. That’s a reductive argument. It could be all or none of them. The ideology has been so successfully seeded around the world that nobody needs a memo from corporate HQ to act: There are so many of these subgroups and individuals that they intersect across the planet in a million different ways. It’s not the Cold War, with a small network of deep sleepers being directly controlled by Moscow. There are no membership cards, only an ideology. That’s what has radicalized hitherto moderate Muslim communities from Indonesia to the Central Asian stans to Yorkshire, and coopted what started out as more or less conventional nationalist struggles in the Caucasus and the Balkans into mere tentacles of the global jihad."
You don't say???? I wouldn't suppose anyone was listening/reading...
