ROADMAP TO MADNESS: PALESTINIANS HAIL SADDAM
While the butcher of Baghdad may no longer hold power over Iraqis he is still loved by grateful Palestinians. The indispensable MEMRI reports that the current Palestinian Authority Deputy Minister of Planning and International Cooperation (sic!) Adly Sadeq, a former columnist for Al-Hayat Al-Jadeeda, continues to express support for Saddam Hussein: "The man... was a thorn in the eyes of the imperialists. We will never change our mind [about him], no matter what [the attempts at] humiliation and deception. [We know] that the man made mistakes, which are an inevitable part of the experience of great leaders who rule complex societies in dangerous geographical regions during difficult times."
"The scenes of hysterical outpourings of joy intentionally taken by TV cameras after the Iraqi regime collapsed were attended by 100 or 200 people, while the hundreds of thousands of people in Iraq who chanted in support of Saddam Hussein were ignored. Bush and Blair, the leaders of this criminal imperialist aggression, did not heed the call of the tens of millions who went out into the streets to demonstrate across the world against the invaders. As we said a few months before the war, eliminating the Iraqi regime will not change history, will not defeat the people's will, and will give neither a character reference nor protection to the imperialist invaders."
Furthermore, Al-Ayyam columnist Abdallah Awwad wrote of the possibilities of retaliation: "Before the horror, death, destruction, and plunder perpetuated by the arrogant American murder machine, the weak can do nothing but look for a more lethal weapon to defend themselves. [The American] culture of death and murder cannot lead to the creation of [the] opposite culture [of democracy]. This is the law of history and life. The weak who possess no means of resisting [their] destruction, plunder, and death will again awaken to confront the American culture of murder and destruction. There is no room for surprises."
"Whether consciously or unconsciously, the Americans are paving a long, broad path for the death of tens of thousands, maybe even more, of their people. The American madness will bring nothing but counter-madness. They [Americans] have begun an era of destructive and lethal war for human beings in order to feed their aggressive military economic machine, and they will bear the responsibility for it."
I love the part about the "American culture of death," while I am on call tonight, literally saving lives of the medically indigent, paid for by the government of the American people, because we in fact do value life.
Classic islamofascist projection.
Posted by: mommydoc on April 11, 2003 12:44 AMThis is truly a people that has constructed a culture of death. Give them this: they're evenhanded about it. They want everyone to die.
There may yet come a day when the term "Palestinian" is a medically-recognized diagnosis of lunacy, with its own entry in the DSM.
Posted by: Francis W. Porretto on April 11, 2003 07:19 AMHopefully, the awful similarities between the Ba'ath regime and the Palestinians will register on the American psyche and create political pressure to deal with these folks in a more appropriate manner.
Posted by: Warthog on April 11, 2003 12:38 PMColin Powell wants to give these folks a state. I hate calling them "Palestinians" which was the name given to the Jews of Palestine pre 1948. Arab thugs will do.
Posted by: RUTH KING on April 12, 2003 08:48 PMYou can often tell alot about people by who and whatthey admire. Let us consider the fact that during World War II they sided with the Nazis, they cheered after 9/11/, and they are big fans of Saddam Hussein. Enough said?
Posted by: EZRA on January 1, 2004 11:02 PM