http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/335716/blasphemy-and-islam-andrew-c-mccarthy In Cairo on Wednesday, a Coptic Christian blogger named Alber Saber was convicted of blasphemy and “contempt of religion.” There’s a tragic irony: As any of the country’s Christians can tell you, contempt of religion is not merely permitted but encouraged in the new, post-Mubarak Egypt. What is criminal, what has become increasingly perilous, […]
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/12592 The leniency with which the European Union (EU) judges Palestinians’ reforms compared to the strictness of EU demands for reform by the Turks reveal Europeans’ duplicity and lack of integrity, and should disqualify the European Union from playing any significant role in the Middle East peace process, under the guise of being an honest […]
Lawmakers: Obama Watering Down Iran Sanctions, PA Punishment There are some in Congress who are fed up not only with the unilateral actions taken by the Arab Palestinians to subvert the agreed-upon path to Middle East conflict resolution, but also with this administration’s repeated efforts to create unlevel footing such that Israel is doomed to […]
http://townhall.com/columnists/dianawest/2012/12/14/media-oddly-silent-on-wikileaks-proceedings-n1466618/page/full/ Some thoughts about Army Pfc. Bradley Manning’s pretrial hearing, which concluded this week. Manning, of course, is charged with leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the website WikiLeaks and, at his trial in March, will be pleading guilty to certain charges while rejecting the military’s contention that he “aided the enemy” in […]
http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2012/12/14/hadd-times-ahead-for-egypt/ Ahmad al-Zind, Egypt Judges Club chairman, said his judicial body has decided to reject overseeing Dec. 15th and 22nd 2012 constitutional referendum. He also said this on November 26, 2012: “The judges have a burning desire to instate shari’a laws regarding Islamic hudud punishments” ** Today (12/14/12), the senior Egyptian judges […]
http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=295915 In interview following ‘Post’ Conference, Czech ambassador warns against relying too much on international community. Czech Ambassador Tomas Pojar was in the hall attending The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference in Herzliya on Wednesday when Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman made an example of his country, saying Israel was not about to become “the second Czechoslovakia.” […]
http://send.hadavars.com/index.php?action=message&l=2096&c=14567&m=13071&s=4cd27f3da5dfa876ce4b7531a605e261 The assumption that the rising tide of the Islamist forces, on the Arab Street, is led by politically-pragmatic and moderate Islam, is divorced from reality. The supposition that the surging Islamic forces, on the Arab Street, aim to eschew violence, moderate the Arab Street, focus on economic growth rather than the spread of Islam […]
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=295870 In response to the Palestinians UN initiative for non-member statehood, Israel must impose permanent penalties, not make provocative proclamations You never let a serious crisis go to waste…. What I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before. – Rahm Emanuel The Palestinian leadership, abetted by […]
FBI: Jews are the Victims of Nearly Two-Thirds of Religious Hate Crimes The release of the FBI’s annual Hate Crime Statistics Act (HCSA) report indicated a promising new trend in America, with overall hate crimes overall falling by 6 percent in 2011. However, despite the improvement, anti-Jewish hate crimes still remain disproportionately high, the report […]
Below, read excerpts from “Insider Threats – Germany: Observations, Insights, and Lessons,” a draft handbook prepared for U.S. forces serving in Europe
First of all: Understand that they may have poor conflict resolution skills and that insults cause irrational escalation of force.
Nazism has been hijacked by a tiny minority of radical Naziists. Do not deride Mein Kampf publicly or use derogatory and inflammatory expressions like “Kraut”….Avoid asking for sour kraut with your sausage.
Understand that they may have poor conflict resolution skills and that insults cause irrational escalation of force.
* * *Cultural Awareness: Show understanding of their culture. Tell them how much you love Wagner and loathe Mendelssohn. Mention their good cars, but not AUDI (company was started by a person of Jewish origins which may, in certain cases elicit some excitable response ).
* * *Etiquette Violations Best Avoided by U.S. troops. Taboo conversation topics include:
Anything related to Jews.
Mention of any other religion and/or spirituality or Gypsies
Debating the war
Making derogatory comments about the Fuhrer or the concentration of certain groups within labor and detention camps
Directing any criticism towards Herr Hitler’s inner circle…Himmler, Goebbels, Speer, Eichmann
Mentioning homosexuality and homosexual conduct
Bottom line: Try to avoid highly charged and emotional issues
