I’m fairly sure that almost all of the opinions expressed about the Syrian civil war are superficial talking points. In other words, almost nobody is actually taking the time to think. We’re told that Saudi Arabia and Turkey are supporting Islamist rebels who are virtually identical to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. If that’s true,…
Angry journalist is OUTRAGED! Outrageously so.
June 12, 2015
Peter Beaumont of the Guardian is one angry journalist! He’s also a scurrilous maligner and a bearer of false witness. We’ll get to that in a minute. But first, I must address something I’m being asked: No, I won’t “debunk” the Israeli Defense Forces’ conclusion on the case of Ismail Bakr, Mohammed, Bakr, Ahed Bakr,…
Holocaust inversion
June 6, 2015
Today several Jewish people asked me the definition of the term “Holocaust inversion.” It’s the Jew-haters’ organized campaign to cast Israel as the new Nazi Germany and the Palestinians as the Jews. The goal is to delegitimize Israel to the point that the world will do nothing to prevent the extermination of the Jews. This…
Had to temporarily retract the post. Sorry
March 10, 2015
I’ve had to temporarily retract the post I wrote last night. We’re all operating under too much stress, so there was a miscommunication. Keep in mind that I’m a former music journalist and failed novelist. I’m not cut out for this kind of work. The post will go up again in a few days. I…