Hello, did you read your morning headlines? Of course, you know that Obama went out of his way to apologize for the inadvertent burning of some copies of the Koran by US military in Afghanistan. As did the ambassador. As did the military brass stationed there. Evidently, this book - the Koran - is, to quote our Vice President, "a big f**kin' deal," and its burning . . . did I mention it was done inadvertently? . . . requires such a massive effort at apology.
In retaliation, insurgents in Afghanistan killed two of our military. But do not expect any similar response. In fact, President Karzei has requested that the United States "bring the perpetrators of the act to justice and put them on trial and punish them."
There is a perverse mathematical equation here that goes like this: Mistakenly burning copies of the Koran = deaths of US miltary + punishment of those who burned the books. Actually, I read one account of a jihadist leader who said the only appropriate gesture for mistakenly burning the Koran would be the death of Obama, which could sound like a damn fine deal in my less sober moments . . . but as my blog is visited regularly by Homeland Security, I won't go there.
So what else? Well, while the mainstream media was busy making sure the world knew how apologetic our President is (at some point, I expect a "Best Of" anthology of such apologies, highlighted by Willie Nelson singing "You Were Always On My Mind" in the background), they ignored the story about Christians getting stoned by Muslims . . . in the heart of Jerusalem.
A mob of 50 Muslims reportedly attacked a group of Christian tourist's atop Jerusalem's Temple Mount, according to Israel Today Magazine. Israeli police intervened to protect the Christian group and three officers were wounded.
50?! Less than that show up for a pro-choice rally and the media covers that. Mind you, the article mentions that "many of the attackers were minors" - which could mean ten, leaving 40 adults throwing stones at a group of tourists such that they required police protection and officers were wounded.
But - those Jews! Chances are we will hear reports how they "rough housed" youths in arresting them, or that they unjustly apprehended some, since who could be sure who threw what?
In the meantime, tourists can no longer expect to visit a major tourist site in Jeruslaem in the middle of the day and expect safety. It's news in Mexico when tourists have their bus hijacked and are robbed at gunpoint in Puerto Vallarta, but Christian tourists . . . well, had they been harassed by ultra-Orthodox Jews for bearing too much flesh, now THAT's the news that's fit to print!
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