en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/2574584 Comments by John_Muhammad http://news.antiwar.com/2012/11/27/plo-rejects-us-demand-to-prohibit-war-crimes-charges-against-israel/#IDComment503433148 It's amazing that Israel objects to Palestine pursuing recognition as a state by the UN... when Israel itself was created out of thin air by recognition as a state by the UN! It's even more telling that Palestine is seeking statehood peacefully- not by force of arms, not by economic warfare- and Israel and the US just can't stand it. Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:34:09 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/11/27/plo-rejects-us-demand-to-prohibit-war-crimes-charges-against-israel/#IDComment503433148 http://original.antiwar.com/vlahos/2012/11/26/homelands-crazy-sexy-muslim-baiting-appeal/#IDComment502392635 I haven't seen the show, but based on this review it seems right on the mark. While we're not mowing our lawns or washing our cars or praying or doing laundry or cooking dinner or picking up kid's toys or praying or driving carpool to or from school or cleaning up skinned knees or praying or trying to hold down a decent job or deliver babies or fix computers or put out neighborhood fires, you know exactly what we're doing... While the women are upstairs all us men- swarthy and thickly bearded and turbaned, every one- are sitting in the basement listening to Radio Tehran and chanting 'Allahu Akbar' while smoking a hookah and sharpening our beheading knives and cleaning our Kalashnikovs and plotting the overthrow of the Western World. We do this EVERY NIGHT until the wee hours of the morning when we... mow our lawns, wash our cars, do laundry, do our prayers- oh, wait I said all that before. Right, like we've got time to sit around plotting death and destruction. Those Girl Scout cookies don't sell themselves, you know. The truth is, and most if not all of you here know this, 99.99% of Muslims- and even more so in the US- are just.like.you. We have the same dreams and aspirations, for the most part, and almost never- except in the very rare celebrated incidents- do those dreams and aspirations involve harming anyone or anything. I know the men at my mosque pretty well, and I can say with confidence that about the only thing they could terrorize would be a free salad bar. As a white American male- and a Muslim- I have to laugh at the anti-Muslim hysteria sometimes, I really do. If we were a fraction as vicious and crafty as people thought we were, do you really think the Middle East would be in the shape it's in? Really? The fact is, Muslims in America are roughly where the blacks were in the opening or ending stages of the Civil Rights era- it's either not as bad now as it's going to get, or the worst is over and we're gaining acceptance. Every group, ethnic or religious, has had the same rite of passage- demonization followed by acceptance and integration- and Muslims and Islam is proving to be no different in America. Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:43:37 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/vlahos/2012/11/26/homelands-crazy-sexy-muslim-baiting-appeal/#IDComment502392635 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/11/22/egypts-mursi-declares-hes-above-the-law/#IDComment498802918 Clearly, he's taken to heart the example Obama has set for world leaders. Above the law, indeed. Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:32:54 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/11/22/egypts-mursi-declares-hes-above-the-law/#IDComment498802918 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/11/21/senators-threaten-to-cut-aid-to-palestinians-over-statehood-bid-at-un/#IDComment498174449 That's fine- cut aid to Palestine. I'm sure the Russia or China- or Iran- will be more than happy to step in and fill the void. Palestine will become independent one way or another, and if the US is smart we'll get on board with that right now or be locked out of all those fat nation-building contracts down the road and lose yet another sphere of influence. I'm sure Israel would LOVE to have an Iranian embassy right next door, snooping on them from up close. Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:16:41 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/11/21/senators-threaten-to-cut-aid-to-palestinians-over-statehood-bid-at-un/#IDComment498174449 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/11/21/many-israelis-express-anger-as-peace-breaks-out/#IDComment498170478 Funny that the Israeli street will scream for war against Palestinians, but shrink into the shadows when it comes to taking on Iran by themselves. It sure makes a difference when your chosen enemy can't fight back, doesn't it? Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:11:21 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/11/21/many-israelis-express-anger-as-peace-breaks-out/#IDComment498170478 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/11/18/gazas-long-range-rockets-just-regular-rockets-without-explosives/#IDComment495065575 Hmmm... usually, two interceptors are fired from an Iron Dome battery for each incoming missile; at $90,000 per interceptor that's quite a hefty price tag, considering there have been a few hundred outbound rocket from Gaza this round. Now, if those Gazan rockets ARE unarmed, we're talking a very low unit cost for each one and just the cost disparity is enormous. I wonder how Joe Sixpack would react if he knew the US budget for 2013 included 210 billion dollars to pay for Israel's Iron Dome System when Israel itself was providing only 1 or 2 million itself, and that only in the testing stages. Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:37:38 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/11/18/gazas-long-range-rockets-just-regular-rockets-without-explosives/#IDComment495065575 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/11/09/syrian-rebel-leader-absent-outside-support-we-will-all-turn-into-terrorists/#IDComment486289028 HAHAHAHAHA !!!! Well, well, well- look at that. We get blackmailed by Israel with their 'give us tanks and planes or we'll have no choice but to use nuclear weapons' back in the day, and now the FSA is using the exact same play 'give us tanks and planes or we'll have no choice but to become terrorists'. Maybe Rev Jeremiah Wright really wasn't all that far off the mark when he railed about 'America's chickens coming home to roost'. Sat, 10 Nov 2012 16:22:33 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/11/09/syrian-rebel-leader-absent-outside-support-we-will-all-turn-into-terrorists/#IDComment486289028 http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/11/06/the-stab-in-the-back/#IDComment482871615 And all those who were in the Romney camp will be doing everything they can to distance themselves from him and get back in the good graces of the Obamites. Of course, they really didn't mean all those things they said about Obama; it's just politics, you know? Wed, 7 Nov 2012 08:20:29 +0000 http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/11/06/the-stab-in-the-back/#IDComment482871615 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/11/05/iaea-chief-cant-prove-iran-doesnt-have-secret-nuclear-materials/#IDComment482337600 You can't prove the US government isn't holding the parts of a crashed UFO at Area 51 or any other black site. Calling for proof of a negative is a game for chumps. Tue, 6 Nov 2012 19:29:13 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/11/05/iaea-chief-cant-prove-iran-doesnt-have-secret-nuclear-materials/#IDComment482337600 http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/10/29/the-puny-terrorist-threat-and-our-rulers-best-efforts-to-keep-you-scared/#IDComment478058161 Read "War Is A Racket" and you'll learn everything you need to know about why we do things the way we do when it comes to fighting 'wars'. Written in 1935 by Marine Major General Smedley Butler, it is just as relevant today as it was so long ago. Thu, 1 Nov 2012 19:29:01 +0000 http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/10/29/the-puny-terrorist-threat-and-our-rulers-best-efforts-to-keep-you-scared/#IDComment478058161 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/10/30/israeli-dm-iran-has-pulled-back-from-nuclear-bomb-goal/#IDComment476899699 And of course their dialing back the war rhetoric- which drives up gas prices every time Bibi or Lieberman opens their mouth- has absolutely nothing to do with the US Presidential election next month. Noooo, just a coincidence, I'm sure. Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:17:29 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/10/30/israeli-dm-iran-has-pulled-back-from-nuclear-bomb-goal/#IDComment476899699 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/10/30/netanyahu-a-war-on-iran-would-be-good-for-arabs/#IDComment476898682 If he's so interested in the welfare of the Arabs why isn't he attacking Iran on his own, right this minute? A strike by Israel, and Israel alone, would do wonders for his reputation I'm sure. Of course he'll have to announce it is an Israel-only operation, so as to get all the credit for it since, of course, it's for the Arabs and their welfare. That would mean Iran would know it's not the US, not NATO, not anyone else BUT Israel attacking them so they won't attack anyone themselves by mistake, and Israel would have to bear the brunt of any Iranian retaliation, But since it's all for the Arabs it would be worth whatever death and destruction is rained upon the Israeli people, right? Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:15:14 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/10/30/netanyahu-a-war-on-iran-would-be-good-for-arabs/#IDComment476898682 http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/10/17/us-soldiers-arrested-for-gang-raping-japanese-woman-near-okinawa-base/#IDComment469478007 And how different the geopolitical landscape would be today had Britain and the US allied with Germany (as it originally desired) to fight the Communist threat from the Soviet Union? Had the USSR been crushed from the start much of the unfortunate events of that period might not have happened, and certainly we could have avoided the entire Cold War. Granted, give the portrayal of events of that time an alliance with Germany is near heretical, but when looked at objectively and judging it by the circumstances on the ground in Europe at that time, it actually would have made more sense. Alas, hindsight is better than foresight, and thus we have reaped the dubious bounty of our nations' actions so long ago. Sun, 21 Oct 2012 23:39:40 +0000 http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/10/17/us-soldiers-arrested-for-gang-raping-japanese-woman-near-okinawa-base/#IDComment469478007 http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/10/17/us-soldiers-arrested-for-gang-raping-japanese-woman-near-okinawa-base/#IDComment469474851 I remember that! Marines '80-'84, Army '85-92. Sun, 21 Oct 2012 23:33:16 +0000 http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/10/17/us-soldiers-arrested-for-gang-raping-japanese-woman-near-okinawa-base/#IDComment469474851 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/10/20/israel-seizes-gaza-bound-aid-ship/#IDComment469472624 Too bad the aid ship was flagged out of Finland; if it had been flagged out of a NATO nation the US would have been obliged to defend it from Israeli attack. Sun, 21 Oct 2012 23:28:46 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/10/20/israel-seizes-gaza-bound-aid-ship/#IDComment469472624 http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/10/18/impressionable-malcontents-jihadi-wannabes-and-fbi-stings/#IDComment469471386 Okay, so the message to jihadists/terrorists/malcontents of all stripes is clear: don't talk to anyone, don't accept help from anyone, and just do what you're going to do with no warning whatsoever. Only amateurs accept help from complete strangers anyway. When the FBI/BATF/DHS finds out about real pros on the attack, it's usually after the fact while the body bags are being zipped up- oh wait, they HAVEN'T found out about any of those, so they just make them up. Sun, 21 Oct 2012 23:26:22 +0000 http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/10/18/impressionable-malcontents-jihadi-wannabes-and-fbi-stings/#IDComment469471386 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/10/16/pakistani-girls-shooting-an-opportunity-for-war-former-envoy-insists/#IDComment465933484 Smells more and more like a false-flag incident every day. If someone says now "why let a good crisis go to waste" you can bet it was being thought of before the event happened. Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:30:07 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/10/16/pakistani-girls-shooting-an-opportunity-for-war-former-envoy-insists/#IDComment465933484 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/10/15/israeli-pm-we-can-deal-with-iran-threat/#IDComment465227502 So, since Israel can deal with Iran, they don't need the US anywhere in the region, right? Cool, we can pack our stuff and bring the ships and troops home right away. But, someone tell me again, when did Iran threaten Israel? I mean, other than saying it will defend itself if Israel attacks? Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:06:28 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/10/15/israeli-pm-we-can-deal-with-iran-threat/#IDComment465227502 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/10/15/nato-airstrike-kills-three-afghan-children/#IDComment465225382 So the alleged 'mine planters' were identified from the air, and an attack was launched. That means the EXACT location of those mines was known by the GPS coordinates, and that also means the drone operator knew there were children nearby. And he let go a missile- or missiles- with the full knowledge the kids wold be caught in the area of effect. That's not 'collateral damage'- that's murder. There was no clear and present danger from the mines, as we knew exactly where they were, and the children were certainly no threat. If you want the guys, go send a team to pick them up- you're tracking them from the air, so you know exactly which house to go to. But no, it's easier to kill them in place along with a bunch of children. And guess what? The mines are probably still there, just waiting for someone to walk or drive over them. Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:03:13 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2012/10/15/nato-airstrike-kills-three-afghan-children/#IDComment465225382 http://original.antiwar.com/buchanan/2012/10/15/behind-the-benghazi-cover-up/#IDComment465221440 Clearly the political situation in Libya is far from stable; with anti-US elements being able to whip up a relatively sophisticated assault on a US embassy it's pretty safe to say it's still game on. And, to do so they'd have to have the cooperation of the local militias, or at least have them conveniently look the other way. Regardless, given that Libya is still a war zone and given that there were weapons rumored to be stored in the compound- as noted by "musings" above, not even US weapons- that stripped the embassy of any diplomatic protection it might have had and slapped a big fat bullseye on it as a de facto military target. Military target in a war zone =/= terrorism: it equals war, and we're in one in Libya and that's just how it goes. As an American, I am saddened by the deaths of those Americans in the compound and elsewhere, but the bigger picture shows me that they are just more victims of a failed US foreign policy. Benghazi is just where one of our chickens came home to roost- where will the next one show up? Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:56:29 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/buchanan/2012/10/15/behind-the-benghazi-cover-up/#IDComment465221440