The Iconoclast

Netanyahu’s Victory and Obama’s Response

March 21, 2015
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Michael Curtis

A saying attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt is that small minds discuss people, average minds discuss events, and great minds discuss ideas. This is not applicable to all commentators on public […]

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C. P. Scott, Editor Of The Manchester Guardian, On The Balfour Declaration

March 21, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

This was Scott’s leader in the Manchester Guardian (now The Guardian) on the day that the Balfour declaration was published in the paper.   PALESTINE AND THE JEWS Wednesday, November […]

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An Apostate — Berber, From The Kabyle — On The West’s Endless Gullibility And Stupidity

March 21, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

Stupidity, cupidity, timidity, gullibility — there may be more — it’s the Esdrujula Explanation for the behavior of Western non-Muslims, in refusing to see what is right in front of […]

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Enough With The Goody-Goodiness Vis-A-Vis Muslims In The West

March 21, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

Piero Ostellino, at ilgiornale.it, here. Islam is making war on us, on our Italian, Western identity.

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Ernesto Galli Della Loggia: Europe, Under Siege And Scared

March 21, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

Europe, he writes, make no mistake, is under siege from Islam and lacks the leaders, and the military forces, to defend itself. Enough nonsense about “exporting democracy” to these Muslim […]

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Pat Condell: Free Speech On Campus

March 20, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

Here.

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Ivan Rioufol: The French Need To Be Deeply Rooted

March 20, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

Here.

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A Cinematic Musical Interlude: My Baby Said Yes, Yes (Eddie Cantor)

March 20, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

Watch, and listen, here.

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Peace And Conflict Studies At UNC/Greensboro

March 20, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

Here. As Obama and Kerry and everyone else in this Administration likes to say, it’s all about Getting To Yes. And think of all that needs to be done in […]

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The French Politicians And Their Want Of Cultivation

March 20, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

And their idea, too, of who can be considered  an “intellectual,” which for those in the Socialist Party means Bernard-Henri Levy but not Eric Zemmour. Here.

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In The Negotiations With Iran, America Is The Weakest Link, France The Strongest

March 20, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

Story here. The insensate desire of Obama to get a deal, just a deal coute que coute, is yet again exposed. This is the man who presumes, with all his […]

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Katharine "My Name Is Rachel Corrie" Viner Becomes New Editor Of The Guardian

March 20, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

Far, very far,  from Scott of The Guardian. Story of this unsurprising but appalling appointment here.  

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Anjem Choudary’s latest

March 20, 2015
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Esmerelda Weatherwax

Two tweets confirming the Caliphate’s ambition for world domination,here. And a  this notice at a Leyton Mosque, and this little homily on

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What Happened The Other Day In Kabul, And What It Means

March 20, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

See here. ‘Very large numbers of Americans — soldiers and civilians, including every conceivable  kind of aid worker — have been in Afghanistan since 2001. The American government has built […]

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Do Terrorist Attacks Affect Your Choice Of Tourist Destination?

March 20, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

A little vote taken at lefigaro.fr, here.  

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In Yemen, It’s Friday, So There’s Lots Of Mayhem And Murder

March 20, 2015
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Hugh Fitzgerald

  The main mayhem has been the bombing at a Shi’a mosque, killing more than 120,  and wouunding 200. That’s where Houthis, including some of the Houthi leaders, would have […]

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