Egypt actors’ union investigating movie star for — gasp — working with an Israeli

posted at 3:38 pm on August 30, 2007 by Bryan

Actors, like artistic types in general, tend to be among the liberals of whatever culture they’re in. Our entire Middle East project is predicated on the notion that if given democratic freedoms or at least shown that it’s possible for them to have such freedoms, the liberals of Islamic states will eventually rise up, throw off the yoke of sharia-based tyranny, and join the community of nations in hand-holding and song.

That may not work out.

The chairman of Egypt’s Actors’ Union said Thursday that the group planned to investigate one of the country’s brightest young movie stars for appearing in an upcoming miniseries with an Israeli actor.

The controversy began when the group discovered that Amr Waked, who starred in the Hollywood film Syriana, was in Tunisia filming a four part series on Saddam Hussein’s life opposite Yigal Naor, an Israeli of Iraqi descent.

“We found out Amr Waked was participating in a movie with an Israeli artist and so when he returns from abroad he will be investigated,” union chairman Ashraf Zaki said. “The Actors’ Union here is against normalization with Israel.”

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Nearly a dozen articles have appeared over the past week condemning Waked for participating in the series, titled Between Two Rivers and backed by the British Broadcasting Corporation and Home Box Office.

“Who will hold Amr Waked accountable?” read a headline Monday in Egypt’s opposition daily el-Wafd.

A better question would be “Why should anyone hold him accountable, and for what?” But they’re not asking that question.

Waked declined to comment on the upcoming investigation, but in earlier interviews with Egyptian media, the actor said he did not know the nationalities of every person involved in the project.

Well how could he? The actors union is channeling Geraldo’s deepest fears. Go about three minutes into the clip to figure out what I’m talking about.

This whole story is illuminating. The actors’ union claims that it’s its leftwing politics that are driving this idiotic investigation.

Anti-Israeli sentiment flared in the country during the outbreak of the second Intifada in 2000, much of it led by left wing academics and artists who have long been Israel’s fiercest critics in Egypt.

“The [film] industry is in general very left wing and stays away from normalization as a whole,” said Richard Woffenden, the former cultural editor of the local Cairo Times weekly.

But how are they, fundamentally, liberals in the sense of believing in basic human freedom if they’re going to investigate an actor on something like this? They’re not. They’re agitated by some of the same issues that animate the jihadists, and they’re acting like them too. And the Egyptian press, presumably also run by either liberals or working wards of the state, is right there with them.

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Fred

jrsrigmvr on May 5, 2013 at 8:02 PM

Early QOTD Bishop.

nobar on May 5, 2013 at 8:02 PM

20 seconds….

nobar on May 5, 2013 at 8:04 PM

Early QOTD, AP. Does your cat have a date that you have to chaperone?

annoyinglittletwerp on May 5, 2013 at 8:04 PM

Lay off on AP about early QOTDs.

Geesh, some of us old geezers need an early QOTD so it can go off topic before bed time.

cozmo on May 5, 2013 at 8:07 PM

Mr. Obama’s advisers also raised legal issues. “How can we attack another country unless it’s in self-defense and with no Security Council resolution?”

Security Council resolution? Did Obama disband Congress?

VorDaj on May 5, 2013 at 8:08 PM

Geesh, some of us old geezers need an early QOTD so it can go off topic before bed time.

cozmo on May 5, 2013 at 8:07 PM

THIS! And I have to get up and go into work early tomorrow…

ladyingray on May 5, 2013 at 8:08 PM

And so ends another pants-free weekend at cozmos in a couple hrs.

SparkPlug on May 5, 2013 at 8:10 PM

Since there are no countries volunteering for that role (and I am certainly not nominating the U.S.), my guess is that the fighting in Syria will continue until the parties get exhausted…

Muslims fighting Muslims – too bad, so sad.

VorDaj on May 5, 2013 at 8:10 PM

VorDaj on May 5, 2013 at 8:08 PM

Obama/Bush/Clinton/Bush/Reagan don’t need Congress’ approval to launch strikes, they are CinC of the US Armed Forces. It’s expedient for them to inform and receive approval, but not a requirement.

Congress, if so inclined, can prevent the expenditure of funds for combat…but so far Congress has never done so.

JFKY on May 5, 2013 at 8:12 PM

The teleprompter is in monochrome..
No red lines..

Electrongod on May 5, 2013 at 8:12 PM

If Syrian air defenses are so tough, as U.S. officials have been saying, why was Israel able to breach them so easily?

good question! Over to the guy with the big red crayon!!!

ted c on May 5, 2013 at 8:13 PM

that was a Dry Erase Red Line

ted c on May 5, 2013 at 8:15 PM

The administration’s ultimatum now seems like cheap talk, and it illustrates the risks of carelessly drawing red lines and issuing highly public threats that won’t be enforced.

O U C H!!!

ted c on May 5, 2013 at 8:17 PM

all this Syria stuff is really helpful to barry this week.

https://twitter.com/SharylAttkisson

pretty sad/brutal stuff here. 2 of the 4 people died 9 hours after the start.

Decisions were ‘isolated’ at the top.

like they say…politics ain’t beanbag. A few speed bumps on the way to an election and end-zone dance…that is all

r keller on May 5, 2013 at 8:17 PM

THIS! And I have to get up and go into work early tomorrow…

ladyingray on May 5, 2013 at 8:08 PM

Tomorrow, I’m on my weekend. Par-TAY!

annoyinglittletwerp on May 5, 2013 at 8:17 PM

Obama is an idiot for green-lighting Assad’s mass killing and then making a threat that he has no intention of backing-up. There are serious issues with his credibility and now the nation’s.

I’m no Anti-War nut, but we’d do best to stay out of Syria. Both sides in the conflict over there have no redeeming qualities. Assad is a brutal dictator and the opposition are Islamic extremists. Let them kill each other? Sure. Better than spilling American blood for terrorists.

Corporal Tunnel on May 5, 2013 at 8:18 PM

It wasn’t the Israeli’s it was some of Bill Ayers friends from the 60′s.

RickB on May 5, 2013 at 8:19 PM

The Great Community Organizer…

Failure on all fronts..

Thanks America.

Electrongod on May 5, 2013 at 8:19 PM

Par-TAY!

annoyinglittletwerp on May 5, 2013 at 8:17 PM

Weirdo

cozmo on May 5, 2013 at 8:20 PM

Shouldn’t Rubio take some time off pushing super amnesty and push Obama to do more for the “rebels” in Syria like he did for Libya?

VorDaj on May 5, 2013 at 8:21 PM

release the hounds

jrsrigmvr on May 5, 2013 at 8:22 PM

cozmo on May 5, 2013 at 8:20 PM

H8TR.

annoyinglittletwerp on May 5, 2013 at 8:23 PM

H8TR.

annoyinglittletwerp on May 5, 2013 at 8:23 PM

Wrong, ya’ weirdo!

I’m a LOVER.

cozmo on May 5, 2013 at 8:25 PM

Security Council resolution? Did Obama disband Congress?

VorDaj on May 5, 2013 at 8:08 PM

They are neutered, by their own choice; they gave him the tools for their own castration; each time they ceded power to the Executive Branch, they set this in place. He now rules by fiat, filling in the blanks with executive orders, and creating both legislation and bureaucracy with pen strokes.

massrighty on May 5, 2013 at 8:27 PM

Israel, Syria’s arch rival,

Huh? “arch rival”?? Rival for what?

I’ve seen lots of idiot left-speak in my day but this is really a doozy. CBS should be burned to the ground along with most of Syria, CBS’ main buddy. And the despicable, lying scumbag dems can go through the fire with their “real reformer” and all the Al Quaeda and assorted jihadi rebel lunatics.

I am calling for an airdrop of MSM reporters and a dem Congressional group on Syria. Let the leftists and the Baathists and the jihadis all go to hell together. The Gang of Eight can go with them.

ThePrimordialOrderedPair on May 5, 2013 at 8:27 PM

Mr. Obama’s advisers also raised legal issues. “How can we attack another country unless it’s in self-defense and with no Security Council resolution?”

About the only Security Council resolution Obama will get is to attack Israel.

How about we let Muslims keep killing each other and look the other way when Israel is defending it’s interests???

redguy on May 5, 2013 at 8:30 PM

Looks like Twerp and Coz are about to do some wraslin’.

Finally.

*gets out the popcorn*

SparkPlug on May 5, 2013 at 8:30 PM

The tempo of the new strikes added a dangerous dynamic to the conflict, fueling concerns that events could spin out of control and spark a regional crisis…

I don’t think Assad is going to want having the IDF hammering his front door with rebels already inside his back porch.

Liam on May 5, 2013 at 8:30 PM

We don’t need to give the rebels arms. Just send them unmarked (and untraceable) boxes of bacon.

/popcorn.

nobar on May 5, 2013 at 8:30 PM

Mr. Obama’s advisers also raised legal issues. “How can we attack another country unless it’s in self-defense and with no Security Council resolution?”

Security Council resolution? Did Obama disband Congress?

VorDaj on May 5, 2013 at 8:08 PM

Effectively, yes. And Congress has been perfectly happy to cede its Constitutional authority to the 84 IQ, affirmative action, dog-eating, hussein imbecile without a fight.

America … taken down by an inept, moronic, talentless, third world pea-brained hack. Pathetic.

ThePrimordialOrderedPair on May 5, 2013 at 8:31 PM

“Now, by ‘red line’, I was obviously speaking metaphorically, and perhaps I utilized an unnecessarily contentious image, when what I meant is: that the U.N.’s control mechanisms need to come into play if WMD’s were used by Assad… or anyone else… but until proved, beyond any doubt, to have been used, we remain observers. Of course, I will choose my future semiotic signs, concerning Syria, with a nod to diplomatic ambiguity -which is usually second-nature …to a young Muslim socialist like me … This stuff is hard!

profitsbeard on May 5, 2013 at 8:32 PM

I find it funny we could intervene in Libya, but not SYRIA…I’m SO confused…

JFKY on May 5, 2013 at 8:33 PM

‘I support the president’s strong position on containment.’

- Chuck Hagel, Senate confirmation hearing,

Then…

‘I was just handed a note that I misspoke when I said I supported the President’s position on containment. If I said that, I meant to say that we don’t have a position on containment.’


Nudged by a note handed him by an aide, the nominee corrected himself and declared that in fact the U.S. doesn’t have a policy on containment. This was one misstatement too many for Carl Levin—the committee chairman, a Democrat and supporter of Mr. Hagel’s nomination—who ended the discussion with his own terse correction:

“We do have a position on containment, and that is we do not favor containment.”

Next…

‘If your position is truly prevention and not containment, Chuck, what is the red line?’

- Sen Saxby Chambliss

As to the Iranians — red line, Persian Gulf, some of the Iranian questions you ask, I support the president’s strong position on containment, as I’ve said. And I’ll speak more specifically to a couple of the examples you use from my book. But his position, I think, is right. And when you ask the question about red line, well, red line, I think the president has gone as far as he should go publicly on that. And he said clearly that in his words, he has Israel’s back. He said that his policy is not to allow the Iranians to get a nuclear weapon.

- Chuck Hagel, Senate confirmation hearing

But, guess what?

Containment IS on the table.

Resist We Much on May 5, 2013 at 8:33 PM

The White House said there would be no official comment on the latest attack, but diplomatic sources and U.S. officials told NBC News that the administration is fully supportive of the airstrikes.

Bibi should send a memo to the White House.

Mr. President, our attack aircraft our dropping JDAMs over your red line.
–Bibi

ted c on May 5, 2013 at 8:37 PM

Via GP:

Buried in their report (down in paragraph eight) CBS reported, “Throughout the night, sources say Americans on the ground in Libya at times felt helpless and abandoned… But they were told immediate help wasn’t available.” But, counterterrorism sources and internal emails reviewed by CBS News express frustration that key responders were ready to deploy, but were not called upon to help.

CBS reported:

Throughout the night, sources say Americans on the ground in Libya at times felt helpless and abandoned.

“We relied on Washington for dispassionate assessment,” one eyewitness told CBS News. “Instead, they [Washington officials] were asking us what help we needed. We answered: ‘Send reinforcements!’ ”

But they were told immediate help wasn’t available.

Embassy personnel say they repeatedly asked the Defense Attache on site in Tripoli for military assistance.

“Isn’t there anything available?” one Embassy official says he asked. “But the answer was ‘no.’”

“What about Aviano?” the official pressed, referencing the NATO air base with US assets in northeastern Italy. “No,” was the answer.

Two of the four Americans killed that night died hours after the first attack began…

…Counterterrorism sources and internal emails reviewed by CBS News express frustration that key responders were ready to deploy, but were not called upon to help in the attack. National Security Council Spokesman Tommy Vietor told CBS News the CSG was not needed.

And, Obama went to bed.

D-E-V-A-S-T-A-T-I-N-G.

Resist We Much on May 5, 2013 at 8:39 PM

Ya know, POP,, you make a lot of sense. On all fronts.

Kudos, Sir.

I’m ready for that divorce, too. I enjoy your posts. We are of like mind.

wolly4321 on May 5, 2013 at 8:39 PM

Benghazi is finally breaking wide open and Sharyl Attkisson us leading the pack at CBS NEWS and Allahpundit is out to lunch in Syria.

Sharyl Attkisson ‏@SharylAttkisson 33m
And when you hear allegations that people are told not to talk, I would hope those issues would come out and if that’s the case …

Sharyl Attkisson ‏@SharylAttkisson 37m
Vietor: “From the moment the president was briefed on the Benghazi attack, the response effort was handled by the most senior national…

Sharyl Attkisson ‏@SharylAttkisson 37m
…security officials in governments. Members of the CSG were of course involved in these meetings and discussions to support their bosses.”

Rovin on May 5, 2013 at 8:39 PM

quotes of the day

more like quotes from last august

triple on May 5, 2013 at 8:41 PM

No…THIS Red Line.

No…THIS one.

No…THIS one.

…

catmman on May 5, 2013 at 8:41 PM

catmman on May 5, 2013 at 8:41 PM

Wrong!

Its this one over here.

cozmo on May 5, 2013 at 8:43 PM

events could spin out of control and spark a regional crisis…

“Could”?

davidk on May 5, 2013 at 8:44 PM

I hope this kerfuffle in Syria isn’t distracting obama from his golf game. Anybody know what he shot today?

Quite a loathsome creature is he.

Naturally Curly on May 5, 2013 at 8:45 PM

Thanks, wolly.

Papers are drawn up, just waiting for the signatures :)

ThePrimordialOrderedPair on May 5, 2013 at 8:47 PM

And, Obama went to bed.

D-E-V-A-S-T-A-T-I-N-G.

Resist We Much on May 5, 2013 at 8:39 PM

Maybe I’m too jaded, but if only CBS is detailing the story, it’s not going very far. MSNBC and CNN will spin it if they mention it at all. I can picture Tingles going so far as to label CBS as a right-wing opinion outlet like Fox.

Liam on May 5, 2013 at 8:49 PM

events could spin out of control and spark a regional crisis…

“Could”?

davidk on May 5, 2013 at 8:44 PM

No, no, no, not like that.

cozmo on May 5, 2013 at 8:49 PM

I hope this kerfuffle in Syria isn’t distracting obama from his golf game. Anybody know what he shot today?

Probably about 162 … though the scorecard read 85, no doubt. Not only is Barky devoid of talent but he cheats likes no ones business.

Quite a loathsome creature is he.

Naturally Curly on May 5, 2013 at 8:45 PM

Yep.

ThePrimordialOrderedPair on May 5, 2013 at 8:50 PM

Resist We Much on May 5, 2013 at 8:46 PM

I looked at this earlier; I had, when younger, considered studying, and then teaching 20th century history, as a career.

You, young lady, are a treasure!

massrighty on May 5, 2013 at 8:50 PM

Old & Busted:

‘As president of the United States, I don’t bluff.’

- President Barack Obama, 3 March 2013

New Hotness:

‘Eric Bashar, don’t call my bluff (again).’

- President Barack Obama, 13 June 2011 2 May 2013

Resist We Much on May 5, 2013 at 8:50 PM

I hope this kerfuffle in Syria isn’t distracting obama from his golf game. Anybody know what he shot today?

Quite a loathsome creature is he.

Naturally Curly on May 5, 2013 at 8:45 PM

His dog, for a little snack?

Liam on May 5, 2013 at 8:51 PM

His dog, for a little snack?

Liam on May 5, 2013 at 8:51 PM

He shot his namesake?

ThePrimordialOrderedPair on May 5, 2013 at 8:51 PM

Resist We Much on May 5, 2013 at 8:46 PM

I like this one more.

cozmo on May 5, 2013 at 8:53 PM

Kol hakavod lezahal

WhatSlushfund on May 5, 2013 at 8:57 PM

Seems that the Sunni and Shi’ia have a death wish.

I wish they’d just get on with it…

NOT ONE MORE DROP OF AMERICAN BLOOD NEED BE SPILT…

NO MORE!

Phuck ‘em all stupid savage backwards ragheads…

Scrumpy on May 5, 2013 at 9:00 PM

massrighty on May 5, 2013 at 8:50 PM

Thanks! I don’t usually cover the Nazis in the Week-end Photo Essay, but I remembered reading about this some time back and thought it would be interesting. Much of Nazi architecture has been destroyed – rightfully so – so that when one on this size is this existing, it does give us an understanding of how Hitler and Speer designed so much…and ALL OF IT WAS ON A HUGE SIZE. The Volkshalle (indoor Great Hall) was going to be built on a scale so large that it boggles the mind. Up to 250,000 people would be able to be accommodated in this building AT ONE TIME. If a large, college football stadium, which is outdoors, can hold up to 100,000, then just imagine how big the Volkshalle was planned to be.

Resist We Much on May 5, 2013 at 9:01 PM

WhatSlushfund on May 5, 2013 at 8:57 PM

Wouldn’t translate :-( Slovenian?

Scrumpy on May 5, 2013 at 9:02 PM

cozmo on May 5, 2013 at 8:53 PM

That’s big, indeed, but Prora stretched on for 2.5 miles.

Whenever a liberal next tells you that the Nazis were libertarians or conservatives, ask him how many libertarians or conservatives support taxpayer-subsidised vacations at state-owned and operated resorts. Show them those photos. lol

Resist We Much on May 5, 2013 at 9:04 PM

davidk on May 5, 2013 at 8:56 PM

Very funny… :-)

Scrumpy on May 5, 2013 at 9:04 PM

WhatSlushfund on May 5, 2013 at 8:57 PM

Wouldn’t translate :-( Slovenian?

Scrumpy on May 5, 2013 at 9:02 PM

Hebrew: ‘Bravo to the IDF.’

WhatSlushfund on May 5, 2013 at 9:05 PM

Liam on May 5, 2013 at 8:49 PM

I don’t disagree, but it is still D-E-V-A-S-T-A-T-I-N-G.

We’re not supposed to leave our people behind.

Resist We Much on May 5, 2013 at 9:05 PM

WhatSlushfund on May 5, 2013 at 9:05 PM

Thanks! Google translate picked it up as Slovenian lol…

Guess it doesn’t recognize Hebrew!

Scrumpy on May 5, 2013 at 9:06 PM

liberal next tells you that the Nazis were libertarians or conservatives

Never met one who told me they were “libertarians.” I don’t think even Libfree could peddle that with a straight face….

JFKY on May 5, 2013 at 9:06 PM

Resist We Much on May 5, 2013 at 9:05 PM

No, we are not.

I so want this to break wide open for ALL to see…

dear leader is such a phuck…

Scrumpy on May 5, 2013 at 9:08 PM

Guess it doesn’t recognize Hebrew!

Scrumpy on May 5, 2013 at 9:06 PM

Not in English transliteration, at least :)

ThePrimordialOrderedPair on May 5, 2013 at 9:09 PM

My advanced placement Modern European World History classes in High school did little to prepare me for this. Got A’s too. (got E’s in biology and english, though. I just couldn’t read to kill a mockingbird, or anything like it.)

wolly4321 on May 5, 2013 at 9:09 PM

H8TR.

annoyinglittletwerp on May 5, 2013 at 8:23 PM

Wrong, ya’ weirdo!

I’m a LOVER.

cozmo on May 5, 2013 at 8:25 PM

Get a room, you two!

bofh on May 5, 2013 at 9:10 PM

There’s also a message here for Iran, whose nuclear program Israel has vowed to destroy if the Iranians cross Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s red line.

The administration’s ultimatum now seems like cheap talk, and it illustrates the risks of carelessly drawing red lines and issuing highly public threats that won’t be enforced.

…Benj… has a different teleprompter?

KOOLAID2 on May 5, 2013 at 9:12 PM

Speaking of Syria and chemicals, from the Headlines – The UN has testimony (not proof) that the rebels used sarin.

I give Team SCOAMT no points for being cautious on their response to somebody in Syria using chemical weapons because their main hope seems to be that Assad patches things up long enough to be Iran’s hammer against the Israelis, not that they were concerned that it might not have been (just) Assad using chemical weapons.

Steve Eggleston on May 5, 2013 at 9:13 PM

maybe dear leader is color blind…can’t see the red line
/

cmsinaz on May 5, 2013 at 9:13 PM

Never met one who told me they were “libertarians.” I don’t think even Libfree could peddle that with a straight face….

JFKY on May 5, 2013 at 9:06 PM

I have. ‘States’ rights! States’ rights!’

Hitler on states’ rights:

“Since for us the state as such is only a form, but the essential is its content, the nation, the people, it is clear that everything else must be subordinated to its sovereign interests. In particular we cannot grant to any individual state within the nation and the state representing it state sovereignty and sovereignty in point of political power … [the] mischief of individual federated states…must cease and will some day cease…. National Socialism as a matter of principle must lay claim to the right to force its principles on the whole German nation without consideration of previous federated state boundaries.”

Resist We Much on May 5, 2013 at 9:14 PM

ThePrimordialOrderedPair on May 5, 2013 at 9:09 PM

Did not think to put it in the other box lol… :-)

Scrumpy on May 5, 2013 at 9:14 PM

Didn’t McCain Actually Run interference for his NVA captors – just like he’s doing now by helping his Terrorist Friends.

williamg on May 5, 2013 at 9:15 PM

After a really crummy day – the Duck Dynasty episode with Si and Willie playing games in Excalibur is even more entertaining that usual.

As for Syria – thank God for Israel.

gophergirl on May 5, 2013 at 9:19 PM

FOX News had this last week from a Benghazi whistle blower.

http://nation.foxnews.com/benghazi/2013/04/30/exclusive-special-operator-claims-us-could-have-intervened-benghazi-identity-concealed

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I know for a fact that C-110, the (INAUDIBLE) was doing a training exercise in the region of Northern Africa but in Europe. And they had the ability to react and respond.

HOUSLEY: The C-110 is a commanders and extremist force. In Layman’s terms, a 40 men (ph) special operations force capable of rapid response and deployment, specifically, trained for incidents like the attack in Benghazi. That night, they were training in Croatia just three and a half hours away.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We had the ability to load out, get on birds, and fly there at a minimum stage. C-110 had the ability to be there, in my opinion, in four to six hours from their European theater to react.

HOUSLEY: They would have been there before the second attack.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They would have been there before the second attack. They would have been there at a minimum to provide a quick reaction force that could facilitate their exfill out of the problem situation. Nobody knew how it was going to develop. And you hear a whole bunch of people and a whole bunch of advisors say hey, we wouldn’t have sent them there because, you know, the security was unknown situation.

HOUSLEY: No one knew that?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If it’s an unknown situation, at a minimum, you send forces there to facilitate the exfill or medical injuries. We could have sent a C-130 to Benghazi to provide medical evacuation for the injured.

HOUSLEY: Our source says many connected to Benghazi feel threatened and are afraid to talk. So far, confidential sources have fed some information, but nobody has come forward publicly on camera until now.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The problem is, you know, you got guys, in my position you got guys in special operations community who are — still active and still involved. And they would be decapitated if they came forward with information that could affect high level commanders.

It’s past time to have this laid at the door of those responsible.

INC on May 5, 2013 at 9:19 PM

James Rosen is confirming the CBS story about Hill shutting down the conterterrorism people

That witness is Mark I. Thompson, a former Marine and now the deputy coordinator for operations in the agency’s counterterrorism bureau. Sources tell Fox News Thompson will level the allegation against Clinton during testimony on Wednesday before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/05/clinton-sought-end-run-around-counterterrorism-bureau-on-night-benghazi-attack/#ixzz2STGAQUs3

you know really, Hill should not be prezy. Just her falls are questionable…either health or drinking

not to mention that story about the General who was afraid of her…I mean, who are these people? (don’t worry, that’s a rhetorical question)

r keller on May 5, 2013 at 9:20 PM

The White House said there would be no official comment on the latest attack, but diplomatic sources and U.S. officials told NBC News that the administration is fully supportive of the airstrikes.

Uh-huh. Of course they are “fully supportive”.

The Israelis are taking advantage of Dear Leader’s failed attempt to bluff Assad.

How could Comrade O possibly object to what Israel is doing after Assad called his bluff and he was unwilling to do anything himself? My guess is the Israelis would have done this anyway and may have been waiting for the right time. Comrade O’s blunder enables them to do it without concern that the US will publicly object. Teh One cannot criticize them even if he wants to without looking foolish and weak.

farsighted on May 5, 2013 at 9:21 PM

After a really crummy day – the Duck Dynasty episode with Si and Willie playing games in Excalibur is even more entertaining that usual.

As for Syria – thank God for Israel.

gophergirl on May 5, 2013 at 9:19 PM

Second That!

Sometimes it’s hard to tell who I HATE more: McLame or Zero…….obviously Zero, but it’s close.

LOVE “Duck Dynasty”!!

williamg on May 5, 2013 at 9:21 PM

williamg on May 5, 2013 at 9:21 PM

Me too!! :-)

Scrumpy on May 5, 2013 at 9:24 PM

LOVE “Duck Dynasty”!!

williamg on May 5, 2013 at 9:21 PM

That’s a fact, Jack!

AZfederalist on May 5, 2013 at 9:26 PM

LOVE “Duck Dynasty”!!

williamg on May 5, 2013 at 9:21 PM

Best episode ever was the RV/Willie with the gator one. I’ve seen that one at least 5 times and I still laugh like I did the first time I saw it.

gophergirl on May 5, 2013 at 9:27 PM

I luv the purple Gorilla!!!! Lol

Scrumpy on May 5, 2013 at 9:28 PM

RWM@9:14.
Yea. The parallels. I keep finding myself wanting to review 1930′s history. And everytime I see a prious, I see a volkswagon. And infrastructure rings in my ear.

What is past is prologue.

It’s taboo to make those references, though.

Try bernake for instance. Wienmar.

I only know a little.

wolly4321 on May 5, 2013 at 9:29 PM

I luv the purple Gorilla!!!! Lol

Scrumpy on May 5, 2013 at 9:28 PM

The kid’s face when Si gives him the huge pile of tickets is hilarious.

gophergirl on May 5, 2013 at 9:30 PM

“Si – you don’t have to be Armed to be “Considered Dangerous“!……”

williamg on May 5, 2013 at 9:31 PM

gophergirl on May 5, 2013 at 9:30 PM

One of those priceless moments :-)

Scrumpy on May 5, 2013 at 9:31 PM

OT/

I luv the purple Gorilla!!!! Lol

Scrumpy on May 5, 2013 at 9:28 PM

Done. — And I “blog rolled” you. Neither here nor there, and not exactly important, but. :) Anyway, done.

Axe on May 5, 2013 at 9:32 PM

I luv the purple Gorilla!!!! Lol

Scrumpy on May 5, 2013 at 9:28 PM

Absi-tively!

williamg on May 5, 2013 at 9:32 PM

williamg on May 5, 2013 at 9:31 PM

Si is a trip, so adorable and funny, I just wanna hug him :-)

Scrumpy on May 5, 2013 at 9:33 PM

Lol, hanging laundry, who does that any more?

Miss Kay is somthing else!!

“All it takes is a little honey on the bisquits” lol

Scrumpy on May 5, 2013 at 9:35 PM

Si is a trip, so adorable and funny, I just wanna hug him :-)

Scrumpy on May 5, 2013 at 9:33 PM

I read that Si was getting so many “offers” that he and other members of the family had to post pictures of him and his wife to prove he was married.

Too funny!

gophergirl on May 5, 2013 at 9:35 PM

If it’s small scale, I don’t know how big a deal it is. I could mix bleach and amommia more effectively.

wolly4321 on May 5, 2013 at 9:35 PM

wolly4321 on May 5, 2013 at 9:29 PM

Clearly, if you can see the parallels, you know more than you give yourself credit for.

The manipulation of the media. The co-opting of the producers of popular culture. The urgency to do things, in the name of the greater good.

massrighty on May 5, 2013 at 9:35 PM

Axe on May 5, 2013 at 9:32 PM

Thank you kindly Sir!!!

Found my ‘blog roll’ thingy not done anything with it yet…

Scrumpy on May 5, 2013 at 9:36 PM

But, guess what?

Containment IS on the table.

Resist We Much on May 5, 2013 at 8:33 PM

This is a shocking development…

workingclass artist on May 5, 2013 at 9:37 PM

I believe if you want to end the Syrian civil war and tilt Syria onto a democratic path, you need an international force to occupy the entire country, secure the borders, disarm all the militias and midwife a transition to democracy.

I doubt this will happen. Why would anyone try that after the examples of Iraq and Afghanistan?

That is what GWB tried to do in Iraq and Comrade O kind-of sort-of halfheartedly tried to do in Afghanistan. In both cases we led an “international force”. Afghanistan even included a token effort by the French.

I very much doubt an “international force” will try it in Syria. Syria doesn’t even have oil.

farsighted on May 5, 2013 at 9:39 PM

MassR- oh no,, I get it. You just have to approach it gently for some damned reason. Or you get called a loon.

wolly4321 on May 5, 2013 at 9:40 PM

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