Dumbo flies over Egypt
Barry Rubin demolishes Tom Friedman's New York Times op-ed in which Friedman claimed that the Muslim Brotherhood isn't radical, isn't a threat, and will become more moderate by being in power. But this is undoubtedly the highlight.I’m almost done but there’s one more thing important for you to know. It’s from a column I wrote a year ago, in the midst of the revolution. The radical blogger Angry Arab made fun of Friedman back then. Referring to Friedman as a “Zionist,” the blogger mocked him for claiming that the revolution would produce a moderate pro-American Egypt ready to keep the peace with Israel. Every Arab understood, said Angry Arab, that the exact opposite would happen.Read the whole thing. Heh.
A humorous example of Friedman’s lack of self-awareness is the fact that he called his column, “Watching Elephants Fly.” Can many Americans hear that phrase and not think of a certain famous animated film by Walt Disney?
It’s title is most appropriate: Dumbo.
Labels: Egyptian elections, Muslim Brotherhood, Tom Friedman
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 5:30 PM
1 Comments:
Mere coincidence that the US State department is holding it's highest level meetings ever with the Muslim Brotherhood?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/us-official-meets-with-leaders-of-egypts-muslim-brotherhood/2012/01/11/gIQAXFM2qP_story.html
We knew that the NYT carried Obama's water before bothering with this 'journalistic standards' nonsense but now it appears that the media is a fully functioning arm of the state now. Back in the late 80's early 90's the 3CP's show "Vremya" had a host, I forget his name, who spoke flawless, FLAWLESS midwestern accented American English. This is that now. Welcome to Oceania.
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