Comments on: Helen Thomas, Albatross http://blog.z-word.com/2009/02/helen-thomas-albatross/ Commentary about Zionism, anti-Zionism, antisemitism and the conflict in the Middle East Tue, 22 May 2012 17:21:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC1.1 By: Iran’s Nuclear Program: Don’t Forget the Arabs at Z-Word Blog http://blog.z-word.com/2009/02/helen-thomas-albatross/#comment-3632 Iran’s Nuclear Program: Don’t Forget the Arabs at Z-Word Blog Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:01:14 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1040#comment-3632 [...] imperatives, is barely acknowledged by western observers. Sure, there will always be those, like Helen Thomas, unable to resist a swipe at Israel whenever the issue comes up. And you can faithfully rely on [...] […] imperatives, is barely acknowledged by western observers. Sure, there will always be those, like Helen Thomas, unable to resist a swipe at Israel whenever the issue comes up. And you can faithfully rely on […]

]]> By: Paul Malin http://blog.z-word.com/2009/02/helen-thomas-albatross/#comment-3596 Paul Malin Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:13:08 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1040#comment-3596 Hah! I read Empress Trudy's comment, and then Bialik's immediately after: <i>erm, what did Obama say then?</i> — and thought for a moment he was pulling her leg, suggesting that her famous and frothing blogger was non other than hizzoner. I'm not sure why, but I was very entertained, until I realised my mistake. Hah! I read Empress Trudy’s comment, and then Bialik’s immediately after: erm, what did Obama say then? — and thought for a moment he was pulling her leg, suggesting that her famous and frothing blogger was non other than hizzoner. I’m not sure why, but I was very entertained, until I realised my mistake.

]]> By: modernityblog http://blog.z-word.com/2009/02/helen-thomas-albatross/#comment-3595 modernityblog Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:53:54 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1040#comment-3595 it is covered here, in a transcript: "All right. Helen? This is my inaugural moment here. (LAUGHTER) I'm really excited. Question: Mr. President, do you think that Pakistan and -- are maintaining the safe havens in Afghanistan for these so-called terrorists? And, also, do you know of any country in the Middle East that has nuclear weapons? Obama: Well, I think that Pakistan -- there is no doubt that, in the FATA region of Pakistan, in the mountainous regions along the border of Afghanistan, that there are safe havens where terrorists are operating. And one of the goals of Ambassador Holbrooke, as he is traveling throughout the region, is to deliver a message to Pakistan that they are endangered as much as we are by the continuation of those operations and that we've got to work in a regional fashion to root out those safe havens. It's not acceptable for Pakistan or for us to have folks who, with impunity, will kill innocent men, women and children. And, you know, I -- I believe that the new government of Pakistan and -- and Mr. Zardari cares deeply about getting control of the situation. We want to be effective partners with them on that issue. Question: (off mic) Obama: Well, Mr. Holbrooke is there, and that's exactly why he's being sent there, because I think that we have to make sure that Pakistan is a stalwart ally with us in battling this terrorist threat. With respect to nuclear weapons, you know, I don't want to speculate. What I know is this: that if we see a nuclear arms race in a region as volatile as the Middle East, everybody will be in danger. And one of my goals is to prevent nuclear proliferation generally. I think that it's important for the United States, in concert with Russia, to lead the way on this. And, you know, I've mentioned this in conversations with the Russian president, Mr. Medvedev, to let him know that it is important for us to restart the -- the conversations about how we can start reducing our nuclear arsenals in an effective way so that... (CROSSTALK) Obama: ... so that we then have the standing to go to other countries and start stitching back together the nonproliferation treaties that, frankly, have been weakened over the last several years. OK." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/09/obamas-opening-remarks-at_n_165440.html it is covered here, in a transcript:

“All right. Helen? This is my inaugural moment here.

(LAUGHTER)

I’m really excited.

Question: Mr. President, do you think that Pakistan and — are maintaining the safe havens in Afghanistan for these so-called terrorists? And, also, do you know of any country in the Middle East that has nuclear weapons?

Obama: Well, I think that Pakistan — there is no doubt that, in the FATA region of Pakistan, in the mountainous regions along the border of Afghanistan, that there are safe havens where terrorists are operating.

And one of the goals of Ambassador Holbrooke, as he is traveling throughout the region, is to deliver a message to Pakistan that they are endangered as much as we are by the continuation of those operations and that we’ve got to work in a regional fashion to root out those safe havens.

It’s not acceptable for Pakistan or for us to have folks who, with impunity, will kill innocent men, women and children. And, you know, I — I believe that the new government of Pakistan and — and Mr. Zardari cares deeply about getting control of the situation. We want to be effective partners with them on that issue.

Question: (off mic)

Obama: Well, Mr. Holbrooke is there, and that’s exactly why he’s being sent there, because I think that we have to make sure that Pakistan is a stalwart ally with us in battling this terrorist threat.

With respect to nuclear weapons, you know, I don’t want to speculate. What I know is this: that if we see a nuclear arms race in a region as volatile as the Middle East, everybody will be in danger.

And one of my goals is to prevent nuclear proliferation generally. I think that it’s important for the United States, in concert with Russia, to lead the way on this.

And, you know, I’ve mentioned this in conversations with the Russian president, Mr. Medvedev, to let him know that it is important for us to restart the — the conversations about how we can start reducing our nuclear arsenals in an effective way so that…

(CROSSTALK)

Obama: … so that we then have the standing to go to other countries and start stitching back together the nonproliferation treaties that, frankly, have been weakened over the last several years. OK.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/09/obamas-opening-remarks-at_n_165440.html

]]> By: Bialik http://blog.z-word.com/2009/02/helen-thomas-albatross/#comment-3594 Bialik Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:22:23 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1040#comment-3594 erm, what did Obama say then? erm, what did Obama say then?

]]> By: Empress Trudy http://blog.z-word.com/2009/02/helen-thomas-albatross/#comment-3593 Empress Trudy Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:26:33 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1040#comment-3593 The left in America has I'm afraid, at least in the blogosphere left sense and reason far behind. Today I got in an argument, if one could call it that, with a famous blogger at salon.com who decided to interview Barghouti, the man who lost the Palestinian election to Abbas, about his views of the Israeli election e.g. will it be an apocalypse with Lieberman, or merely a race war with everyone else. When I pointed out that Barghouti ran and lost against Abbas, a man trained by the KGB who earned his bones with a 'doctorate' from Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow on a treatise of how the holocaust was a hoax and that everyone for the most part agrees that the PA elections we by most measures as fair and open as they could be signifying that Abbas probably represents the will of the Palestinians more than Barghouti ever did and that the probability of a viable nonviolent movement arising from the Palestinians was low, given that most of the middle class there had emigrated during Arafat's al Aqsa intifada.....well that was simply not going to fly. The interns were flogged and fed Red Bull to delete nearly one hundred of my accrued posts and then this famous blogger instructed his audience to ignore me as I was, and I quote, 'filth'. It doesn't shock me that the left, or as I call it, the MacBook Marxists, left sanity a long time ago. They are 20 minutes away from declaring that Jews should be kicked out America, stripped of civil rights and that Israel should be invaded and cleansed of 'zionists'. The left in America has I’m afraid, at least in the blogosphere left sense and reason far behind. Today I got in an argument, if one could call it that, with a famous blogger at salon.com who decided to interview Barghouti, the man who lost the Palestinian election to Abbas, about his views of the Israeli election e.g. will it be an apocalypse with Lieberman, or merely a race war with everyone else. When I pointed out that Barghouti ran and lost against Abbas, a man trained by the KGB who earned his bones with a ‘doctorate’ from Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow on a treatise of how the holocaust was a hoax and that everyone for the most part agrees that the PA elections we by most measures as fair and open as they could be signifying that Abbas probably represents the will of the Palestinians more than Barghouti ever did and that the probability of a viable nonviolent movement arising from the Palestinians was low, given that most of the middle class there had emigrated during Arafat’s al Aqsa intifada…..well that was simply not going to fly. The interns were flogged and fed Red Bull to delete nearly one hundred of my accrued posts and then this famous blogger instructed his audience to ignore me as I was, and I quote, ‘filth’.

It doesn’t shock me that the left, or as I call it, the MacBook Marxists, left sanity a long time ago. They are 20 minutes away from declaring that Jews should be kicked out America, stripped of civil rights and that Israel should be invaded and cleansed of ‘zionists’.

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