In an odd move, Iran’s largest selling newspaper announced it was holding a contest on cartoons of the Holocaust. The silly move was apparently in response to the publishing of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed (Hmmm, I wonder. Does the Koran allow the use of the Great Prophet’s name in bloggs?) in European papers.
Well, why is this an odd move? First, Arab newspapers already lampoon Jews, Christians, Europeans and the Holocaust on a daily basis. Having a contest on the subject would be sort of like the MoveOn.org having a contest to lampoon the President of the United States. But wait, MoveOn did have a contest like that. Darn! That would have been the perfect opportunity for NeoCons to take to the streets and burn the DNC to the ground.
I can just hear the editorial board discussions at Iran’s Daily Bomber now.
Abdullah: Vut are vee goooing to do aboot deez cartoons?
Abdul: Let us to publish our oooon cartoons deesrespecting Jews.
Abdullah: Boot, Abdul, vee alreeedy doo dees.
Abdul: Den let’s have a contest.
Abdullah: You one brilliant newsman Abdul. What the prize be? One meeeelon dinars?
Abdul: Naa, da usual 72 virgins. Seems to work for udder tings and don’t cost us nuttin.
The other odd thing about the contest is that it is designed to lampoon Jews for European papers publishing the Mohammed cartoons. Perfect! The newspapers that published the Mohammed cartoons will probably win the contest. Flash to Iran’s largest selling newspaper, if there is anything Europeans have less use for than a bunch crazed, lunatic, harebrained, hypocrite Muslims with a grudges and a bombs, it’s Israel and the Israeli people trying to live in peace in the same neighborhood with a bunch of crazed, lunatic, harebrained, hypocrite Muslims with grudges and bombs. How dare those Israelis.
Europeans, as they are wont to do since America has acted as their protector since the end of WWII, have dawned a cloak of superiority and just wish Israel would stop defending itself against madcap Muslim extremists. After all Europe is incapable of defending itself. Who do these Israelis think they are anyway - America’s friend and here-to-fore the only democracy in the region? Give it up and just go away so the Muslims will quiet themselves, take out our trash and kill us last. It’s hard to enjoy the wine and cheese here in Europe with all of this Middle East turmoil. Can’t the Israelis just go away?
The contest seems a bit misdirected. If I dump my trash in my neighbors front yard, how upset am I going to be if that neighbor collects up my trash, combines it with his trash and dumps it all in the neighbor’s yard across the street – who I really can’t stand? Shouldn’t Iran’s largest selling newspaper be having a contest lampooning European newspapers who published the cartoon in the first place – or would just burning them all to the ground be enough?
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But the reality is that the westerns goverments supported fanatics to overthrow democracy in the middle east.
Oh, and a Leader of a terrorist group that bombed Men, Women, Children, Brittish Army Soldiers, and heck, a few hotels, becomes leader of a party in the Middle East......
... For Isreal.
Against the Same types that got elected for Hamas.
So you have Terrorist Vs Terrorist.
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