Angry Arab on the NYT 17, October 2009
Posted by thegulfblog.com in American ME Relations, Middle East.Tags: Angry Arab, New York Times
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The Angry Arab, in a brief comment on a recent New York Times article, comes up with an absolute peach of a comment, laying out American hubris and purported exceptionalism bare and for all to see.
Look at this dispatch by Adam Nossiter: “China has been determined in its pursuit of minerals in Africa, often without consideration of how countries are governed.” Was there no editor at the desk to note that this is not different from US policies? Like US ever cares about how oil-rich countries are governed? Let me re-write this sentence for you to see what I mean: The US has been determined in its pursuit of oil in the Middle East, often without consideration of how countries are governed.” The only word I would change is often: I would replace it with always.
Brazil friendy in Palestine, not Israel 21, June 2009
Posted by thegulfblog.com in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.Tags: Angry Arab, Brazil, Corinthians, Flamengo, football, Israel, palestine, Ramallah
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Two Brazilian clubs are going to play a football friendly in Ramallah in the Palestinian Territories. However, the Israeli Ambassador is complaining that they are not going to go at all to Israel. As Abu Khalil, the Angry Arab says, it really is like the rich, unpopular kid in the class with no friends, moaning at the other kids to let him play. Such bahaviou is, it seems to me, quite undignified for an Ambassador.
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