Of Bombs and Comics
by Uri Avnery:
"My first reaction to Binyamin Netanyahu’s exhibition of comics at the UN General Assembly was shame.
"Shame that the supreme elected representative of my country would stoop to such a primitive rhetorical device, bordering on the childish.
"(One Israeli commentator suggested putting him on a rug with a lot of paper and Indian ink, and letting him play to his heart’s content.)
"He was speaking to a half-empty chamber (Israeli TV was careful not to show the entire hall during the speech), and the audience consisted of second-grade diplomats, but these were still educated people. Even Netanyahu must have realized that they would despise this display. But Netanyahu was not talking to them at all. He was talking to the Jewish audience at home and in the US ..."
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"My first reaction to Binyamin Netanyahu’s exhibition of comics at the UN General Assembly was shame.
"Shame that the supreme elected representative of my country would stoop to such a primitive rhetorical device, bordering on the childish.
"(One Israeli commentator suggested putting him on a rug with a lot of paper and Indian ink, and letting him play to his heart’s content.)
"He was speaking to a half-empty chamber (Israeli TV was careful not to show the entire hall during the speech), and the audience consisted of second-grade diplomats, but these were still educated people. Even Netanyahu must have realized that they would despise this display. But Netanyahu was not talking to them at all. He was talking to the Jewish audience at home and in the US ..."
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3 Comments:
This is sick-sick.
But worse still even is the facilitation of Israeli extermination of the untermench by the USA.
The buck stops with the paymaster.
Not sure if you read the whole article, Póló. But this is the 'comic' that Uri Avnery is referring to (made Netanyahu a laughing stock in many quarters)
http://blogs.cfr.org/danin/files/2012/09/Netanyahu-bomb-9.jpg
Take your point about the paymaster ... I wonder would Israel be so belligerant if the money stopped ...
I think I'll add that pic at the top or bottom of the post!
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