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The Divine Orianna
Gary Farber e-mailed to remind me that I hadn't managed to include a link to Orianna Falacci on Yasser and Euros. I blame this on having been on my low-bandwidth backup server at the time:
"I find it shameful that in obedience to the stupid, vile, dishonest, and for them extremely advantageous fashion of Political Correctness the usual opportunists--or better the usual parasites--exploit the word Peace. That in the name of the word Peace, by now more debauched than the words Love and Humanity, they absolve one side alone of its hate and bestiality. That in the name of a pacifism (read conformism) delegated to the singing crickets and buffoons who used to lick Pol Pot’s feet they incite people who are confused or ingenuous or intimidated. Trick them, corrupt them, carry them back a half century to the time of the yellow star on the coat. These charlatans who care about the Palestinans as much as I care about the charlatans. That is not at all."
Nor is that all. In fact, what's quoted is part of the foreplay. The lady then proceeds to get wound up: Yasser is
"This false warrior who always goes around in uniform like Pinochet, never putting on civilian garb, and yet despite this has never participated in a battle. War is something he sends, has always sent, others to do for him. That is, the poor souls who believe in him. This pompous incompetent who playing the part of Head of State caused the failure of the Camp David negotiations, Clinton’s mediation. No-no-I-want-Jerusalem-all-to-myself. This eternal liar who has a flash of sincerity only when (in private) he denies Israel’s right to exist, and who... contradicts himself every five minutes. He always plays the double-cross, lies even if you ask him what time it is, so that you can never trust him."
She then lines the entire continent of Europe up, with Italia in the lead, and walks down the line slapping each face in turn:
"And [I am] disgusted by the antisemitism of many Italians, of many Europeans, I am ashamed of this shame that dishonors my Country and Europe. At best, it is not a community of States, but a pit of Pontius Pilates."
Falacci is no gentle, fainting maiden. She's tough and she's very smart, and I wouldn't want to argue with her. I'm not even sure I'd want to arm-wrestle her. But I cast myself at her feet and exclaim: "Orianna, our hearts are one!"
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-04-26
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=4146