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2008-02-05 Arabia

Al-Jazeera anchor slates Arab and Western media

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Posted by Fred 2008-02-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Mr. Qassem is trying to 'break out' of the dark ages his people are living in. The fact that he has had death threats and fatwas reminds me of one of Michael Yon's dispatches called "Empty Jars" from a few years ago.

'A Kashmiri Mohammedan said to me, God keeps men in three jars. Do you understand?

Yes, I answered, you say God keeps men in three jars.

In the first jar, the man looked at me, God keeps the Americans. God keeps that lid very, very tight, for the Americans try their level-best (he used Indian phrases) to escape and rule the world.

I nodded, hinting a smile, saying, God is right.

The Mohammedan smiled back, holding up a hand to quiet me, and continued, In the second jar, God keeps the Europeans. But God does not keep that lid so tight, still holding up his hand. as if expecting interruption, You see, God knows the Europeans also want to rule the world, but Europeans do not try hard.

Is true, is true, I chuckled.

But, like a preacher, the man held his hand even higher, and continued on with a louder voice, God keeps Kashmiris in the third jar, but God does not keep a lid on our jar. We also want to rule the world but every time one of us tries to escape, the rest pull him back down! and he clenched his fist!

Sir, my smiled faded, It would be difficult to convey more truth with fewer words.'

Posted by Mullah Richard 2008-02-05 09:05|| 2008-02-05 09:05|| Front Page Top

#2 This guy is an Anchorman, waaaay behind the lines, and is irritated at the disrespectful intrusion of the front-liners who actually REPORT on what THEY WITNESS.

He'd have had a case if he had praised them instead: it would have shown that he had more than an interest in truth, even if it inconvenienced him. instead, he's a contrarian trying to get a bigger audience by pretending to be different, and hoping that nobody notices that "different" is not the same as "not-propaganda".

I liken him to a guy who drinks chlorophyll and sells his green shit as better than the brown shit everyone else is selling. Naturally, he runs down the fruit sellers because they're REAL competition.

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