Monday, June 15, 2009

Yes and No

Bibi has long refused to say he supports a Palestinian state, principally because he doesn't support a Palestinian state. Barack Obama insists that Bibi say he supports a Palestinian state, so he comes out and says he supports a Palestinian state that has none of the powers and characteristics (self-defense, control of its own borders, control of its own airspace, control of its own foreign policy, control of its own immigration policy, etc. etc.) of a modern nation-state. The Palestinians are said to "reject" the offer. What was offered?

Posted by IOZ at 11:03 AM | email »
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12 comments:

Charles F. Oxtrot said...

I know! I know! Teacher, please call on me!

...Obama offered a lie.

...Bibi offered nothing.

...the two of them offered a delusional picture that appears to pretend toward fair treatment of Palestine and Palestinians, while actually being an excuse for Israel to continue its illegal, immoral, and inhumane treatment of Palestine and Palestinians.

Okay, I'll go sit in the corner now, wearing my dunce cap.

12:38 PM
two to the fighting eighth power said...

"What was offered?"

Our state television news website reported Bibi's offer as consisting of "a flag and a national anthem"

(One very important part of the speech that unfortunately went completely unnoticed was that Netanyahu also offered to end Israel's opposition to Palestinians' long-standing bid to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest, under the condition that Palestinians would always unanimously vote for the Israeli contestant. Fatah are said to be seriously considering the offer while Hamas has not yet reacted to it.)

1:33 PM
IOZ said...

If they want a flag an anthem, they can just take ours, which are two of the ugliest and hardest to reproduce in the damn world.

1:42 PM
Daniel said...

I've never really thought of it, because I am not particularly interested in our flag as an aesthetic object, but damn, it is ugly, IOZ. Good call. As for the anthem, it's an unmitigated disaster. Loved when Roseanne tore it up in the '90s.

2:59 PM
g-nome said...

For some a grammar-rodeo good time, play "find the subject of the sentence" in "The Star Spangled Banner". I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Also, noting that the "poem" is technically a question, on a separate piece of paper, write your own answer to the speaker's question.

The winner will be awarded a munitions contract with the IDF, provided said winner is a member in good-standing of the military industrial complex.

3:06 PM
Cüneyt said...

Hey--I like English drinking songs!

3:06 PM
Aaron said...

There's an outtake of Glenn Gould playing "God Save the King" and "The Star Spangled Banner" on top of each other as a quodlibet that's pretty funny. I'd like to hear someone try "Hatikva" and "Sorood-e Jomhoori-e Eslami"! On a Ukelele!

4:00 PM
LA Confidential Pantload said...

I believe what Bibi actually said was that he's "all in."

5:41 PM
ran said...

a series of disconnected open-air prisons, was what was offered.

7:54 PM
Anonymous said...

The key characteristic a state (or group) bordering Israel needs to remain sovereign is an impressive collection of anti-air and anti tank missiles and well-trained, determined people to use them. (A nice bunker network also helps). In their absence the IDF will wander by every few weeks, doing their thing and making a mess. Hezbollah don't have a UN seat or official sovereignity, but they currently get less trouble from the Israelis than the Palestinians do.

7:50 AM
Christopher M. said...

The American flag is a design clusterfuck.

9:28 AM
Aaron Davies said...

Countdown till the Cheney-Obama style "I prefer Bibi's honesty to Obama's pretense" head explosions begins . . . *now*.

9:47 AM

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