Thursday, January 13, 2011

When the New York Times feigns self-righteousness

Look at this editorial by the Times:  "France, Mr. Ben Ali’s most influential ally, has so far remained shamefully silent."  1) No, France has not been silent: it offered repression equipment to Bin Ali's government. 2) Why did you disregard the silence of the Obama administration which protested against the hacking of government websites (I did not notice a protest by the US government when Al-Akhbar's website was hacked).  3) Oh, please spare me your indignant self-righteous tone.  Oh, please spare me.  You have been for decades silent about the repression of every government that is aligned with Israel.  This goes back decades in time.  Did you protest against the repression of Sadat or King Khuuuusayn??  Most importantly, have you been protesting lately against the repression of Saudi government and UAE since they aligned themselves with Israel? Why don't you just go on doing what you do best: justifying Israeli war crimes.