Saturday, May 26, 2012

Kershner and Kirkpatrick assures Zionists (in tears over the fall of Mubarak)

This is a funny piece over all.  My favorite part is Shadi Hamid (whoever he is) assuring Zionists that the Israeli ambassador in Cairo would be received with respect:  "If, as promised, the Brotherhood maintains the peace with Israel, Mr. Morsi as president could be expected to meet with Israeli’s ambassador and top officials, which for the Brotherhood would mark a new level of official recognition of the Israeli state. “I assume he would have to,” Mr. Hamid said, “and that would be a landmark moment.”"  Notice that the appropriate native informant who is characterized always by the ability to jump when so ordered by the White Man and who can reproduce the thoughts of the White Man in his own language, internalizes the thought process of the White Man. So for this Shadi Hamid the "landmark moment" for Egypt is when the Israeli ambassador is received by the new president.  The colonizer and the colonized, all over again.  Secondly, the article left out a major part about none other than Shafiq: that he was quite critical of Israel during the campaign and he constantly bragged about his role in the war of attrition and he bragged constantly that his proudest achievement was when he down two Israeli jets.  None of that is even mentioned by the two writers who can't read Arabic.  Dream on.