In this morning’s (j)blog roundup, pro-Israel bloggers react to the news that Iran is suspending uranium enrichment and that Hezbollah is disarming as per UNSC 1701. Also: unicorns. Everybody likes unicorns, right?
* One Jerusalem has a recap of yesterday’s conference call on the plight of Shoaib Choudhury. We’re going to copy and paste the contact instructions, because we don’t trust you enough to click through:
1. Contact the Bangladeshi Ambassador to the U.S. Shamsher M. Choudhury at bdootwash@bangladoot.org or at 202-244-0183 and let him know that such behavior is unacceptable from “an ally of the U.S. in the war on terror.” Bangladesh is currently the recipient of U.S. aid dollars and the government of Bangladesh needs to know that U.S. citizens will not stand for such behavior.
2. Contact Congressman Mark Kirk of Illinois to thank him for championing the cause of Mr. Choudhury. Congressman Kirk was able to secure Mr. Choudhury’s release from prison once before after threatening to withhold U.S. aid to Bangladesh and his efforts to stop this severe human rights abuse should be encouraged.
Feel free to make liberal use of the phrases “human rights atrocity” and “totalitarian action”, and of the adjective “Orwellian”.
* TTLB top-JBlog The Astute Bloggers on Muslim prayer rooms in Windsor Castle. Want to guess what kind of position they take?
* Pamela passes on the Iran-asks-France-to-enrich-uranium-for-them story, commenting that the chicken has asked the fox to guard the henhouse. We kind of think it’s the other way around.
* SoccerDad compares Republicans vs. Democrats on Israel. Advantage: Republicans. We tend to agree, albeit for more structural and institutional reasons. That said, the GOP needs some time in the wilderness – for their own good if nothing else. The problem is that we get nauseous just thinking about the plebeian rampage that will be a DNC takeover / revolution. Populists tend to forget that revolutions eat their children. And they tend to forget that every. single. time.
* Usually-too-hopeful-for-our-tastes Head Heeb has a very learned discussion on the political situation in post-coup Thailand.
* We just noticed that Prof. Cori Dauber is taking a break from blogging to work on her book. Which totally sucks, because that means we’ll have to clear out shelf space. And we just finished arranging the bookshelves in the new apartment literally last night.
* JPundit on the ongoing saga of Ahmadinejad and the Holocaust. Looks like this generation’s wannabe Hitler is now ready to admit that last generation’s real Hitler may have actually been responsible for the deaths of some Jews. But that’s only making him feel bitter and jealous (remember: it’s not Holocaust denial, it’s Holocaust envy).
* MEMRI translates a speech by Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abd Al-’Aziz – a speech in which the prince demonstrates a marked distaste for Muslim reformers. Specifically, he threatens to cut off their tongues. Sol’s comment: “Saudi Got Your Tongue?” Bad, but just barely inbounds.
* Ayaan Hirsi Ali is off and publishing at AEI. Her most recent piece is about women who go missing by the millions in the Muslim world.
* Jim Hoft passes on Hamid Mir saying that the Atta tape signals that it’s terrorist go-time. If they target the Library Tower again, we’re going to be pissed – cf just finished setting up apt, above.
* Robert Avrech is the Emmy award winning blogger at Sephardic Secret. He therefore theoretically knows something about TV and film. Alas, his statement that “Gone With the Wind is not a great movie, it’s not even good” means that we can never listen to anything that he has to say ever again. He’s Reuters to us now.
* Our IsraPundit boss Ted Belman asks whether it’s possible that Syria is / will enter a low-level conflict / war with Iran. Answer: no.
* Why must Arabs in San Francisco call Jews ‘their dogs’?
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