Juan Cole Is A Pathetic Fraud Who Copes With His Crushing Failures By Wallowing In Delusions Of Self-Importance

By
Omri Ceren
– May 2, 2007Posted in: Academia, Foreign Policy Experts

We really thought that Cole could plumb depths no lower than his “I’m not wrong I’m just deploying the technique of the hermeneutical circle” excuse for his asinine “jihad is obviously peaceful” claims. Admittedly his condescending and self-caricaturing attempts to explain Catholic dogma to the Pope was a close second because he was making amateurish mistakes while trying to sound sophisticated – still, it was only second.

But we were wrong:

“The Israelis tend to launch their wars of choice in the summer, in part because they know that European and American universities will be the primary nodes of popular opposition, and the universities are out in the summer. This war has nothing to do with captured Israeli soldiers.” –Juan Cole at his blog, Informed Comment, July 23, 2006.

The link goes to a hysterical Martin Kramer post that you should absolutely amuse yourself by reading. Admittedly, making fun of Cole is like smacking around a particularly slow-moving cow. Except you don’t feel any guilt afterwards. Oh, and also except he deserves it because he’s a total fraud (via: Solomonia).

UPDATE: We just read that Martin Kramer post again. Seriously. Hysterical:

Chief of Staff: Gentlemen, please… we do have other issues on the agenda, like the extent of air power we’ll need to dislodge Hezbollah. I see the Commander of the Air Force is looking at his watch. Too bad we can’t solve the campus problem with air power.
Commander of the Air Force (dryly): Don’t say can’t. We haven’t tried.

Seriously, go now.

References:
* MR Cracks the Code: Juan Cole Is Not "Wrong" – He’s Just "Deploying the Technique of the Hermeneutical Circle" [MR]
* Yes, the Pope Is Catholic – Shut Up, He Understands Islam Better Than You Do [MR]
* Juan Cole: They’re Blowing Up Churches Because of Root Causes (Also: Academic Condescension to Blacks!) [MR]
* Israel’s summer wars [Sandbox]
* Juan Cole – Fraud [MR]
* Juan Cole Vindicated! [Solomonia]

Previously:
* Juan Cole – Anti-Semite?
* Uh Oh – Looks Like Someone Didn’t Get the "Koran Bans Forced Conversions" Memo
* Brown University Outrage: Anti-Israel Academics Organize Conference To Attack Pro-Israel Critics, Shut Out Pro-Israel Speakers and Students

Cross-posted to:
* Israpundit

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