Mere Rhetoric Shows Sensitivity
King Fahd of Saudi Arabia has died. If you want nuanced political analysis of the succession and what it means politically and economically, you should go to Crossroads Arabia. If you want sarcastic, mildly petulant reminders of what a anti-Semitic charmer he was, you of course have to look no further than here (Mere Rhetoric - your first destination for snark):
To the Saudis, a democratic Palestinian nation would be a cancer in the Arab world, a destabilizing example of freedom that would threaten Arab dictators everywhere. As King Fahd said, "Next to the Jews, we hate the Palestinians the most." The harder the Israelis and Palestinians worked for peace, the more money King Fahd poured into his murder for hire program.
And then there's this - which is definitely worth reading in full:
A prominent Israeli urologist regularly slipped into Saudi Arabia dressed in Arab garb to secretly treat King Fahd, who died yesterday, and other royal princes for their impotency problems. Dr. Moshe Many told The Post he made frequent top-secret medical missions to Saudi Arabia - and to the posh playgrounds of the randy royals - to help them overcome a problem they had bedding European women.
Funny on so many levels. So many, many levels. Not because King Fahd died - joking aside, that's never funny - but because the Saudi family, the arbiters of morality, the keepers of the holiest sites in Islam, are impotent perverts.
To the Saudis, a democratic Palestinian nation would be a cancer in the Arab world, a destabilizing example of freedom that would threaten Arab dictators everywhere. As King Fahd said, "Next to the Jews, we hate the Palestinians the most." The harder the Israelis and Palestinians worked for peace, the more money King Fahd poured into his murder for hire program.
And then there's this - which is definitely worth reading in full:
A prominent Israeli urologist regularly slipped into Saudi Arabia dressed in Arab garb to secretly treat King Fahd, who died yesterday, and other royal princes for their impotency problems. Dr. Moshe Many told The Post he made frequent top-secret medical missions to Saudi Arabia - and to the posh playgrounds of the randy royals - to help them overcome a problem they had bedding European women.
Funny on so many levels. So many, many levels. Not because King Fahd died - joking aside, that's never funny - but because the Saudi family, the arbiters of morality, the keepers of the holiest sites in Islam, are impotent perverts.
