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Thursday, July 20, 2006

Zapatero breaks the taboo!




In Alicante for the International Festival of Young Socialists, Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero broke the "Israel is never wrong" taboo in thought and in deed. He characterized the brutal Israeli intervention in Lebanon as an overreaction and donned a Palestinian kefeya.

In no time Víctor Harel, Israeli Ambassador to Madrid, leaders of the Jewish community Mauricio Hachueland of Spain and the house fascists, the PP, began screaming "Anti-Semite"! The PP whip, Eduardo Zaplana, declared that Zapatero lost the respect of "many nations".

Source: El Mundo (Madrid)

Well, in my opinion, the "many" would be exactly 2: the US and Israel. And as Bush has already declared Zapatero persona non grata on US territory, it's safe to say the Zapatero could not be more ostracized. And any EU politician banned by Bush is certainly in my book.

Viva Zapatero!

6 Comments:

Blogger Nur-al-Cubicle said...

But he's got a visa to nowhere!

8:57 PM  
Blogger furtherleft said...

Israel's actions are "overeaction"? No, just plain old racist slaughter by a racist society. I am gladdened to learn Rodríguez Zapatero is not welcome within Bush's similarly defined borders. I was beginning to wonder about his balance of belief and political fortitude. If Israel has added one contribution to the future, it is in proving castigations of "Anti-Semite" no longer work to cower critique.

4:07 AM  
Blogger blowback said...

Nur

The PP whip, Eduardo Zaplana, declared that Zapatero lost the respect of "many nations". Well, in my opinion, the "many" would be exactly 2: the US and Israel.

Don't forget Bush's Poodle, although I suspect that the majority of British people do not support Blair on this among many other issues.

9:43 AM  
Blogger ziz said...

"I suspect that the majority of British people do not support Blair on this"

The Coalition against the War have organised protests throughout the UK with a major one in London for Saturday.

We will see what support is shown ... the elected representatives are so far below the parapet they are all underground - although George Galloway will probably appear in London.

Watch this space.

The BBC TV / Radio persist in the propagandising for Israel "attacked by Hezbollah" yada yada but most of the media are more bothered about our unexpected heat wave, decision to build yet more prisons, failure of the National Health Service and speculation that Faldo will speak to Tiger Woods at the Open.

Remarkably however Mark Urban of the BBC is becoming very sharply critical about the IDF's inability to damage Hezbollah, intercept the missiles, plan for a ground assualt, and highlights the steady attrition (albeit small) of IDF troops.

Generally the meejah await Condi to arrive in Damascus as the re-incarnation of the Angel of Mons and calm everyone down.

Please note that Google ignores Postman Patel in all Web and Blog searches for items since July 12th, but these are re-posted at www.greenboothdoc.blogspot.com where they appear in Google searches.

Nothing to do with an attempt to stifle expression by Google of course.

3:26 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I believe the poodle is commonly reffered to as the bitch in modern parlance.As for the worn out,over used, and patently redundant "anti-semitic" reply, well, when you become Jewnazis you forfeit any pretence to utter that old chestnut.
Viva Zapatero and all like minded decent people.

7:45 AM  
Blogger Nur-al-Cubicle said...

bog is a sorry-assed PP fanboy

12:49 PM  

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