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THE DIOGENES REPORT
The Wit, Wisdom & Wituperation of Emanuel L. Strunin
March 2002, Vol. II, #10
UNCLE TOM, IDIOT SAVANT
Uncle Tom—Thomas Friedman—in his March 6 column in The New York
Times titled “The Core of Muslim Rage” demonstrates all of the
characteristics of an idiot savant. In the first 80% of the column he
insightfully analyzes the irrational core of Muslim rage.
Their rage is not directed against the Hindus or Iraq or Syria who have been
responsible for the deaths of thousands—more likely, hundreds of thousands—
of Muslims but against Israel. Israel, Uncle Tom quotes a U. S. diplomat as
saying, is a constant reminder to Muslims of their own powerlessness. How
could a Jewish state, he writes, amass so much military and economic power
if the Islamic way of life—not Christianity or Judaism—is God’s most ideal
religious path?
Jews Spark Muslim Rage
Forget about Hindu or inter-Arab murders, “but when a small band of Israeli
Jews kill Muslims it sparks rage—a rage that must come from Muslims
having to confront the gap between their self-perception as Muslims
and the reality of the Muslim world.”
And here is Uncle Tom at his savant best: “I have long believed that it is this
poverty of dignity, not poverty of money, that is behind a lot of Muslim rage
today and the reason this rage is sharpest among educated, but frustrated
Muslim youth. It is they who perpetrated 9/11 and slit the throat of the
Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl—after reportedly forcing him
to declare on film, I am a Jew and my mother is a Jew.”
He Must Hear Voices
Then Uncle Tom starts to veer between being a savant and being an idiot.
The savant says: “only Muslims can heal their own rage.” But after
multiplying two 15 digit numbers in his head and correctly determining the
square root of the result also in his head, another voice in his head says you
must bash Israel and the Jews and his idiocy rapidly takes hold. Poor
Uncle Tom drops his pants, starts speaking in tongues and dribbling from the
mouth. The voices in his head keep saying “remember it’s all the fault of
Israel and the Jews.”
Although the rage is self-generated, the weasely uncle says that the West and
particularly the Jewish world should to help cure Muslim rage. How does
Uncle Tom propose that this hatred can be reduced? It’s the good old left
wing chicken soup cure—give up the “settlements’ in the Land of Israel.
Uncle Tom sinks ever deeper into incoherence by proposing that irrational
rage can be cured by trying to legitimize it As a psychologist, Uncle Tom
should rejoin the Kremlin Institute of Psychoanalysis and as a student of
history it’s obvious that he missed class on the day they studied the lessons of
Czechoslovakia.
Bad Psychology And Bad History
In the U. S. when someone acts out on their rage they wind up in a mental
institution or some such place as Joliet or Attica.. With a billion Muslims
it becomes a much more difficult task. But rather than catering to Muslim
rage as Uncle Tom suggests, the West should face it down, as the U. S.
is doing in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
There are still a few bastions in the world that won’t roll over for the
Muslims—China, India, Russia and America—and the West has the
arsenal to handle even a billion Muslims if necessary, although I do not
believe such a showdown will develop. What is more likely is that Muslim
societies will implode rather than explode.
REAL WAR, PHONY WAR
The Arabs in the Land of Israel are conducting a real war. Just look at the
number of casualties compared to the number of fighters they send out to
battle. Their fighters include suicide bombers, bomb layers, snipers and
operators of mortars. This does not take into account rock throwers who rack
up some casualties. In addition, the Arabs have done a good job of disrupting
important segments of the Israeli economy—particularly tourism—and
generating an unusual level of wariness in the Jewish population. They have
destroyed an Israeli tank and its crew and are regularly lobbing mortar shells
and rockets at Israeli towns. The low level of casualties is only due to the poor marksmanship of the gunners. But mark my words—they will improve.
Much like the “phony” war France was conducting against Nazi Germany
until the day that the Germans attacked Holland and Belgium and skirted the “impregnable” Maginot Line, Israel is conducting a “phony” war against the
Arabs’ real war.
It is very simple to recognize that it’s a “phony” war. Look at what Israel is
employing—planes, tanks, missile boats and the best army in the Middle East. Then count the casualties that Israel is inflicting against the Arabs—10 or 15 a day.
Compare the efficiency of the “best” army against the rag-tag guerillas. Get
the picture? The very-sick-and-very-much-lying Israeli leadership is not
allowing its Army to protect its citizens.
Prime Minister Sharon—the toothless Lion of Judah—and his leftwing and
gutless flunkies are putting the lives of Israeli airmen and sailors needlessly
at risk just to have them attack empty buildings for the 10th or maybe 15th
time. They are still warning the terrorists to evacuate buildings before they
are attacked. To add injury to injury, the IDF has surrounded 300 terrorists,
but their plan is to arrest them rather than kill them. A very clever ploy by the
Israelis—they can arrest these terrorists in order to free them next time Yasir
Arab-rat promises to be a good boy.
When, if ever, can we expect Sharon to launch a real war—similar to the one
he is accused of carrying out by the media—against the whole Arab terrorist
structure in the Land of Israel? Maybe when he gets a real wake-up-call—like someone ushering a determined suicide bomber into his office, or his Jerusalem
apartment, or his ranch home.
RESPONSE TO A WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE
This following letter was written in response to a Wall Street Journal article
titled ”Palestinian Violence Has Forced Israel, U. S. To Face Tough Choices”.
The authors trotted out the usual, “you cannot be too tough with the
Palestinians” argument.
March 7, 2002
Mr. Karby Leggett
The Wall Street Journal
Dear Mr. Leggett:
How "harsh" and "brutal" are Israel's continuing attacks on empty Arab police
stations, headquarters and naval bases. Mr. Sharon's late and ambiguous response
to Arab terror only serves to confirm to the terrorists and their supporters that they do
not have very much to fear from the Israelis. When the IDF turns its guns on the
houses and neighborhoods from which terrorist fire and bombers are coming while
the terrorists are still in those buildings then will the Arabs get the message that their
attacks won't pay.
As for the Arab workers, why should they have the privilege of working in Israel while
their brothers are continuing the carnage. No Arabs should be allowed in Israel and
no Arab vehicles should be allowed on the streets or highways. Round the clock
curfews with shoot to kill orders for the police and army could take care of that
situation. Any Israel bringing in an Arab or hiring an Arab should be hit with a stiff
fine and thrown into jail for a month. Let the Israelis learn to do their own work--they
do have a 10% unemployment rate.
Please do not use the State Department and its current leader Colon Bowel
as a weathervane for rationality or the promotion of peace in the world. State
has opposed the listing of every Arab and Islamic organization on the terrorist
blacklist. The Department along with the FBI and the CIA belong at the top of
the list of those culpable for 9-11.
By the way, despite the approvals voiced by State and the press-release-fueled
media, there was a history that preceded the Saudi "peace proposal". Even though
it didn't belong to them, the Arabs controlled all of the land they now want back. They
used the land to attack Israel. And as for the "Palestinian" squatters who lived there,
where were their demands for a "Palestinian State". The whole idea of a "Palestinian
State" is a clever public relations ploy which would hold as much interest for the
world as the demand for a Tamil State if it wasn’t for Arab oil.
You note that Mr. Saudi will try to get the Arab states to recognize Israel's right to
exist if Israel is amenable to committing suicide. I suggest that if the Arabs stop
harassing the Jewish State, Israel should recognize the rights of the Arab states to
exist. By the way, Saudi Arabia only exists because of the United States. If you have
any doubts about this statement, just ask Saddam Hussein.
I know that journalists operate under a tight deadline and, often, do not have time for
adequate research. So permit me to bring you up to speed. Whenever you write
about an agreement or treaty to which a Muslim country is a party,include
Muhammad's dictum that a Muslim nation should only observe a treaty until it is
strong enough to defeat the infidel signer. Don't check this with Saddam Hussein,
just look into the Koran.
Sincerely,
Emanuel L. Strunin
“SHABBOS GOY” SPECULATIONS
It’s pretty widely known that the 20th Century icon, Elvis Pressley,
when he was a teenager, was a “Shabbos goy” for a rabbi and his wife
in Tennessee. As has been recounted by the Jewish couple, Elvis was always
polite and went out of his way to be helpful. Of course, this prompts one to
speculate how many other “celebrities” also may have been “Shabbos goyim”
and what their experiences may have been. So allow me to speculate.
If Arnold Schwarzenegar was a ”Shabbos goy”, did his Nazi father find out
and grab Arnold by the triceps and drag him away?
If Beethoven was a “Shabbos goy” did he have to give up the job when he
couldn’t hear the church bells toll vespers on Friday evenings?
If Picasso was a “Shabbos goy” was he fired when his blue period interfered
with the joy of Shabbos?
If Christopher Columbus was a “Shabbos goy” did he quit when he found
out that he was Jewish?
If Nero was a “Shabbos goy” was he fired because he insisted on playing
his fiddle while the candles burned?
If Bill Clinton was a “Shabbos goy” did they let him go because he always was trying
to sneak into the girls’ bedroom?
If George W. Bush was a “Shabbos goy” did they ask him not to come back after the 15th time he referred to himself as a sobbahs yog?
If John Gotti was a “Shabbos goy” did he lose his job after a hail of bullets
followed him through the windows and doors every time he went into the
house?
If Marlon Brando was a “Shabbos goy” was he fired after the first time he showed up
wearing a torn undershirt?
If Jesse Owens was a “Shabbos goy” was he dropped for trying to use the
Shabbos candelabra as an Olympic torch?
If Yasir Arafat was a “Shabbos goy” did they throw him out for continually
yelling that the house belonged to him?
If Kenneth Lay was a “Shabbos goy” did he lose his job as soon as they
realized the candlesticks were missing?
If Rene Richards was a “Shabbos goy” did they kick him out as soon as they
realized he was a “Shabbos girl”?
If Michael Jordan was a “Shabbos goy” was he finally let go for dribbling
a basketball in the living and taking jump shots at the dining room chandelier?
If Abraham Lincoln was a “Shabbos goy” did he quit when the bar mitzvah
boy kept grabbing his stovepipe hat to wear instead of a yarmulka?
Last question: with all of the Elvis sightings has anyone reported seeing him
performing any functions of a “Shabbos goy” in the sightings?
ACROSS MY RADAR SCREEN
Quote From Colon
In the Quote of the Day from The New York Times, Colon Bowel states:
“If you declare war against the Palestinians thinking that you can solve the
problem by seeing how many Palestinians can be killed, I don’t know that
that leads us anywhere.”
Shmuck, if you kill enough of them, it leads to a reduction in the number
of terrorists that are attacking you.
HEADLINES AND COMMENTS
Headlines from the world’s press. Comments by Diogenes.
Barenboim To Play In Ramallah
Maybe if he plays Wagner the Arabs will leave.
Peres: I’m Sorry I Joined This Government
Join the crowd!
Thanks To War, Opium Poppies Blanket Afghan Countryside Again
U. S Drug Czar: Afghan Farmers Have To Make A Living.
A Desert Kingdom Takes The Spotlight
Will we see their peace proposal show or their 9-11 WTC/Pentagon show?
Former Activist Found Guilty Of Shooting Cop
Shall we call him Black terrorist H. Rap Brown
or Muslim Cleric Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin?
Efrat Bans Arabs
Good advice travels slowly in Israel
More Citizens To Have Guns
Does this mean that the Israeli Government will distribute guns
to Jews instead of to Arabs? Wowee.
Israel Destroys Arafat’s Gaza Office
Does this mean he has to move all of his files and phones
to his disaster recovery site? How inconvenient.
Air Force Blasts Afghan Sites
Did Colon Bowel advise restraint?
Saudi Surgeon Performs First Uterus Transplant
Now a camel can give birth to an Arab
State Department Refuses To Name Palestinian Terrorists
Has the State Department joined the President’s War on Terrorism?
Letterman VS Koppel
If ABC cans Koppel he can move “Night Line” to al Jazeera.
QUOTES I LIKE
I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist. Then she told
me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers and a bartender.
Rodney Dangerfield
I would rather go to bed with Lillian Russell stark naked
than with Ulysses S. Grant in full military regalia.
Mark Twain
I want a man who is kind and understanding.
Is that too much to ask of a millionaire?
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Nothing is as easy as it looks.
Murphy’s First Law
Everything takes longer than you think.
Murphy’s Second Law
It is impossible to make anything foolproof,
because fools are so ingenious
Murphy’s Eleventh Law
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