OpinioNet Contributed Commentary

Date - October 22, 2001
Author - Steven Plaut

The Spaghetti Eastern, or, Hey Mister Taliban
(and related stories)

  1. The Theme Song of the Spaghetti Eastern

    Day oh, I say Day I say Day I say Day yay yay oh,
    Daylight’s gone and them bombs drop home

    Hey Mister Taliban
    Tally this Banana
    Daylight’s gone and the mbombs drop home

    We work all nights to bomb Afghani,
    Daylight’s gone and them bombs drop home,
    Them Tomahawks makin big splashoni,
    Daylight’s gone and them bombs drop home,

    Day, I say Day oh,
    Daylight’s gone and them bombs drop home
    Day, I say Day oh,
    Daylight’s gone and them bombs drop home

    We turn their town into East Spaghetti,
    Daylight’s gone and them bombs drop home,
    They retaliate with big confetti
    Daylight’s gone and them bombs drop home.

  2. Afghan Bombs Must be Politically Correct:

    Navy: Anti-Gay Slur Written on Bomb Was Inappropriate

    AP
    U.S. Navy Aviation Oct. 10, 2001: Ordnancemen look over an array of personalized weaponry.
    Friday, October 19, 2001

    WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials were forced to apologize following complaints about the language scribbled on the front of an Afghanistan-bound bomb aboard a U.S. carrier in the Asian theater, a top Navy official said Thursday.

    The Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights group, complained about such a message after a photograph distributed by the Associated Press earlier this week showed a Navy officer aboard the flight deck of the U.S.S. Enterprise standing next to a bomb with what was described as a gay slur by the group. The words "High Jack This," followed by the slur, were visible in the photograph.

    Rear Adm. Stephen Pietropaoli called the language an "isolated incident" in a letter to the Human Rights Campaign and reiterated that the Navy does not tolerate discrimination.

    "We immediately notified Navy commanders involved with Operation Enduring Freedom to ensure steps were taken to prevent a recurrence of this unfortunate incident. They have done so," Pietropaoli wrote. Pilots or crews of U.S. warplanes often write messages on bombs, either taunting the enemy or praising America. Messages written on bombs during the anti-terrorism airstrikes have included several references to the Sept. 11 attacks.

    Several newspapers across the country also asked the Navy about the bomb’s message earlier this week, said Pietropaoli, the Navy’s chief of information.

    Elizabeth Birch, executive director of Human Rights Campaign, said in a statement that the letter was "a welcome clarification and we are pleased the Navy has stated that this type of anti-gay behavior has no place in our armed forces."

    The Associated Press contributed to this report.

  3. Tanzim said firing from churches
    By Margot Dudkevitch (Jerusalem Post)

    Tanzim in the Bethlehem area purposely shoot from holy sites to invite a response that will generate harsh international and Christian criticism.

    ***

    From the start of Oslo, one of the very stupidest thing sperpetrated by the Peres cult was the turning over of Bethlehem and the surrounding Christian areas to the PLO Reichlet. It should have been clear that this would simply turn Bethlehem into the front line in the war and it would only be a matter of time before Israeli tanks retook the city. The problem was that any military confrontation around Bethlehem threatened to trigger anti-Jewish reactions from Christians.

    The PLO has always devoted great energies to trying to arouse Christian anti-Semitism against Jews, and the Bethlehem debacle chapter of Oslo playys into their hands. And now Jews world wide will reap the fruits of Peres’ Oslo megastupidity.

  4. The Reform Asslibs Return:  http://www.jewishworldreview.com/jonathan/rosenblum.html

  5. http://www.jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby.html

  6. The new battle for Andalusia:  http://www.nationalreview.com/derbyshire/derbyshire101901.shtml

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