Tikkun Olam

The Huffington Post featured a good article by the former Mayor of New York City, Mr. Ed Koch , in which he assesses President Obama's bad policy towards Israel. He contrasts Obama's attitude towards Israel with his reactions towards the Karzai government in Afghanistan, and sums it up thus (emphasis added): I weep today because my president, Barack Obama, in a few weeks has changed the relationship between the U.S. and Israel from that of closest of allies to one in which there is an absence of trust on both sides. The contrast between how the president and his administration deals with Israel and how it has decided to deal with the Karzai administration in Afghanistan is striking. The Karzai administration, which operates a corrupt and opium-producing state, refuses to change its corrupt ways - the president's own brother is believed by many to run the drug traffic taking place in Afghanistan - and shows the utmost contempt for the U.S. is being ha...

Are the Taliban of Jewish descent? According to research now being funded by Israel , the Afridi Pathans in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan may be descendant from the Israelite tribe of Ephraim: According to experts, Israel’s decision to facilitate the research could also be because of the theory supported by many that Afghanistan’s Pashtun fighters, the community from which the Taliban draw their strength, are descendants of Afridi Pathans. Just what we need. Welcome the evil in-laws (they say your worst enemy comes from within you, but this is. . . mugzam kvar* *). (please pardon the bad language; generally it's not my style, but this was priceless.) *(Nablopomo Day #15) **mugzam kvar: lit., "exaggerated already;" in the vernacular: over the top already! *Copyright alert: No infringement of any text or graphic copyright is ever intended on this blog. If you own the copyright to any original image or document used for the creation of the graphics or information on thi...