Jewish Collegians Prepare to Defend Israel on the Campuses

[Brad DeLong]

>It was disgusting!   Needless to say, something had to be done.  As 
>I found myself standing close by the Arab students, I decided to 
>start up the chant, "Victory to Iraq!"  (military victory, of 
>course, but I wished to keep the slogan short, sharp and to the 
>point, even if a bit of political correctness was sacrificed).  The 
>Arab (or Middle Eastern) ad hoc "contingent" immediately, without 
>hesitation, took up the chant to great and loud effect.
>
>Rightist flags and faces got droopy real quick - the innocents were 
>shit-faced, speechless that anyone on 'muricun soil could call for 
>the victory of the enemy!   Now, that's how you shut up a 
>rightwinger.  Leftist apologists are another matter ;-)
>
>The American-style leftists were conspicuous in their silence, alas. 
>Still dazzled by those Stars 'n Stripes, I suppose.

Or perhaps thinking that the As-Sabah are kinder, gentler rulers than 
the Al-Tikriti, and that a world in which the first rather than the 
second rule Kuwait is a better place? Perhaps thinking that they had 
signed up to change the world, not to be outriders for a dictator who 
has started two wars?

Brad DeLong