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I love the cynicism and posturing of Arab leaders. They wax eloquent over the brotherhood of Arab and Muslim, while stabbing each other in the back.

In 1967, Gamal Abdel Nasser, the leader of Egypt, started a war he couldn’t win. That much, most people know. What people DO NOT know is that when it became clear that they were losing, Nasser called up the Jordanian King and told him that they were winning. He said that the Arab world would laugh at the Jordanians, if they didn’t get into the fight. King Hussein believed Nasser, and entered the war – and lost badly.

I love the cynicism and posturing of Arab leaders. They wax eloquent over the brotherhood of Arab and Muslim, while stabbing each other in the back.

In 1967, Gamal Abdel Nasser, the leader of Egypt, started a war he couldn’t win. That much, most people know. What people DO NOT know is that when it became clear that they were losing, Nasser called up the Jordanian King and told him that they were winning. He said that the Arab world would laugh at the Jordanians, if they didn’t get into the fight. King Hussein believed Nasser, and entered the war – and lost badly.

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Talking about barbarians yesterday has gotten me thinking about barbarism.

That got me thinking about 9/11, which got me thinking about airline hijackings (skyjacking), which got me thinking about the PLO.

Capice?

Now, it’s true that the PLO didn’t invent the idea of skyjacking. People have been hijacking vehicles since the invention of the horse. People have been hijacking aircraft since 1931, when rebels skyjacked a Pan Am plane flying out of Peru.

So, no. They didn’t INVENT the idea. They just made it work as a political tool. They were the first to make it successful.

Talking about barbarians yesterday has gotten me thinking about barbarism.

That got me thinking about 9/11, which got me thinking about airline hijackings (skyjacking), which got me thinking about the PLO.

Capice?

Now, it’s true that the PLO didn’t invent the idea of skyjacking. People have been hijacking vehicles since the invention of the horse. People have been hijacking aircraft since 1931, when rebels skyjacked a Pan Am plane flying out of Peru.

So, no. They didn’t INVENT the idea. They just made it work as a political tool. They were the first to make it successful.

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