British Plans Gang Agley in Benghazi

This one here is now making the e-mail rounds: Libyans desecrating the British Benghazi War Cemetery in Libya, as an exemplar of why we shouldn't help Arab countries. And I agree that the video makes crystal clear as to what to expect from the Arab nations. The video speaks for itself. It needs to go viral!

But I also note that several Scottish regiments are represented amongst the burials in that cemetery, including the Black Watch, the Gordon Highlanders, the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders and the Scots Guards. And additionally, there are many a Scottish name to be found amongst the listings from British Army regiments which are not distinctly Scottish.

I cannot help but wonder whether, in the cosmic scheme of karma, there might be some sort of payback element for the Scottish Ministry of Justice's release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the so-called Lockerbie Bomber.

Arab Neighborhood is Going to the Dogs

Shuafat is a neighborhood in the Municipality of Jerusalem. The population of Shuafat is Arab. As such, it is an accepted cultural norm in Shuafat to physically attack Jews who come into their neighborhood. Even if those Jews happen to work for the electric power utility, or the Jerusalem municipality. While the residents of Shuafat unabashedly detest anything Jewish, the nevertheless do feel a strong sense of entitlement to the services of the State of Israel and the Jerusalem municipality.

Packs of wild dogs have, of late, converged upon Shuafat. The Shuafat residents now complain that the Jerusalem Veterinary Service does not provide adequate protection to their neighborhood.

But, as the JVS so appropriately notes, they cannot be expected to send their people into Shuafat without adequate protection from the Shuafat Arabs who habitually attack employees of the Holy City of Jerusalem.

If you want service, then you need to ensure the safety of the providers of such service!


This, by the way, is yet another reason to love dogs!