Comments on: It would be funny if only it weren’t true

By: Denis Eugene Sullivan

Denis Eugene Sullivan — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:02:21 +0000

Greetings:

A couple of dozen B-52s loaded with teddy bears with Mohammed printed on their chests making a run over beautiful downtown Khartoum would seem to be appropriate under the circumstances.

By: James Hacker

James Hacker — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:57:43 +0000

With deepest respect and admiration for your insightful comments, I’m reminded of several “Yes, Prime Minister” episodes in which we learned (through parody, of course) that the objective of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is not to assert British authority, but to avoid upsetting third parties.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:51:37 +0000

I see this as orchestrated outrage and not too different from the whipped up outrage over the Danish cartoons.

Both brouhahas being stirred up some number of months (teddy bear incident was in September) after they originally happened.

British outrage (at the absurdity, at the miscarriage of justice, at whatever) plays exactly into the Islamist agenda.

Plus, I think foreign nationals inside Sudan (even innocent schoolteachers) are personas non gratas and any excuse at all to deport them will be used.