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Israel WILL Strike Iran ALONE — If It Must!
“NEVER AGAIN!”
by J. D. Longstreet
I have seen the “talking heads” on TV and I have read the reports by liberal, progressive, reporters and commentators in the US and from around the world assuring their readers and viewers that Israel will not attack Iran without the United States.
There is only one thing wrong with that view. It is ALL WRONG.
Unfortunately, they are judging Israel as if Israel was one of their countries or even the US. There is a HUGE difference between the country of Israel and the European countries and even the US (under its current leadership). That difference? Israel has GUTS!
Demanding to Survive
Israeli Warships en Route to The Persian Gulf?
Will Nuclear Weapons Be Used Against Iran?
by J. D. Longstreet
Just a snippet:
Obama’s lack of support for Israel is another mistake, a HUGE mistake on his part. The American people, generally speaking, support Israel. We tend to always pull for the underdog, especially if that underdog is a democracy. Remember, the US was the first nation to recognize the State of Israel as a new state. We have supported Israel, to one degree or another, ever since — right up until Obama.
We would suggest the Obama Regime get real — and get real fast — because there is another player in all this – Russia. Russia will almost certainly be involved in any fight between Israel and Iran. They will be in the fray on the side of Iran. Russia has a very real interest in Iran as a countermeasure to what they see as U.S. Mideast dominance.
No matter how one interprets the latest news about the Israeli Missile Boat maneuvers, one thing is certain: Israel is preparing to strike Iran and destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities. That is a given. It is also a given that no matter what Obama thinks about Israel, the US WILL be involved in the fight against Iran and Russia.
Read the whole post here.
If you have been paying close attention, you’ll know that little weasel in the leisure suit has been making big noises about destroying Israel, and pushing the rest of the world to the brink so he can pave the way for the mahdi. My understanding is that this guy, whoever, or whatever he might be, is the equivalent to the Christians anti-Christ. We don’t much cotton to the idea of bowing 5 times to Mecca, or having our heads whacked off if we don’t fall in line with the Muslim idea of governance.
While Israel may not see these moves by Iran in the same way Christians do, they are quite well aware that the weasel is dead serious about Israel being ‘eliminated from the pages of history.’ There’s some controversy over this statement, but to me, he IS pretty much saying ‘wiped off the map‘. Either way, he isn’t fond of Israel, or Jews, and has stated so on numerous occasions.
If Obama, and his cronies up there in D.C., don’t snap out of their stupor, we’re going to end up in a real ‘War to End All Wars”! Instead of running around the world apologizing to everyone, he should now be apologizing to Israel, for his lack of support against those who would see her destroyed. Contrary to what he would like to believe, not everyone thinks he’s some brilliant negotiator. He’s make the U.S. look weak to her enemies, and they are many. Russia is not our friend. China is not our friend. Muslim dominated countries are not our friends. Israel IS!
An Apology
I, as a natural born citizen of the United States of America, would like to offer my most sincere, and heartfelt, apology to the people of the State of Israel for the current occupant of the Oval Office. I would like you to know that I, and many millions of others, in NO way support his words or actions, especially when it comes to your country.
I am embarrassed that 52% of the American voters felt that this incompetent child would be a good idea as President of the United States.
Overstepping…..Again….As Usual
Israel halts settlement building
Housing Minister Ariel Attias said the decision not to approve any more projects was part of a “waiting period” rather than a “freeze”.
Barack Obama has been putting Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu under intense pressure to end settlement expansion completely.
Citing a historic opportunity to forge peace in the Middle East, the president has been pushing both Israel and the Arab world to make gestures of good faith.
Genesis 15 18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
Joshua 1 2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. 3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
IMHO, God will trump Barack Hussein Obama EVERY SINGLE TIME! And anyone else who tries to dispute His Word.
The US administration has been unusually outspoken in its demands that Israel halt all building activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, areas where the Palestinians hope to create a future state.
And who gives the US administration the authority to tell Israel when it can, or cannot built? No one I know of. Can you imagine some other country telling us we couldn’t build any more high rise apartment buildings in New York? Or condos in Miami? Or a log cabin in the Rocky Mountains? Holy cow! Talk about it hitting the fan!
Pound Sand
Netanyahu: Jerusalem is Ours, Not Up for Debate
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu issued a sharp response Sunday to United States pressure to stop Jews from building in parts of Jerusalem claimed by the Palestinian Authority. Israel’s sovereignty in Jerusalem is “not up for debate,” Netanyahu said, and Jews are permitted to build in any part of the capital city, as are Arabs.
His response was a lot more polite than what mine would have been. Something to the effect of “Go pound sand!”, but in more, shall we say, colorful language?
Israel annexed Sheikh Jarrah and other Jerusalem neighborhoods following the Six Day War, in which the city was reunified after 19 years of Jordanian rule in the eastern half of the city. While Israel has maintained sovereignty in the capital city for more than 40 years, the Palestinian Authority continues to demand all areas controlled by Jordan in the 1950s.
Ok, it’s like this…..you lost, they won. Time to more on, and make an effort to live in peace. I know, I’m asking WAY too much, but hey, gotta try, right? Here’s a thought….be damn happy they didn’t kick your hind ends out! The Israelis are an extremely civilized people….y’all could learn a LOT from them, if you would just make the effort. 
While Israeli leaders proclaim Jerusalem to be the unified capital of Israel, Israeli Muslim leaders teach their children that Jerusalem is rightfully Arab and Muslim. On Saturday, the Islamic Movement bussed thousands of Israeli Arab Muslim children to the Al Aksa Mosque on the Temple Mount, where they heard speeches referring to the Temple Mount and Jerusalem as areas “occupied” by Israel.
Reality isn’t strong on their list of essentials for living, is it.
Joshua 1
2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
I mean, if you want to get right down to it, there are a lot of “occupiers” and it ain’t the Israelis. Like I said before, be happy they aren’t throwing your lying asses back to Jordon. But, oh yeah….they don’t want you, do they.
An Omission
Obama Drops Key Clause in Jerusalem Embassy Memo
Late on Friday The Washington Times’ Christian Bourge obtained a copy of Presidential Determination 2009-19, latest in a series of pro forma memos to the Secretary of State entitled “Suspension of Limitations Under the Jerusalem Embassy Act.” This determination is a legally required waiver under said act to continue to delay the May 31, 1999 deadline for moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Nearly identical memos like this have been issued every six months for the last decade. Standard procedure, no big deal, right? Well in the Bush years the memo contained the sentence,
“My Administration remains committed to beginning the process of moving our embassy to Jerusalem.”
The Obama team has edited that passage out. This explains the Friday evening release. Congress should revisit the Jerusalem Embassy Act and remove the loophole that has allowed this charade to continue for ten years. Meanwhile the president should explain exactly what his policy is on this issue, and why he is not committed to beginning the process of moving the embassy.
Real good question. Releasing such a statement at the beginning of the Jewish Sabbath is real interesting in, and of itself.
Personally, I’d like to know why the embassy is Tel Aviv. Jerusalem is the capital, right? Shouldn’t embassies be in the capital city of a country? We saw where it was suppose to be built. Nice spot. So, instead of building an embassy on this prime piece of real estate, it lays there, unused.
YOU Take Them
Jordan king to Netanyahu: Israel must accept Palestinian state
Jordan’s king pressed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to immediately commit to the establishment of a Palestinian state, as the monarch pursued a sweeping resolution of the Muslim world’s conflicts with Israel.
King Abdullah II made the comments during a meeting in the Red Sea city of Aqaba with Netanyahu, who made an unannounced, lightning visit to neighboring Jordan. He urged the Israeli leader to immediately declare his acceptance of the Arab peace initiative and to take necessary steps to move forward toward a solution, according to a royal palace communique.
The statement did not give Netanyahu’s response, and a spokesman for the Israeli leader was not immediately available for comment.
We went to Aqaba, on our way to Petra, in Jordon. Big fancy city, lots of new building going on, plenty of room for growth. Come to think of it, there are long stretches of area in Jordon with plenty of room for growth. So, I have to ask…why doesn’t the King of Jordon take in those folks he so worried about? He doesn’t want them either, even though they were flying the “Palestinian flag”……”in solidarity with their ‘brothers’”.
Look at this map:
You see that itty bitty stretch of purple? That’s Israel. Right next door is Jordon. Up in the right hand corner is Syria, to the left is Egypt, and that great big area on the southern tip is Saudi Arabia. Lebanon isn’t very big at all, so that’s not really an option.
Now, the reason I bring this up…..if the Arab world is so concerned about their “Palestinian brothers”, why the hell don’t they open their doors, and welcome them in? Well, I’ll tell ya why…..they don’t want them. In all reality, none of them give a happy crap about those people. What they ARE concerned about is a strong Jewish state! If the Israelis weren’t constantly battling within their own borders for survival against the terrorists, they could be even stronger, and the Arabs don’t want that, do they.
There will be some who will say that the Jews kicked families off their land, basically stole it. Well, from what I saw, and have learned, the Israelis offered to live in peace with many of those families, and were turned down. Yes, there were some, who wanted all Arabs out of the area, but considering the Grand Mufti was a ‘friend’ of Adolph Hitler, can you blame them? The Arabs would rather slaughter them than live peacefully. Israeli-Arabs have basically the same rights living in Israel as do Israeli-Jews. What’s the problem? They are Jews, and through centuries of indoctrination, because they wouldn’t bow down to false prophets (aka Mohammed), Muslims have been taught that Jews (the People of the Book) are evil, and must be destroyed. Then again, they are taught the same thing about Christians.
When the Jews returned to Israel after WWII, there was pretty much nothing there. The desert bloomed, and is still blooming. The contributions of the state of Israel are so vast, most people don’t even realize they are using many of the things that have come from there. What was being contributed to the world BEFORE the establishment of the country?
(video swiped from Freedom’s Cost)
Netanyahu will likely hear a similar message when he meets President Barack Obama in Washington on Monday.
Shocker. /snark
The U.S. says moderate Arab states such as Jordan will not join a united front against Tehran unless Israel moves vigorously on peacemaking.
To be perfectly honest, I don’t believe for one minute that any so called ‘moderate Arab states’ would aid Israel in any way, shape, or form. IF they were serious about stopping Iran, they could have done so a long time ago, yet….they’ve done NOTHING!
No, Israel won’t be surprised to learn that this current resident of the American White House is not a friend, and will not back them in their quest to remain safe from the ever growing threat. But then, neither am I.
Never Again!
If you read the recent Bipartisan Statement on U.S. Middle East Peacemaking, you can be very impressed by the credentials of the ten participants. You can also be stunned at how such a lofty group can be so ignorant of the history of the last century. After reading their statement three times, it was easy to come to the conclusion that they were passing around a bong while writing this statement of irrationality.
You must be impressed with their guile. They call it “A Last Chance for a Two-State Israel-Palestine Agreement.” Certainly with names like Scowcroft, Brzezinski, Volcker, Wolfensohn and Thomas Pickering involved, you can see how they came to this heady claim. The fact that there did not seem to be one member in the group pitching for the safety and security of our ally, Israel, becomes quite evident when you read the 17 stunning pages that make up this ego stroke.
Did none of these 10…people not read their history? Are they so unaware that they’d actually believe splitting up Israel, and Jerusalem specifically, would bring any sort of peace?
Not even once does this document state the Israeli’s principle point of negotiation – recognition by the negotiating parties to Israel’s right to exist. We are not even speaking of their right to exist as a Jewish State. The plan does not even mention that the Arab parties need to recognize Israel as neither a beginning point of agreement nor an ending point. One would like to ask these people of immense knowledge and experience what they were thinking when they did not include this in their plan. Why would any country have serious negotiations with another that does not believe in its right to exist?
Those that would be appeased will NEVER recognize Israel’s right to exist. Why? Well, that’s a question for the ages. Perhaps it’s because they will NEVER bow to Mecca?
To protect Israel the authors suggest a U.S. led multinational force under a U.N. mandate. That must give Israeli mothers tons of comfort for the safety of their children. Other than the fact that the U.S. is involved, we can easily see the blue helmets of the U.N. running for cover ala Rwanda or many others places. Since they propose a non-militarized Palestinian State, the Israelis should rest easy. The question is do the American troops have to be in the middle of this for the next 300-400 years? What happens if the Americans do not want to be there anymore? Should the Israelis then rely on a force from Egypt, Jordan or France?
Are they freakin’ kidding??????? What mental moron came up with THAT ridiculous idea? For one thing, the Israelis do not need to be under the ‘wing’ of anyone, and that includes the U.S. They’ve been protecting themselves, quite well, from the scum that continues to attack them.
This babble would fall into the trash if it were not for the current administration. If it were released two years ago, President Bush would have swatted it away understanding the great harm this proposal would cause. It would be hard to fathom any five Republicans supporting this proposal other than the ones involved. But notice this proposal was released in January, in time for Obama and his team to soak it up and that is apparently what they have done.
For a group of Americans to even put forth such nonsense as this ‘plan’, under any administration, just boggles the mind. Say what you will about Bush, he would have put this piece of crap exactly where it belongs…..in the trash!
The plan drafters included a point that Jerusalem should be split into parts and become the capital of a Palestinian State and Israel. Does anyone really consider this a plausible solution? Since 1967 when Israel took over all of Jerusalem, it has become a mecca for people of all major faiths to experience. If the city were to split, it is quite apparent that Jews and Christians will not be welcome or feel safe in parts of the city. Why would the world want to have this happen once again to such an important historical place? When has a city been split into two parts and successfully served as the capital of two distinct countries? This proposal is not only unworkable, it is just plain silly.
Jerusalem can not, MUST not, ever be divided!
In 1967, the Israelis fought a war for 6 days, and kicked ass! They gained lands that had originally been given to them by a MUCH Higher Authority (Joshua 1:2-4). Since that time, little by little, a variety of politicians have carved up that hard earned territory and given over to those same people who would see them dead. The logic of this has always escaped me.
There are people who complain about the walls that Israel has put up, but those people are as clueless as are those who wrote this report. It’s called survival. I can only assume that those 10 who came up with these absurd ideas are the same types who don’t believe we should have a wall protecting us from invasion.
While we were in Israel, we saw a lot of different areas. You could tell the different between the Israeli-Arab areas and those controlled by the Palis. The Israeli-Arabs have greater freedom than those behind the walls, and that is thanks to the Israelis. I’ll also point out that Israel is a WHOLE lot cleaner than areas under Palestinian control. Some might think that’s irrelevant, I’d say it speaks volumes about the people themselves, not just their so called leadership, or lack there of.
Many survivors of the horrors of WWII made their way to a land promised to them by God Himself. Who are we, or anyone else, to deny them a home? Are we going to continue Hilter’s work, or stand with Israel and say “NEVER AGAIN!”?
Iran’s Threats
Iran’s Strategy in Nuke Talks: Come Out Punching, Attack U.S.
Iran intends to “come out punching” at an upcoming conference regarding nuclear armaments, and will attack the U.S. for cooperating with Israel and India on nuclear programs, according to the Reuters news agency.
The news service reported Sunday that it has obtained four Iranian working papers prepared for the meeting of the signatories of the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which is aimed at halting the spread of nuclear arms. The working papers show Tehran is “redoubling its efforts to draw attention away from its own nuclear program by turning the spotlight on Washington for what it says are clear breaches of the 1970 Non-Proliferation Treaty,” Western diplomats told Reuters.
Iran will claim that the U.S. itself has violated the treaty by developing new nuclear weapons and providing nuclear aid to Israel and India, neither of which has signed the NPT.
If neither Israel or India signed the treaty, then I see no violation. Seriously, I don’t believe either country needs any aid from the U.S. to do what anyone with the money and time, can do with information on the internet. And who says Israel has nuclear weapons? I’ve never hear them say it. They may, they may not. No one knows, as well it should be.
In addition, Iran will blame the U.S., Britain and France “for working to prevent [Iran] and other developing countries from having complete nuclear energy programs.”
Well, no sh*t Sherlock! Why sane would would want such weapons in the hands of raving lunatics like Ahmadinnerjacket?
U.N. diplomats involved in the conference told the news agency that Iran has “gone on the offensive ahead of the meeting” in order to “keep the focus away from its nuclear program.”
Ah yes….the ever helpful Useless Numnuts stating the obvious. The art of misdirection.
Iran’s NPT papers do not mention the fact that President Barack Obama has offered to conduct direct talks with Iran nearly 30 years after Washington severed ties with Tehran. “Iran is very worried that Obama’s commitment to disarmament … will make it harder to portray the Americans as the enemy,” a Western diplomat said. “The same goes for Obama’s engagement policy. So they (Iran) want to come out punching.”
It’s down right embarrassing that B. Hussein Obama wants to sit down for tea and crumpets, and have a chat, with this clown. He said he was more than willing to talk to our enemies, but has snubbed our friends. Hmmm…. Contrary to what the left might believe, talking to such people, will not work.
If Iran attacks Israel, through the front door this time, and the U.S. does nothing, then we will have lost a very good friend, and I for one, will not stand for that. Let’s not forget, this is the same raving lunatic who told the world that Israel should be wiped of the earth. But one thing he, and BO might want to remember…..these are God’s chosen people, and God will not be mocked.
Yom HaShoah
“Nazism was defeated, but anti-Semitism still lives. The gases evaporated, but the poisons remained,” Peres said. “There are still Holocaust deniers, skinheads and hotheads, filled with a deep hatred, ready to kill in the name of racial supremacy.
“Anti-Semitism is a disease…. It’s hard to understand why the greatest tyrants, such as the Nazi Hitler, the Bolshevik Stalin, or the Persian Ahmadinejad chose Jews as the target of their hatred, their insanity, their violence,” Peres continued.
“It could be their hatred for the Jewish people is because of our powerful spirit. Those who seek to break our spirit are themselves broken,” he concluded.
“The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed the subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that the supply of arms to the underdogs is a sine qua non for the overthrow of any sovereignty.” ~ Adolf Hitler
In 1939, there were approximately 9,297,000 Jews in 21 countries. At the end of World War II, there 3,937,000 left.
Today, I’d like to honor those who were lost, those who survived, and those who continue to carry their message….NEVER FORGET!
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Lies, Damn Lies, and The Media’s Libel
Voter Fraud
‘An Arab Tried to Vote Eight Times, Wearing Different Keffiyehs’
Note: In case you don’t know, a keffiyeh is that dish towel looking thing many Palestinians wear.
An Arab tried to vote eight times, and others attempted to corrupt voting booth monitors and youths voting with other people’s identification cards in last week’s Knesset election.
Must have been taking lessons from the Dhimmicrats.
Religious election monitors fanned out in Arab polling stations throughout Israel on Election Day, February 10. It was the second national election in which religious monitors made use of the parties’ right to send monitors to polling stations in order to supervise the Arab sector. Their activity is estimated to have prevented vote fraud on a massive scale.
Although these monitors seemed to have prevented quite a bit of fraud, I’m wondering how many got past them?
“Some of the polling stations in which we were present had a six percent voting rates, while ones which we could not reach had 60 percent rates,” said Michel David, a project organizer. “Reach your own conclusions.”
Now, why would Israeli-Arabs be going out of their way to cheat in an election? Let me see….hmmmm….
Oooo……ooooo….. I know! Because they wanted to see a spineless gubmint in place, so there would be even MORE appeasement of the terrorists! How’ma doin’?
“In many places where the monitors were active, the actual voting was less than 30 percent, and then the Arabs tried to ‘reach the quota’ of 60 percent, David said. “They were even willing to add a few Likud votes into the mix so that our guys would remain silent, but we refused and foiled the scheme.”
Why would they have a quota? Why wouldn’t people want to vote on their own? It’s a privileged to be able to cast your vote in free elections.
In one station, a person stood outside outside the voting booth and gave money as well as a blue ID card to whoever entered. A complaint was filed to the police.
What? No cigarettes? Most everyone over there seems to smoke. Why not make it worth their while, eh?
A young woman who looked like 18 years old presented an ID card that belonged to a 50-year-old woman with more than six children. The monitor prevented her from voting. In some places, the monitors complained to the station supervisors, who were Jewish, but the supervisors refused to take action against the Arabs and said “this is the tradition here.” Complaints were filed against those supervisors.
A tradition? No wonder they ended up with spineless weasels in charge, appeasing terrorists….freeing murderers in hopes of peace. Bah! Perhaps the Israelis should find themselves some new monitors, AND get rid of those in charge.
sigh…. Who am I to critisize? Look at the garbage we have in power, right here in the U.S. of A. that we voted in.
A Reminder From Bibi
H/T: John via Facebook
Chavez Points Finger: The Juice Did It!
As a follow up to this post on Monday:
Worldwide Condemnation Pours Down On Venezuela After Synagogue Attack in Caracas
In the meantime, even after 5 days, eyewitnesses and video, criticism began to mount on government authorities who have not yet identified the perpetrators of the attack and 4 hour long occupation.
While the government publicly denied that investigations had yet to support claims that its supporters were involved in the attack, a source close to the investigation in the government security services confirmed to the Latin American Herald Tribune that a group of Palestinian and Arab supporters in Venezuela were responsible.
No, really? I’m shocked…SHOCKED, I tell ya! /sarcasm
Chavez for his part, in a live interview on CNN on Monday continued a government strategy that sought to put responsibility for the attack on the Opposition in Venezuela. “Here what we have is a tremendous blackmail of some media that are owned by the bourgeoisie. What happens is that there is is a laboratory that creates these incidence of violence and then points the finger at the government.”
Chavez doing what Chavez does. Attempting to break the fingers pointing directly at him.
Other officials in and out of the government had chimed in, echoing this strategy of blaming the opposition or even the victims themselves. For example, Susana Kalil, a member of the Organization for the Relief of the Palestinian People, pointed the finger at Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service. She claimed that Mossad had done it in order to damage the image of Chavez’ revolutionary process. She went on to claim that the attack on the Jewish house of worship is typical of Mossad and the Zionist movement worldwide, “putting bombs in their own synagogues and then accusing the rest of anti-Semitism.”
I’m trying to follow the logic here. Oh, wait a minute. These are major anti-semites. There IS NO logic.
Murder The Juice!
Ex- Bangladesh Official: Hitler Should Have Killed All the Jews
A former senior official and newspaper editor from Bangladesh told a television audience last week that Adolph Hitler should have been more thorough when it came to the Jews. The TV host seconded the opinion.
As reported by the editor and publisher of the Weekly Blitz, peace activist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, Mohammad Asafuddowlah said, “My soul bleeds when I recall the recent atrocities against the people of Gaza. And if I was a young man, I would have gone to Gaza with a weapon to exterminate Israel.”
Well, it’s a shame you didn’t go and get your sorry hind end blown to Muslim hell with your cronies! Both of you!
Is it any wonder that the Muslim world continues on their path of hatred? And I thought the US MSM was bad, but having seen some of the garbage that comes out that area of the world, our press is fairly tame, but just as ignorant.
It is not just Israel’s extermination Asafuddowlah seeks, however. “Now I believe that what Adolph Hitler did during the Holocaust was absolutely correct. He should have done this more extensively, to eliminate the total Jewish population from the world,” he added.
There is no question, in my mind, that Islam is an evil religion, and if anyone is following Satan, it would be the Muslims. I don’t know what god it they follow, might be that stone statue, but the God I know doesn’t advocate for the murder of whole populations.
Assafuddowlah has been described by Bangladesh’s New Age newspaper as “one of the finest civil servants of Bangladesh and a personality crowned with many qualities.” He served in the public sector for 35 years, as chairman of state-run corporations and director-general of various government ministries. He was also the editor-in-chief of The Bangladesh Today, a leading English-language daily.
If that’s what they consider such a fine civil servant, then Bangladesh has some serious problems!
