Reader’s links, Aug. 29, 2017

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  3. Prosecute Racially Motivated Statue Vandalism as a Hate Crime
    It’s time to hold the statue vandals accountable.

    It’s important to tear down these vestiges of white supremacy,” Takiyah Fatima Thompson, an admirer of the racist Black Panther hate group, declared by way of explanation for her role in the vandalism of a Confederate statue.

    Ngoc Loan Tran, another of the vandals, blamed their arrest on “white supremacy.”

    In the intersectional left, “white supremacy” doesn’t mean Neo-Nazis or the KKK. Instead it’s equivalent to “whiteness”. White supremacy is anything that normalizes whiteness. In essence, it’s white people.

    A show with white actors, an ad with white models and a coffee shop full of white people are all forms of white supremacy. A math textbook listing key pioneers in the field who happen to be white is white supremacy. Anything that is not properly diverse is by definition, “white supremacy.”

    The color coding was literal. In Phoenix, a Confederate monument was vandalized by painting it white. At a Houston protest, a Black Lives Matter agitator denounced, “whiteness

    http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/267705/prosecute-racially-motivated-statue-vandalism-hate-daniel-greenfield

  6. Afghanistan: How We See It vs. How They See It

    by Nonie Darwish
    August 29, 2017 at 5:00 am

    https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10901/afghanistan-propaganda

    It was refreshing to hear President Donald J. Trump define without reservation a US mission to fight terrorism and prevent Afghanistan from once again becoming a safe haven for Al-Qaeda, or any other terror groups, when he summarized the US presence in Afghanistan as no longer about nation-building, but rather about “killing terrorists.”

    Many Americans, however, are still confused regarding our mission in Afghanistan. This is mainly because the media in general did little to keep the public informed of the complexities of the Middle East and to stay focused on why, after 9/11, the US needed to destroy the safe havens of Al-Qaeda and other terror groups.

    Reporting on Afghanistan — not just in the Arab media but also, unfortunately, by many in the US media – often appeared to portray America as the aggressor. That was perhaps a factor in why President George W. Bush overcompensated by including “nation-building” as part of the US mission in Afghanistan. Even though nation-building worked brilliantly in Japan, Germany and South Korea, it unfortunately has failed so far in Muslim nations, which clearly do not want to be “rescued” by infidels.

        • Her arugments are good but they are ignoring a couple of things. 1) Pulling out would let the Taliban take over Afghanistan, ISIS by a different name.

          2) We now have a clear goal, not nation build but kill terrorists. This makes a big difference.

          3) The troops on the ground have control of when and where air strikes happen, they don’t have to clear them with DC.

          We have to suppress/kill the terrorists in the Middle East plus using the Tactics Diana talks about. This isn’t an either or situation.

          Remember what I have said on other occasions, Trump has to work around the Deep State while he is draining the swamp. He has to use some of the Deep State people while he is identifying all of the members that we don’t know.

        • IF the jihadi’s stay in Pakistan and Afghanistan they do threaten the cities in the US. You don’t give people like that any sanctuary to live in, they can be allowed no place where they feel safe.

  7. Former Clinton Staffer Outraged Over Confederate Flag … on Rescue Boat

    There’s just a special kind of stupid at work in some people. They’re so blinded by hatred for others that they refuse to see some people as far more complex than they give them credit for.

    I’m not talking about the Klan or neo-Nazis, though that certainly applies to them too. No, I’m talking about a former digital strategist for Hillary Clinton named Logan Anderson.

    Anderson tweeted this yesterday:

    https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/08/29/former-clinton-staffer-outraged-confederate-flag-rescue-boat/

  15. Kim Jong Un called missile launch ‘meaningful prelude’ to containing Guam, North Korea says

    North Korea said its dictator Kim Jong Un was present Tuesday for a flight test of a midrange ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear payload that flew over U.S. ally Japan and splashed into the northern Pacific Ocean.

    The leader of the Hermit Kingdom has called for more ballistic missile launches into the Pacific — an apparent threat to the U.S. territory of Guam and a possible precursor to more missiles flying over Japan.

    Kim expressed great satisfaction over what the North described as successful testing and said his country would continue to watch “U.S. demeanors” before it decided on future actions. He called the launch a “meaningful prelude” to containing Guam, which is home to key U.S. military bases that North Korea finds threatening, and said the country needs to conduct more missile launches into the Pacific to advance the capabilities of its strategic force, according to Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency.

    http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/08/29/kim-jong-un-called-missile-launch-meaningful-prelude-to-containing-guam-north-korea-says.html

  17. ‘This is an emergency’ 100 migrants arrive on island with just 400 residents (express, Aug 29, 2017)
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/847302/Linosa-migrants-Italy-government-abandoned-Sicily-migrant-crisis-Emmanuel-Macron

    “ISLANDERS have accused the Italian government of abandoning them after more than 100 migrants arrived.

    More than 100 migrants have arrived on the Italian island of Linosa which only has 400 residents.

    Locals said they have been “abandoned” by the government with migrants now making up a third of the population.

    The group of migrants, from Tunisia and Algeria aged between 18 and 24-years-old arrived in Linosa on two different boats on Sunday morning.

    The local medical guard in Linosa said: “This is an extreme emergency.

    “Almost all of them came to use the toilet here since there are no other toilets.

    “We treated some of them: they had superficial wounds and burns. But we do not know how to assist them further.”

    Linosa, which has a tiny area of two square miles, is one of the Pelagie Islands in the Sicily Channel off the Mediterranean Sea.

    Carmelo Ardizzone, who works for the mayor of Linosa Salvatore Martello, said: “After more than 24 hours, we continue to be abandoned by the state”…”

  18. UAE criticises “colonial” role of Iran, Turkey in Syria (memo, Aug 29, 2017)
    https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170829-uae-criticises-colonial-role-of-iran-turkey-in-syria/

    “The United Arab Emirates urged Iran and Turkey on Monday to end what it called their “colonial” actions in Syria, signalling unease about diminishing Gulf Arab influence in the war.

    Allied to regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia, the UAE opposes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his backer Iran and is wary of Turkey, a friend of Islamist forces the UAE opposes throughout the Arab world.

    UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan urged “the exit of those parties trying to reduce the sovereignty of the Syrian state, and I speak here frankly and clearly about Iran and Turkey.”

    He was speaking at a news conference with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, whose country helps Assad militarily.

    “If Iran and Turkey continue the same historical, colonial and competitive behaviour and perspectives between them in Arab affairs, we will continue in this situation not just in Syria today but tomorrow in some other country,” Sheikh Abdullah said…”