Patterico's Pontifications

7/5/2010

CNN Analyst Mourns Hezbollah Spiritual Leader

Filed under: General — Patterico @ 5:03 pm

Octavia Nasr declares on Twitter:

Daniel Halper explains that Fadlallah was a Holocaust denier who has justified suicide bombings and who “is believed to be responsible for the killing of 241 U.S. Marines during the 1983 Beirut barracks bombings,” according to the New York Times.

Meanwhile, I have asked Nasr on Twitter which other of Hezbollah’s giants she respects.

32 Comments

  1. The ones who beat her regularly.

    Comment by AD - RtR/OS! (6e3949) — 7/5/2010 @ 5:09 pm

  2. Hmm…

    I wonder if Fadlallah (which reminds of Bob Loblaw from “Arrested Development”) approved of her flaunting herself? I mean, since she respected him so much.

    Or maybe he was a “modern Muslim”?

    At first I thought, sure:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fadlallah#Women

    Then I read more closely:

    “…He saw Hijab as something that makes a man see a woman not as a sex object, but instead as a human being. He believes that women should cover their entire body except for their face and hands, and that they should avoid wearing excessive make-up when they go out in public.[35]…”

    Actually, he was modern, according to the article. That’s the odd part. And Ms. Nasr respects him….even though she is not wearing hijab, is not wearing modest clothing, and appears to be wearing makeup.

    Comment by Eric Blair (c8876d) — 7/5/2010 @ 5:09 pm

  3. I emailed CNN earlier today regarding this. If anyone would like to, here is their link.

    Comment by Dana (1e5ad4) — 7/5/2010 @ 5:10 pm

  4. CNN hates Israel.
    CNN hates America.
    A modest proposal: When you have a couple minutes to spare, call the CEO’s office at one of CNN’s advertisers–any will do–and tell ‘em how you feel about this network that hates Israel and America.

    Comment by Kevin Stafford (abdb87) — 7/5/2010 @ 5:34 pm

  5. Thanks for the link, Dana. I emailed and told them they can and must do better.

    Comment by GeneralMalaise (9cf017) — 7/5/2010 @ 5:42 pm

  6. With the departure of Christiane Amanpour, CNN needs another whorespondent actively on the other side.

    Comment by daleyrocks (1d0d98) — 7/5/2010 @ 5:47 pm

  7. The Lebanese government declared Tuesday a national day of mourning over the death of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah.

    A government statement also announced a one-day countrywide shutdown on Tuesday.

    Fadlallah, former spiritual mentor of Hizbullah and branded a “terrorist” by Washington, died in hospital on Sunday. He was 75.

    Comment by Dana (1e5ad4) — 7/5/2010 @ 6:14 pm

  8. Contains
    Nothing
    Newsworthy

    Comment by redc1c4 (fb8750) — 7/5/2010 @ 6:22 pm

  9. Is Octavia Nasr one of those so-called useful idiots, easily manipulated by people and groups affiliated with both the ultra-left and — most ironically enough — ultra-right (eg, Islamofascists)?

    If so, the thing that really irks me about “useful idiots,” are the ones in particular who have the ability — ie, money and inside connections — to, when the going gets really tough, pack up and move to some safe, tranquil, luxurious location, far, far away from the debacle they helped come into being.

    Comment by Mark (411533) — 7/5/2010 @ 6:40 pm

  10. It all started with Peter Arnett, and just went downhill from there.

    Comment by Dmac (93e7cb) — 7/5/2010 @ 6:45 pm

  11. Bring this up the next time someone is critical of FOX News

    Comment by Arizona Bob (e8af2b) — 7/5/2010 @ 9:07 pm

  12. Wow. An accomplished and educated woman who has left the middle east, and lives in Georgia…with two daughters.

    Does she REALLY respect Fadlallah? Would she apply his beliefs in her life? Obviously not.

    Related, but OT…how does she feel about the mother of two in Iran who will be stoned to death for adultery? Isn’t there an Iran-Hezbollah connection? Certainly fellow-travelers.

    Comment by Virtual Insanity (d93c26) — 7/5/2010 @ 9:18 pm

  13. This is certainly shocking. I will send a strongly worded letter to CNN posthaste.

    Or, I can join the 233+ million Americans who don’t watch CNN, except that happened about 14 years ago.

    Comment by Ag80 (363d6e) — 7/5/2010 @ 10:02 pm

  14. Down the memory hole.

    Comment by Neuro-conservative (33c491) — 7/5/2010 @ 10:41 pm

  15. Still there — http://twitter.com/octavianasrCNN/status/17708145427

    Comment by Christian (f10530) — 7/5/2010 @ 11:09 pm

  16. It’s easy to be a giant among dwarves.

    I like her decollatage.

    Comment by nk (db4a41) — 7/6/2010 @ 12:37 am

  17. It’s just as easy to use spell-check among trolls.

    Comment by Icy Texan (4fa53c) — 7/6/2010 @ 1:34 am

  18. Spellcheck “asshole”.

    Comment by nk (db4a41) — 7/6/2010 @ 2:28 am

  19. s’okay

    [brushes lint off shoulder in a gesture learned from our Commie-in-Charge]

    Comment by Icy Texan (4fa53c) — 7/6/2010 @ 2:57 am

  20. Since Helen Thomas has retired someone in the MSM has to give the Hezbollah point of view.

    Comment by MU789 (cbd8e5) — 7/6/2010 @ 4:09 am

  21. What an idiot. Sent an email.

    Now I’m going to start complaining to every airport I’ve flown into in the past 5 years. I will also be getting my military friends to pitch a fit. ESPECIALLY the Marines.

    Comment by Vivian Louise (643333) — 7/6/2010 @ 4:11 am

  22. Vivian is right on the money. The only time I EVER watch CNN is when I’m waiting for a flight. And CNN knows it too — notice how many travel commercials they run during their breaks?

    Comment by Sean P (6f6c60) — 7/6/2010 @ 4:58 am

  23. Its a network clearly concerned about winning popularity around the world, rather than the crappy backwater it happened to be founded in.

    (and yes, my calling America, or specifically Atlanta, the “crappy backwater” is meant to mock their attitudes, not to reflect my own attitude about Altanta/America.)

    Comment by Aaron Worthing (A.W.) (e7d72e) — 7/6/2010 @ 5:53 am

  24. We saw his bakc during the Lebanese war, when they accepted Hezbollah’s obligatory tour of civilian
    areas leaving out the context, or how they cried over the death of Sheik Yassin, of heartbreak but
    mostly my missile strike in 2004

    Comment by ian cormac (93d17d) — 7/6/2010 @ 6:06 am

  25. Yes, it is a sad day for all in his passing… I am really going to drown in a sea of tears when Reverend Wright passes!

    Comment by Dencouch (935f74) — 7/6/2010 @ 6:14 am

  26. man, if only we had twitter back when chairman mao passed. It would be quite illuminating.

    I wonder if she would be equally sad if we shot Osama bin Laden into the sun?

    Comment by Aaron Worthing (A.W.) (e7d72e) — 7/6/2010 @ 6:24 am

  27. Shooting O.B.L. into the sun? Sounds like a priority for Obama’s NASA!

    Comment by GaMongrel (11c057) — 7/6/2010 @ 9:36 am

  28. People like Nasr ought to be kicked out of the United States.

    It’s idiotic to let people who love terrorist organizations come to the USA.

    Just deport her.

    And,investigate CNN.

    Comment by Dave Surls (3192b3) — 7/6/2010 @ 10:02 am

  29. So Communist News Network is also Caliphate News Network. Change you must believe in, infidels.

    Comment by twolaneflash (931ca0) — 7/6/2010 @ 10:22 am

  30. Another Hezzie dead?

    Candies for everyone!

    Comment by Frank Drebbin (8096f2) — 7/6/2010 @ 11:04 am

  31. Patterico should also have asked that anti semite sleazebag, what Israelis giants she respects? What Hamas giants, she respects? What Iranians she respects? What Fatah giants, she respects? What Taliban giants, she respects? Finally, what Al Queda giants, she respects.

    Comment by eaglewingz08 (1e4d33) — 7/6/2010 @ 12:48 pm

  32. Sad, sad news. CNN has sacked Nasr.

    I’m brushing away an invisible tear.

    Comment by Brother Bradley J. Fikes, C. O.R. (a18ddc) — 7/7/2010 @ 2:58 pm

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