22 March 2011
Uncommon Commentary #165
I've just learned that
in late February, in the Tajoura district of Libya's capital, there took place
the funeral for a man killed in clashes with government loyalists. Graffiti in the area read "Tajoura is free," "Down to [presumably
an error for "with"] the dog," and, most notably: "Gaddafi,
you Jew." The third of those
inscriptions doesn't prove that opponents of the regime generally share the
author's opinion of Jews, but it does hint that (at least many of) the rebels
may be more-objectionable characters than what we in the USA, with our overly
simplistic world view, tend to assume they must be; see here.
Sometimes there are no "good guys."