{"id":1558,"date":"2006-07-21T23:33:22","date_gmt":"2006-07-21T23:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kaninka.net\/stefan\/2006\/07\/21\/island-stri%c3%b0i%c3%b0-i-libanon\/"},"modified":"2006-07-21T23:33:22","modified_gmt":"2006-07-21T23:33:22","slug":"island-stri%c3%b0i%c3%b0-i-libanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/2006\/07\/21\/island-stri%c3%b0i%c3%b0-i-libanon\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00cdsland & str\u00ed\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00ed L\u00edbanon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mick Hume skrifar grein \u00ed\u00ad The Times<\/a> um umfj\u00f6llunina um str\u00ed\u00ad\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00ed\u00ad L\u00ed\u00adbanon og hvernig sj\u00e1lfhverfum Bretum tekst a\u00f0 l\u00e1ta \u00feessar h\u00f6rmungar sn\u00faast um sj\u00e1lfa sig. Prufi\u00f0 a\u00f0 lesa greinina og setja „\u00cdslendingar“ inn fyrir „Bretar“:<\/p>\n

Some appear to have given up trying to analyse or explain the complexities of the Middle East, and settled instead for making an emotional connection with an audience. So what they assume we need is victim stories. Better still, British victim stories. And best of all perhaps, stories of bewildered children being given a cup of tea by the Royal Navy. How any of this is supposed to help to make sense of events bewilders me. It has reached the point where both the BBC and ITV have staged feelgood family reunions by satellite during news bulletins, reminiscent of those toe-curling old<\/em> Surprise, Surprise! shows. Crisis in the Middle East? Send in Cilla Black!<\/em><\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, more than 300 Lebanese and 30-plus Israelis have been killed, and the UN estimates that half a million people have been displaced. A report published this week on responses to the Asian Tsunami of Boxing Day 2004 attacks the self-serving \u00e2\u20ac\u0153arrogance\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of Western agencies, and asks: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Whose emergency was it?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not wait 18 months for somebody to pose that question about Lebanon. Or are we so vain, we think somebody else\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s war is about us? <\/em><\/p>\n

En \u00far \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad a\u00f0 b\u00fai\u00f0 er a\u00f0 koma \u00ed\u00adslensku r\u00ed\u00adkisborgurnum heim f\u00f6rum vi\u00f0 kannski a\u00f0 f\u00e1 vitr\u00e6nni fr\u00e9ttaflutning fr\u00e1 \u00feessum h\u00f6rmungum.<\/p>\n

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S\u00e1 FRAM vinna Leikni \u00ed\u00ad Brei\u00f0holtinu \u00ed\u00ad kv\u00f6ld. Helgi Sig me\u00f0 \u00ferennu.<\/p>\n

Leiknismenn eru me\u00f0 f\u00ed\u00adnt f\u00f3tboltali\u00f0 – \u00fea\u00f0 besta \u00ed\u00ad s\u00f6gu f\u00e9lagsins. Annar Sv\u00ed\u00adinn \u00feeirra var fr\u00e1b\u00e6r \u00ed\u00ad kv\u00f6ld. Eitthva\u00f0 segir m\u00e9r a\u00f0 hann leiki ekki \u00ed\u00ad Leiknisb\u00faningi a\u00f0 \u00e1ri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mick Hume skrifar grein \u00ed\u00ad The Times um umfj\u00f6llunina um str\u00ed\u00ad\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00ed\u00ad L\u00ed\u00adbanon og hvernig sj\u00e1lfhverfum Bretum tekst a\u00f0 l\u00e1ta \u00feessar h\u00f6rmungar sn\u00faast um sj\u00e1lfa sig. Prufi\u00f0 a\u00f0 lesa greinina og setja „\u00cdslendingar“ inn fyrir „Bretar“: Some appear to have given up trying to analyse or explain the complexities of the Middle East, and settled … Halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 lesa: \u00cdsland & str\u00ed\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00ed L\u00edbanon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}