Danish Cartoons are Old News: The New Enemy? A Ghana Soccer Player

A few days ago, the Neocon posted a little item on a Ghana soccer player (John Pantsil) who displayed a small Israeli flag in celebration following a goal scored by Ghana in its victory over the Czech Republic at the World Cup. I thought it a cute little item. Understandably, this minor issue has received virtually no mention in the US press, but in the Middle East John Pantsil’s action has been blown into a monumental diplomatic incident with entire countries expressing outrage. Ghana has felt the need to go so far as to issue a formal apology to the entire Arab League following back-channel protests, and even in “moderate” Arab counties the press has bordered on Danish-cartoon-like hysteria with conspiracy theories and slurs. So far the only thing missing are full-blown anti-Ghana riots. This is another case study of how the world is so easily intimidated. I give you this article in Al-Aharam, Egypt’s largest daily newspaper, which is government owned and run, so that readers can judge for themselves, maybe it’s just me.

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