Rafael, Israel’s leading arms manufacturer, sent a Bollywood Valentine to India, one of its major clients.
I won’t judge. I’m an objective journalist, after all.
But Wired already nominated it for an "Iron Eagle," its annual "celebration of the awesomely bad videos of the military-industrial complex." Seriously. Apparently it’s a genre.
Ha’aretz solicited a slightly peeved response from Rafael. It cost them $15,000, after all.
The chorus is "Dinga Dinga Dee." I’m not sure what this means; perhaps it’s Sanskrit for "Thought we’d forgiven and forgotten Mumbai, did you?."
I do like this, though; useful not just for selling doily-draped missiles, but so much else:
I need to feel safe and sheltered,
Security and protection
Commitment and perfection
Defense and dedication
Condoms? Deodorant? Lean-tos? Very Slumdog.
And the climax:
Allegedly Hindi She: I believe in you
Very Israeli He: You believe in me
Israeli males of a certain stripe and reciprocating affection. Some things don’t change.
Anyway, Stephen Walt, Andrew Sullivan, Glenn Greenwald, I promise: Attack this all you want. No one will call you an anti-Semite.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
