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Hugs For Hugo
As maggots are drawn to corpses, so is George Galloway MP drawn to rotten regimes. In today's Guardian, the object of his affection is Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, who Gorgeous George believes is striking a mighty blow against NeoCon domination.
So much, so unsurprising. Chavez is the latest darling of the media left. Galloway claims that Chavez is a hero in the Arab world, but his global impact is negligible. His regime is very far from the worst Galloway has praised. Frankly, it would be difficult to care about Chavez, were it not for the numerous EURSOC readers from Venezuela who write to thank us for having a go at his idiotic fans on the luvvie left.
But there is something new in the opinion column. Check out the first paragraph. Galloway speaks of how Dick Cheney came close to "the reality of Afghan resistance to foreign occupation." Resistance, in Galloway-speak, is always admirable, cf the Iraqi resistance, the Palestinian resistance, the resistance of Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon. We have nothing to add on whether or not the British MP also admires the attempted assassination of the Vice President of the United States.
Much has been said in recent months about how some on the hard left have joined with fascist Islamists to create an anti-Western alliance: Galloway's RESPECT party is the most visible and successful example of this troubling phenomenon. But this must be the first example of Galloway showing admiration for the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
UPDATE: Plenty of good stuff on Harry's Place considering whether or not Chavez's regime is antisemitic. More here. Maybe that's why he's so popular in the Arab world?
