British politics is by no means an area in which I claim competence, let alone expertise, but this report is cause for alarm.
The Frum Forum has republished Gardiner's entire post.
Similar sentiments here: Dont vote Liberal Democrat if you value Israel
Nick Clegg's Israel-bashing is sickeningThat Guardian piece is loathsome enough. Unfortunately, there's a lot more. And since Clegg has catapulted to super-stardom via the first debate and apparently did himself no harm Thursday, the picture does not look good.
Nile Gardiner
Telegraph.uk.co
April 21, 2010
With Thursday night's foreign policy debate looming, it's important to take a look at Nick Clegg's willingness to vilify Israel, and his inclination towards bashing the Israelis over the head. I've written about Clegg's distinctly anti-American views and his complete disregard for the NATO alliance, but his policies towards Israel deserve attention as well.
Israel is a close ally of both Great Britain and the United States, the only full democracy in the Middle East along with Iraq, and is under constant fire from Iranian and Syrian-backed terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hizbollah. Its very existence is threatened by the rise of a nuclear-armed Iran, which has malevolently warned of another Holocaust. Yet, the leader of the Liberal Democrats still thinks it's necessary to demonise Israel, one of our only friends in the region. He's doing everything but directly call Gaza an Israeli-administered concentration camp.In his statements, Clegg has drawn a dangerous and false parallel between the Israelis and Islamist terrorist groups. For example he wrote a piece for The Guardian in January 2009 entitled "We Must Stop Arming Israel" condemning Israel's response to Hamas attacks, and in effect calling for the EU to isolate and even sanction Israel: . . ..
The Frum Forum has republished Gardiner's entire post.
Similar sentiments here: Dont vote Liberal Democrat if you value Israel
