As a brief rider to the Friday's report of the BBC's Newsnight interview with Galloway, it was interesting to note that former CIA analyst, Michael Scheuer advanced exactly the same view in the following segment. Scheuer, some may remember, published - with his employers permission - Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam and the Future of America.
Scheuer argues that the source of discontent in the Middle East, fuelling the murderous actions of the most reactionary elements, is rooted not in envy at Western freedoms or a desire to impose a caliphate upon non-Arab nations but instead, in bitter fury at the actions of Western governments in the Middle East and other muslim regions. For Scheuer the answer is withdrawal from Iraq, an end to propping up dictatorial client regimes and a harder line with the Israeli's. Where is the difference except in the BBC's standards of journalism.
No one accuses Scheuer of insulting the dead, of cowardice in the face of the enemy or support for the evil deeds of weak, isolated individuals. Why then do so when it comes to the left?
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