COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN
Another hopeless, uninformative piece from Natalie
Nougayrède.
Do you really want to support secularism?
Then support Assad who runs a genuinely secular government
which defends all religious minorities in a part of the world where such
qualities are not common.
France in fact has become less secular than it once was with
various repressive laws (repressive for an advanced country).
Holland is a pathetic figure, largely disliked by his own
countrymen.
He is close to servile in serving American-Israeli
interests.
Indeed, it is precisely because Assad does not toe the
American line that he is attacked by a nasty little club whose members think
they are entitled to decide who should head the government of Syria.
They are Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and America -
supported by the likes of Cameron, Hollande, and journalists like Ms
Nougayrède.
The whole business is in violation of all international law,
treaties, and conventions.
I love Ms Nougayrède’s high-sounding, "... voices that conflate Islam with fanaticism and
terrorism..."
And what else have Western governments and the mainline
press done for years, effectively preparing the ground for further extremes in
politics?
Journalists who serve as apologists for Israel's brutal
excesses since the time of 9/11 have delivered countless truckloads of just
such thinking.
After all, it is Israel that conflates powerless, abused
people who want basic rights and human respect with terrorists. It is virtually
national policy, and it is pushed into the policies of America by political
influence and thereby into the policies of weak allied leaders like Cameron and
Hollande.
And if we consider repressive and brutal leaders, none
better qualifies than Netanyahu. He's covered in Muslim blood and daily treats
about 5 million people with virtual contempt.
Marie Le Pen and Donald Trump by comparison are guilty only
of excessive and sometimes unpleasant speech.
