Letters
Today's useful idiots
04 August 2005
Dear Sir
While Ken Livingstone and Jenny Tonge have each launched shameful diatribes against Israel, they are only the supreme examples of today’s ‘useful idiots.’ If common wisdom is anything to go by, Palestine and Iraq are the root causes of modern terror. If only these ‘occupations’ could cease, Al-Qaeda would pack up shop and disappear into Middle Eastern obscurity. Furthermore we are repeatedly told the 7th July attacks have nothing to do with Islam. This all reflects a growing culture of denial, deeply entrenched among Britain’s Muslim leaders, which views terrorism as a political protest against Western foreign policy. This ethnic grievance culture is supported by a left wing consensus according to which Muslim ‘anger’ must first be assuaged in order to stamp out the menace of terror. Everyone, it seems, is responsible for Islamic terrorism except the Muslim mass murderers and their religious backers. This set of pernicious falsehoods must be countered whenever and wherever it appears. This can only be done by setting modern terrorism in its proper religious and historical context and countering the distortions that appear all too frequently in the media. The battle is on.
Yours sincerely
Jeremy Havardi
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