Neve Gordon is not happy that Richard Goldstone’s alleged past as a hanging judge in apartheid South Africa has come to light. He calls it “character assassination” and identifies it as part of a “a well-orchestrated delegitimisation campaign by Israel”. At least he doesn’t say that it’s well-funded too…
Archive for May, 2010
Following Rand Paul’s victory in the Kentucky Senate Primary, this post by Daniel Greenfield from last February is worth re-reading, not least because it demonstrates that on matters of US foreign policy, Rand would appear to have identical views to his father.
Those views were laid out in an interview with 9/11 conspiracy-monger Alex Jones, who has also conducted a similarly simpering one-on-one with George Galloway. Here’s Rand Paul’s money quote:
“…here are people on the left who acknowledge the vast expenditures of the military industrial complex, and there are people on the right who are beginning to understand that. There’s a sort of left-right paradigm that you bring these groups together in order to try to win an election. I think it’s coming.”
And sooner than we think? In any case, this is a salutary reminder that when we discuss the alliance of interests between the far left and the Islamists, we shouldn’t leave out the isolationist right.
UPDATE: I should have mentioned that the superb Adam Holland has written extensively on Rand Paul. Find Adam’s articles here.
Most readers of this blog will not have heard of him but Charly García is an Argentine rock musician of unrivalled talent and artistic integrity. He’s been a giant on the nation’s cultural scene for more than three decades and he travelled to Israel to play two concerts this week. Never a man weighed down by brute notions of political correctness his visit represents another raised middle finger to the boycotters.
