A moonbat brays over Britain
The insufferable Liberal Democratic MP Jenny Tonge is back in the news again, claiming in the House of Lords that Israel's 'treatment of the Palestinians' is the cause of terrorism worldwide. Possibly “Holocaust guilt” allows this treatment to go unchecked, Tonge said, adding that it might also be the “power of the pro-Israel lobby” in the UK and US.But the excuse that Tonge 'doesn't represent' Liberal Democrats is getting a bit tired. You see, Tonge was the second Liberal Democrat MP to attack Israel last week.
The Liberal Democrat peer was speaking in the House of Lords at the Strategic Defense and Security Review, which sets out how the British government will deliver the priorities identified in its national security strategy.
On the issue of world conflict prevention, Tonge then said: “It is a disgrace to us all that problems such as Kashmir and Palestine are still alienating Muslims all over the world.
“The treatment of Palestinians by Israel is held up as an example of how the West treats Muslims,” she said, “and is at the root cause of terrorism worldwide.”
“Even [the Quartet’s Middle East envoy] Tony Blair has now admitted this publicly,” she claimed.
“Why do we let it continue? Is it Holocaust guilt? We should be guilty – of course we should. Is it the power of the pro-Israel lobby here and in the USA?” The peer went on say that “cynics might think” Britain is at the ready to help Israel attack Iran.
“Or is it the need, maybe, to have an aircraft carrier called Israel in the Middle East, from which to launch attacks on countries such as Iran? The cynic might think that that is why HMS Ark Royal and the Harriers [fighter jets] can be dispensed with [as part of UK defense cuts] – [since] we already have a static “Ark Royal” in a strategic position, armed to the teeth and ready to fight, provided that we do not offend Israel,” she said.
Tonge, a lifelong anti-Israel activist, continued: “I feel sorry for the people of Israel sometimes. Their government’s policies have made that country the cause of a lot of the world’s problems, yet now they are seen in the middle as the remedy and the base for the West to fight back.”
The party has distanced itself from Tonge’s comments, which “do not reflect the views of the Liberal Democrats,” a spokesman told The Jerusalem Post on Saturday. “Indeed, last week [party leader] Nick Clegg stressed that Israel’s right to thrive in peace and security is non-negotiable for Liberal Democrats.”
Last week, Liberal Democrat peer Lord Phillips told a meeting of the radical fringe group Palestine Solidarity Campaign in parliament that “Europe cannot think straight about Israel because of the Holocaust, and America is in the grip of the well-organized Jewish lobby.”Frankly, the Conservatives haven't been much better lately either.
Labels: Jenny Tonge, Lord Phillips, Nick Clegg, UK Liberal Democrats
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:10 AM
5 Comments:
Carl, they are all vile which is why I voted UKIP.
I heard that broadcast but not from the start though I had no difficulty identifying the speaker as she who should have her Tonge cut out.
I am beginning to feel that one can do anything one likes as long as it doesn't offend a Muslim.
More cheering news via ArmarosNews: American Thinker: http://bit.ly/cEqqMT 'Whatever happned to "Never Forget"'
People are noticing and getting angry.
Maybe some crafty Israeli could take a picture of all the streets named in honor of all the British heavyweights laid out in Moshav HaGermanit; Lloyd George, Lord Balfour, Winston Churchill. See what the Moonbat has to say about that.
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Maybe some crafty Israeli could take a picture of all the streets named in honor of all the British heavyweights laid out in Moshav HaGermanit; Lloyd George, Lord Balfour, Winston Churchill. See what the Moonbat has to say about that.
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I am sure that most of the leaders in Europe honestly see Israel as better company than any of the Arabic states. This understandably baffles the large contingent of moonbats over there, and so they blame it on Holocaust guilt. I wonder if their hold on Europe is increasing or decreasing.
Jeff B, I once checked the LibDem's website and found that they have no foreign policy.
I doubt that they know they are British.
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