The Right-Wing Left-Wing

One of the most important functions of this blog will be my thoroughgoing documentation of the reactions of the Left to Islamic radicalism, which span from blase toleration to obsequious endorsement. The proof of this assertion is manifold and multitudinous. Take the following as a mere introduction:

1. At a 2006 teach-in at UC-Berkeley, post-structuralist philosopher Judith Butler said, "Understanding Hamas and Hizbullah as social movements that are on the global left is important." This, despite what its founder and leader Hassan Nasrallah said to The Washington Post that same year: "I am against any reconciliation with Israel. I do not even recognize the presence of a state that is called 'Israel.'" She then called for boycotts of and divestment from Israel as a means of "resistance."

2. In a paroxysm on his website on April 14, 2004, Michael Moore wrote, "The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not "insurgents" or "terrorists" or "The Enemy." They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow -- and they will win." He wrote this knowing the insurgency was led by former members of the Ba'th Party and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a senior associate of Osama bin Laden and the chief of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia.

3. George Galloway, one of the leaders of the antiwar movement in Britain, met Saddam Hussein in 1994 and told him, "I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigably." In 2003, following the intervention in Iraq, he simultaneously called for British troops to mutiny and for holy war against them. Last year in an interview with GQ he said it would be justified if a suicide bomber assassinated Tony Blair.

These are not new examples, but as the Left continues to advocate on behalf of Islamic radicalism I will be posting it here.