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November 26, 2003

Whitehall and reality

If proof were needed that there is a major gap, if not a seperate universe, between the planet most of us occupy and that inhabited by the denizens of Whitehall, then here it is. How would you set about stirring up the ire and the passions of the Iraqi people, having already set about imposing your notion of government?

That's right, you send a militant feminist and her assistant to go and sort out the "gender and diversity" issues in that benighted country!

If there is a minefield with the potential to undo any good that could have come from the war in Iraq (and I am by no means against the overthrow of such a vicious and dangerous regime!), then this must be it. I am now convinced that the planet these folk live on has a different number of moons circling it to the one I inhabit! Some of these issues are ones right at the heart of some of the teachings from the Koran, and given that this lady, and the government she represents have not the slightest understanding of religion or religious beliefs, it is a given that she will find some way to cause real offence.

This latest folly, while I have no doubt is well intentioned, is the equivalent of pouring petrol onto a fire. It will provide all the proof the fundamentalists need that Western nations are anti-Islam and wish to destroy it. That will fan the flames as nothing else could. Under Saddam, the state veered between secular and religious dictartorship - depending on what suited the regime. In the vacuum that has been created by his removal we already have fundamentalist Islamic movements struggling to seize the ascendancy, and this will really give them a leg up.

As an example of woolly headed liberal do-goody meddling it would be hard to beat. It is typical of the sort of blinkered and self righteous single issue agenda that is so beloved of the so-called "liberal" - who is usually anything but. Naturally it is loudly supported by Tony's Cronies in the Fabian Society (who measure child poverty in terms of DVD players, Video Games, VCR's and designer clothing - if you haven't got them you're poor!) and the Civitas think tank - another government quango stuffed with his pals at the taxpayers expense. This is, after all, the same bunch of clowns who, at vast and ongoing expense to the taxpayer, attempted to turn the celebration of the start of the third Christian Millenium, into a "multi-faith" celebration. Then they were surprised when the leaders of all the other faiths asked why they should celebrate Christianity. So we ended up with a secular event which flopped. I was one of the millions that failed to flock to the biggest mockery anyone could have devised - Disneyland would have been a much more worthwhile visit. So, having insulted the Muslims, Jews, Buddhists and Hindu's, they then attempted to exclude the Christians as well. Pretty good track record so far? Let's see how the Iraqi's respond.

As usual the perpetrators of this will have ignored all expert advice and listened only to those who sycophantically agree with everything they say. I suggest that the rest of us start to take precautions now.

This entire debacle serves to confirm what is being discussed on Dean's World under the title of "An alternative view" and I would like to say I agree entirely with Dean. The "liberal" agenda has been highjacked by extremists and anachists whose tactics in attempting to seize the moral high ground, are straight from Dr Goebels book on propaganda management. A half truth is more powerful than a lie.

Goebels must be ever so proud of his protege's

Posted by The Gray Monk at November 26, 2003 11:38 AM

Comments

Posted by: Ozguru at November 26, 2003 11:47 PM

Posted by: The Gray Monk at November 27, 2003 10:58 AM