Tariq Ali - Jihaad's Spin Doctor Blames the Victim

Tariq Ali has written another article in which he piously condemnes terrorism whilst simultaneously endorsing the perpetrators' worldview.

Some choice excerpts:

Al-Qaeda is not the only terrorist group in existence. It has rivals within the Muslim diaspora. But it is safe to assume the cause of these bombs is the unstinting support given by New Labour and its Prime Minister to the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Of course. It was Blair's fault for getting rid of Saddam. The 2003 invasion of Iraq was also the cause of September 11, the Bali, and Marriot Hotel bombings, the attack on the USS Cole, halitosis, athletes foot, and the bombing of Pearl Harbour.

Tragically, they have suffered the blow and paid the price for the re-election of Blair and a continuation of the war.

This reminds me of Michael Moore's infamous "these were the places that voted against Bush!". Just imagine what Islamists would do to us if we really pissed them off.

The real solution lies in immediately ending the occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine.

Never mind that of these three "occupations", two post-date the September 11 attacks and the formal declaration of the War on Terror, and the third, being that of Judea, Samaria and Gaza, ranks somewhere below the 1492 "tragedy of Al Andalus" on Osama Bin Laden's list of grievances.

This idiotic piece in the Sydney Morning Herald epitomises everything that is wrong with the lunar left's critique of the War on Terror. By falsely but speciously suggesting that Islamist terror has legitimate grievances with the US and its allies (for fighting terror) and Israel (for having the temerity to exist as a Jewish State) Ali legitimises bombings, murder and bloody mayhem.

Indeed, Ali's apologia reminds one of the rapist, who blames his victim for dressing "seductively". It is a disgraceful and morally bankrupt approach.

May his name be erased.