Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald lionizes the arch-dhimmi Edward Mortimer, Kofi Annan's speechwriter at the UN:
The Director of Communications at the U.N. and Kofi Annan's Chief Speechwriter (and also his "Senior Adviser") is one Edward Mortimer, formerly with the Euro-Arab Dialogue branch of the E.U., and before that, a journalist with a variety of English newspapers. He is most famous, among those who remember what he wishes they would forget, for the absolute delight with which he greeted that primitive pro-fascist mass-murderer, the Ayatollah Khomeini, the man who in his writings carefully explains to whom it is licit to serve the cooked remains of a goat, a camel, a sheep with which you have had sexual intercourse and then killed and cooked. That allows one to deal with that famous problem immortalized in song -- "breaking-up-is-hard-to-do" -- and at the same time thriftily observing the ethic of "waste not, want not." And then, of course, there are the Ayatollah's remarks on the absolute necessity of making war on the Infidels (see, for bloodthirsty samples, Ibn Warraq's Why I Am Not a Muslim, pp 11-12, and Robert Spencer’s Islam Unveiled, p. 35).Here is what Edward Mortimer, the man who puts the words in Kofi Annan's mouth and therefore helps to mold what pass for Kofi Annan's "thoughts," wrote when the Ayatollah Khomeini first came to power, as reported by the English writer Anthony Howard:
Way back at the start of 1979, when the Iranian people took to the streets and the late Shah was overthrown, the media - as I recall - did not so much give a shudder of horror as heave a sigh of relief. Indeed, one London periodical (the ultra-respectable, middle-of-the-road Spectator) went almost overboard in its exultation. Writing from Teheran, one of its contributors, Mr. Edward Mortimer of The Times of London, actually went so far as to begin his article with Charles James Fox's comment on the fall of the Bastille: ''How much the greatest event it is that ever happened in the world, and how much the best!'' Those words, added Mr. Mortimer, seemed to him ''entirely apposite.''That is Mortimer on Khomeini's resistible rise: "How much the greatest event it is that ever happened in the world, and how much the best" are words, he wrote, that seemed to him "entirely apposite."
And not surprisingly, Mortimer is venomous on the subject of Israel. Now the real antisemites, as is known, have a few topics that they cannot leave alone, that haunt them, that they love to discuss endlessly. For some, it may be the supposedly "deliberate" attack by Israeli planes on the U.S.S. Liberty in June 1967 -- despite the careful analyses and now the released tapes that show conclusively that it was, of course, a mistake, friendly fire of the most understandable kind. (This does not prevent the likes of James Bamford in one of his books from claiming, without the least evidence, that Israel did this in order to "cover up" its crimes of executing Egyptian prisoners -- but then Bamford, of course, is the kind of man who pretends to be a tough, no-nonsense clear-eyed defender of America while opposing efforts to wiretap violent jihadists and insisting that there is no problem with Islam or a Jihad, no, of course not -- the problem is America's unreserved and total (!) "support of Israel." Tell that to the Christians in East Timor or the Southern Sudan.Now there is one other favorite topos of the convinced antisemite. And that is that the "Zionists" collaborated with -- the Nazis. This nauseating charge is made, in fact, by among others, one Lenni Brenner. No serious reviewer would bother with such trash. But Edward Mortimer found the thesis of a Zionist-Nazi collaboration so convincing, so meritorious, that he wrote a rave review that was then used as the introduction for a new edition of the book. That tells one all one needs to know about Edward Mortimer's deepest impulses, and not only when it comes to Israel.
So this is the man who, though he had praised Khomeini to the Jacobin skies back in 1979, and heaped praise on Lonni Brenner's antisemitic viciousness back in 1984, was hired nonetheless -- no, make that "was hired for that reason" -- by the United Nations. It is Edward Mortimer who puts the "twaddle" in Kofi Annan's mouth -- the mouth of the man who heads an organization that has been taken over by the Islamintern. Edward Mortimer deserves the U.N.; the U.N. deserves Edward Mortimer. What a mix, what a continuous Witches' Sabbath on the East River.
Meanwhile, a million black Christians in southern Nigeria died, many of them killed by Egyptian pilots bombing civilians -- and the U.N. did nothing. The U.N. did nothing when 200,000 Christians in East Timor died; it was the Australians who had to rescue the rest with their own troops. In 20 years of genocidal attacks, the U.N. has done nothing effective to help the Christians of the southern Sudan, despite the superb and anguished reports of its Special Rapporteur Gaspar Biro. Kofi Annan went out of his way to prevent General Romeo Dalaire from acting to intervene and head off the Rwanda Genocide. The Hutus, incidentally, had earlier received arms from Egypt; at the time, the Secretary-General was the sad-eyed Boutros Boutros Ghali, a man deeply afraid of the Egyptian Government. Kofi Annan was in charge of peacekeeping.
The ongoing discussions about Darfur are farcical. The U.N. will not and cannot act, because the Arab League, and many other Muslim countries, will simply not permit any intervention to save either non-Muslims or non-Arab Muslims when they are under attack by Muslim Arabs. Only against Iraq, in the past 30 years, has the U.N. authorized military force against a Muslim power. And it was not to rescue the Kurds during the Al-Anfal Operation against them. No, it was only in response to the invasion of Kuwait and the threatened invasion of Saudi Arabia -- for then other Muslim powers were directly threatened. And the resolutions left over from the end of that first Gulf War were the only reason the United States obtained some half-hearted backing this time around.
But unless it is other Muslims who are being threatened, the U.N. will never, ever, take the side of intervention. It has been thoroughly infiltrated by pro-Islamic, and anti-Israel and anti-American forces. And Edward Mortimer beautifully exemplifies all three strands. He deserves special attention and no doubt a special prize from Muslim sources -- for efforts that surpass even what they expected.
Well done, Edward Mortimer. Well done, illegitimate Edward.
In fact, should not Edward Mortimer have been invited to the Dallas shindig last year that celebrated the Works and Days of the Ayatollah Khomeini, so as to have leant it a certain false olde-worlde charm, and given it the benefit of that pseudo-plummy voice, brimming with self-confidence, and all the rest of what Edward Mortimer has to offer -- which is what, exactly?
Degredation of intellectual discourse is based on willingness to accept the unreal as real. In other words, to accord credibility to bullcrap.
Started on the campuses, spread to the media, and finally settled intot he lymph nodes of our politicians.
Many of Mortimer's claims are every bit as real as the concept of Palestinians, whatever that is.
If anyone is to blame that an organization founded by the US, funded by the US, and headquartered in the US is so venomously anti-US, then it's certainly the brilliant and elegant US diplomacy. Probably no other country would have allowed such a farce to continue on its soil and for its money. America, though having an enormous economic and military clout, has repeatedly failed to use it in its own interest. Soviet Union, whatever meager oil money it had, never shied from using it to buy friends all over the world. On the other hand, America, even when it throws money around, is strangely unable to get any political advantage in return. Look at the policies and voting records of such US money-suckers as Egypt or Jordan. Not to mention the Gulf states, which would be breeding camels if it were not for US purchasing their oil - purchasing, not just taking it away, along with all the unearned money, as a just and fair compensation for the biggest abuse of monopoly power in world history called "OPEC." When a company abuses its monopoly power, we fine it or even may break it up; when countries do the same, we suck up to them. Palestinians publicly celebrate deaths of thousands of Americans, burn American flags, and chant "Death to America!", and yet America gives them money, supports them politically, and even goes so far as to demand a "contiguous state" for them, just as Rice did. There's no stauncher American ally than Israel, but America keeps funding and supplying arms to Israel's deadly enemies and presses Israel to make ever more concession to a bunch of terrorists. Who on earth will want to be an American friend when being an American foe pays off handsomely, while being a friend does not? Every sane person will come to this conclusion, and Islamic and other Third World dictators are sane people. This is why in the heart of New York we have an organization where Edwards Mortimers are allowed to thrive.
Oil. Don't forget about the oil.
Not oil in this case. Something even nastier. Real belief as opposed to the bought-and-paid-for kind.
James Bramford is an example of how a highly intelligent guy with a detailed knowledge of events allows shall we say dislike of Israel influence completely his world view. A carefull reading of all of his books(well written all I might add) gives a generally even-handed accounting until it comes to Israel and her supporters in the US. It's kind of sad in my view to see this guy on Wolf Blitzer the day the US released all of the recording we had of the Israeli pilots who inadvertantly attacked The Liberty in '67. These tapes were classified for many years and Branford claimed in print these tapes would show Israel's true intention(as if attacking the US would be in Israel's interest--this itself defies logic--biting the hand that feeds you?). Bramford went ballistic when questioned. This is the only time the usually unflappable, calm guy go beserk, shouting and making no sense. As if the facts not supporting his world view pissed him off. In his book on the 911 attacks and aftermath Pretense for War . . . after giving a breathtakingly accurate blow by blow on 911 he goes into the case for Iraq, the zionists ect...but what shocked me is his focus on Bin Laden stating Palestine was the key, not Saudi Arabia and the US presence, nothing about India, Kashmir nor every other Jihadist fight . . . only Israel matters. I've never understood how an intelligent person could be anti-semetic or racist in any way. For example, the founders of this website focus on the idiology of hate with Islam and how it corrupts its believers . . . NOT the other way around . . . a key distinction from anti semites or racists . . . here, the crucial issue is Jews or Blacks are evil, bad, corruptors(not so much the faith or culture)but the biology . . . the people. At any rate, Bramford has a sad axe to grind, one I'm afraid is rooted in antiquity, blinding him from the facts in front of his eyes. I don't make the case for antisemetic views easily. I would truly have a hard time making it for Pat Buchanan...although his recent column on Iran shows his shortsided thinking. Bottom line, this is a long war. It involves more than Israel. Look, I'm a zionist, but it will not be a shock to me to hear Israel has been destroyed one day soon with a rogue nuclear bomb. I'm a realist. The point is not Jews, or neocons, or theocons...Christians who support Israel from a biblical perspective...unfortunately we are a a defensive mode here...from a hateful foe interested in our submission to allah and adherance to the caliphate. Everytime I hear some apologist blast Israel . . . I want to raise my hand and say, "ok, give up on Israel . . . she's behind enemy lines, but what about Dafur, France, Sweeden, Detroit, India, Thailand, South Africa, Kashmir, Bali, Spain, or name your place in the world with a growing jihadist presence. It ain't Israel, folks. If only it were so simple.
"For example, the founders of this website focus on the idiology of hate with Islam and how it corrupts its believers . . . NOT the other way around . . . a key distinction from anti semites or racists . . .here, the crucial issue is Jews or Blacks are evil, bad, corruptors(not so much the faith or culture)but the biology . . . the people." - biorabbi
I would just point out that according to Islamic doctrine, human beings are unequal on an even deeper level than biology, at the level of the soul. Qutb goes to great lengths to point this out in his work - discrimination based on race is abhorent, but discrimination based on "belief" is just fine, since Allah created the souls of unbelievers specifically in order to fill hell. While on earth, unbelievers only exist so that the true believers may be tested. Unbelievers in Islam have no value in and of themselves, either biologically or spiritually.
"The secret of man's identity and his relationship with the creator and with creation, is the great question upon which man's existence depends and will continue to depend until the end of time." - Sayyid Qutb