highlander

Originally Posted by Forum4PoliticsBot

I was looking for the opinion of British posters as to whether or not hey felt that Labour politicians in the UK are increasingly attempting to use antisemitism to increase their popularity among Muslim voters.

I am thinking primarily of the recent election of Galloway and Livingstons recent alienation of the london Jewish community?

I was just wondering if any of you have noticed a similar theme in other elections?


Thread started at Forum 4 Politics on 04-04-2012 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by Horhey

The current Orwellian theme is that 'muslims ("terrorists" by definition according to much of the discourse) hate us for our freedom and our values and therefore we have to be over there so they dont come here.' These missperceptions have been further inflamed by opportunist demagogs in Washington and in the media to engineer consent for US imperial activities.

A study by the Defense Science Board, a Pentagon advisory panel, in December 2004 concluded that:

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