[lbo-talk] Are Galloway's politics contemptible?

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In fact, there is no doubt that Galloway uttered the words referred to.  
It's on video.  What is in some doubt is whether he is in fact a Saddamite.  
He made his debut in Iraq in order to secure some agreement to help stop the 
sanctions regime.  His record of opposing Saddam until that point was 
second-to-none.  He says in his book that he was overcome by emotion at the 
suffering he saw, and had intended his words for the Iraqi people, not 
Saddam.

In other words, he would have it that his statement was badly judged, not a 
deliberate encomium for someone whom he has described as a "cruel tyrant".  
Given his record of antipathy to Hussein's regime, I suggest there are 
reasons for accepting this as the most likely explanation.


>From: Dwayne Monroe <idoru345 at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>Subject: [lbo-talk] Are Galloway's politics contemptible?
>Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 20:12:19 -0400
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>Luke:
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>Talk of Saddamite leftists is generally bullshit, but not in Galloway's
>case.  "Gorgeous George" actually praised Hussein's "courage, strength and 
>indefatigability."
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>I've heard this before once or twice.  Actually, just once, from Sen. 
>Coleman (or was it his colleague?) during the recent drama.
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>But I long to see a reference the way a stripper longs to kick off those 
>damn heels after a long night.
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>Can you provide?
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>Mind you, I'm not saying these words weren't uttered, or written, or faxed 
>or transmitted via tachyon burst or otherwise issued.
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>But a source (and some context) would be nice to know.
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>.d.
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