Last seem on MR endorsing John Kerry for President on anti-Bush grounds, this cretin has resurfaced with even more sage wisdom:
“There is strong evidence that the attacks were staged. If they can make Avatar, they can make anything,” Mahathir told the Conference for the Support of Al-Quds (Jerusalem), as quoted by local media… Voicing his disappointment that Barack Obama had not yet ended the war in Afghanistan or closed the US terror detention center at Guantanamo, he explained that “there are forces in the United States which prevent the president from doing some things. One of the forces is the Jewish lobby.” Jews “had always been a problem in European countries. They had to be confined to ghettoes and periodically massacred. But still they remained, they thrived and they held whole governments to ransom,” Mahathir said.
It’s true. If they can make Avatar they really can make anything. And although as a theological matter there’s “nothing Jewish” about Avatar, “Navi” is Hebrew for prophet and that’s certainly more than enough to conclude that Jews were behind 9/11. Given this kind of incisive analysis from this kind of powerful politician, it’s difficult to understand why Muslim public discourse is stuck in a conspiracy-wallowing rut.
Speaking of which: have you ever noticed how Walt and Mearsheimer’s Israel Lobby thesis – which they insist absolutely must not be understood as a Jewish Lobby thesis – keeps getting cashed out as a Jewish Lobby thesis? It’s almost as if they courted popularity by vaguely confirming people’s worst prejudices, smirking throughout about how they’re merely raising questions.
That little dig about Kerry at the beginning, incidentally, wasn’t meant as a guilt-by-association thing. John Kerry has lots of bad ideas, but genocidal anti-Jewish scheming aren’t among them. It’s just interesting to see the kinds of people who find the Democratic agenda amenable to their geopolitical and social goals. Cf. Hamas, endorsement of Obama. (Via Courier Mail)
References:
* Kerry Scores Another Huge Endorsement [MR]
* If US Could Create ‘Avatar’, It Could Fake 9/11 Attacks: Mahathir [Jakarta Globe]
* Tzvee’s Talmudic Blog: Is James Cameron’s film Avatar Jewish? [Tzvee's Talmudic Blog]
* Carter hugs Hamas, Hamas hugs … Obama? [Hot Air]
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