Not Really News, But Still Useful
Sometimes the only point of the blogosphere is to outrage people of similar political sensibilities looking to be outraged. The Left does this kind of "oh, isn't this so outrageous" game much better than the Right, which is weird because we have much better material to work with:
[London Mayor Livingstone said that] Sharon "continues to organize terror" by combating the current intifada, that Israel is engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Palestinians similar to that of the Serbs in Bosnia and that the government is trying to frame Muslims for European anti-Semitism... Livingstone not only reiterated those claims but even went a step further, saying that the Israeli government "threatens all of us" by inspiring groups such as al-Qaida to attack the West."
Of course, if you had let as much vicious Muslim anti-Semitism and grevious Al-Qaeda activity multiply and calcify in the city you were responsible for, you'd be looking to blame other people too. And when Europeans are looking to blame someone...
[London Mayor Livingstone said that] Sharon "continues to organize terror" by combating the current intifada, that Israel is engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Palestinians similar to that of the Serbs in Bosnia and that the government is trying to frame Muslims for European anti-Semitism... Livingstone not only reiterated those claims but even went a step further, saying that the Israeli government "threatens all of us" by inspiring groups such as al-Qaida to attack the West."
Of course, if you had let as much vicious Muslim anti-Semitism and grevious Al-Qaeda activity multiply and calcify in the city you were responsible for, you'd be looking to blame other people too. And when Europeans are looking to blame someone...
