Smearing it all about

If I was the kind of treacherous bastard who’d supported a foreign power’s murderous attack on my own country, I’d mostly be shutting the fuck up about it right now.

Nibras Kazimi would seem to disagree – instead, he’s using incredibly tenuous bullshit to try and smear the only candidate in said foreign power who disapproves of the murderous attack as tainted by association with the evil bastard who used to run the attacked country.

(no, I don’t know why I didn’t start with “US” and “Iraq” instead of cryptic descriptions; that would have made the last sentence much easier to read).

And this is a masterpiece of the art of the poison pen:

A very reliable source of mine who knows Auchi very well disputes any intelligence or money laundering roles that Auchi may have performed on behalf of Saddam, but then again, had that been true, enough people would have formed a different impression about Auchi

…or “I know perfectly well that these accusations are bollocks, but no smoke without fire, eh?”

Note that both Nibras Kazimi and his source material are in Murdoch’s pocket (the NY Sun and the Times, respectively). Looks like we know which way Rupe is swinging in the Democrat primaries… (Note: this isn’t true – the NY Sun was founded by Conrad Black. I hate it when I get my dislikeable colonial press barons confused…)

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3 Responses to “Smearing it all about”

  1. Sunken Drunken says:

    I’m pretty sure that Rupert Murdoch has no ownership stake in the New York Sun. Check your claims.

  2. PDF says:

    You’re right – getting my crazy bigoted NY papers confused.

    The NY Sun was founded by Conrad Black and a coterie of similarly unpleasant individuals to counter their perceived anti-Israel bias in the US mainstream media.

    The fact that anyone could believe there was anything other than a ragingly pro-Israel bias in the US mainstream media is hilarious and tragic in equal measure…

    (oh, and also, fuck you for the deeply patronising “check your claims” bit – I’m an anonymous ranting blogger, and am entirely entitled to check my claims or not as and when I choose…)

  3. Alex says:

    Kazimi works for the Hudson Institute.