Here is the article where Pilger once again insinuates that Obama is an uncle tom (after doing it first in Jan 08!) for appointing Biden and Emanuel.

http://www.newstatesman.com/north-america/2008/11/barack-obama-pilger-texas

Funny how these things turn out eh?

You might want to qualify that a bit otherwise it’s going down as the most comical thing I’ve heard this year!

Pilger knows how to rant. That’s about it. Politics is the art of compromise and requires a great deal of positioning. I wish Pilger understood politics but he doesn’t. He used to make good docs though.

It’s sad.

Also agree with Leon – people ‘like Pilger’ understand more politics through their own experience than anyone on this blog.

Actually, Pilger criticised him for being, apparently…

“…a fervent “neoliberal” devoted to the doctrine that led to the present economic collapse and impoverishment of millions. He is also an “Israel-first” Zionist who served in the Israeli army and opposes meaningful justice for the Palestinians – an injustice that is at the root of Muslim people’s loathing of the United States and the spawning of jihadism.”

Indeed, and that’s the worst thing about it. The ‘served in the Israeli army’ bit is not only a lie, but one which originated from an anti-semitic opponent. Christ, if some unpaid blogger can do this kind of fact-checking in his spare time, Pilger should be able to do a bit of, y’know, reading(http://bit.ly/17cnEo)

“Just after the American elections I attacked people like John Pilger who said that Obama was an ‘Uncle Tom’ because he surrounded himself by people like Rahm Emanuel.

Actually, Rahm Emanuel didn’t come up in the “Uncle Tom” article – how could he have done? It was months before he was picked.

“The chief of staff was a ‘committed Jew’ according to reports and thus a right-wing Zionist to Pilger.”

Actually, Pilger criticised him for being, apparently…

“…a fervent “neoliberal” devoted to the doctrine that led to the present economic collapse and impoverishment of millions. He is also an “Israel-first” Zionist who served in the Israeli army and opposes meaningful justice for the Palestinians – an injustice that is at the root of Muslim people’s loathing of the United States and the spawning of jihadism.”

And this is why I believe people like Pilger now don’t understand politics.

You might want to qualify that a bit otherwise it’s going down as the most comical thing I’ve heard this year!

http://londonmuslims.blogspot.com/2009/07/israeli-pm-slams-obamas-advisors-as.html

Btw think you mean Israel’s 1967 border in the last para.