Reply #33: At least get the facts right

[MSchreader]

First, Galloway's exclamation was, according to him, the use of a royal "you", meaning the Iraqi people. Facts are facts. As he pointed out in his statement before Coleman and Levin, Galloway was a longtime campaigner against the atrocities committed by the Ba'athist regime, at a time when both Republicans and Democrats were supporting sending arms and chemical weapons to Baghdad for their war against Iran.

Second, Galloway's original constituency, Glasgow Kelvin, was "redistricted" out of existence by Blair and "New Labour". So, he had to find a new district in which to run, and chose Bethnal Green and Bow, which until recently was represented by Oona King, one of the most stalwart supporters of the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Yes, BGB has a high South Asian/Muslim population, but it is not the only area that fits that description (Oldham comes immediately to mind). What seems to have finalized the decision to contest in BGB was ... Oona King and her views on the war.

Martin

P.S.: As for Galloway's comments about the former Soviet Union, he is right about one thing: it is highly unlikely that the U.S. would have tried to invade Iraq if it still existed. Iraq was a client state and ally of the USSR throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and still had close ties with Moscow until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.