Frances Guy is the British ambassador to Lebanon. On her blog on the website of Her Majesty’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, she wrote this about Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, head of the Shia clergy in Lebanon who died of old age a few days ago (hat tip: Elder of Ziyon): One of the privileges of being a diplomat is the people you meet; great and small, passionate and furious. People in Lebanon like to ask me which politician I admire most. It is an unfair question, obviously, and many are seeking to make a political response of their own. I usually avoid answering by referring to those I enjoy meeting the most and those that impress me the most. Until yesterday my preferred answer was to refer to Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, head of the Shia clergy in Fancy! ‘Many years ago during the Gulf War, I accused the BBC of being the Baghdad broadcasting corporation,’ he told MPs. ‘I am very concerned that there is now a similar situation with the Taliban, in that they are getting far too high a profile... "We need a much blunter, more realistic assessment. Churchill would never have put up with this kind of propaganda in a wartime situation. ... My worry is that our enemies are being given a disproportionate platform in the British media and the British media are in danger of losing the sight of the fact they are our enemies.’ Ah, but then we’re not at war, see. They are at war with us, for sure; but we are not...
Thursday, 8th July 2010
Britain's ambassador gushes admiration for a godfather of terror
8:14pm
...The British Broadcasting Collaboration
7:19pm
Tory MP David Tredinnick has accused the BBC of spreading Taleban propaganda of defeatism.
Friday, 9 July 2010
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