Over the last few days the media has been ferociously blaming Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Centre Church in Gainesville Florida for the deaths of dozens of people in the Arab world. Pastor Jones recently set fire to a Qur'an following a "trial" during which the book was found of a variety of crimes, including "murder, rape, deception, being responsible for terrorist activities all around the world". Once news of the Qur'an burning was reported in Afghanistan, by our ally resident Hamid Karzai, in support of who's government thousands of young British and American soldiers have died, thousands of muslims went on the rampage slaughtering dozens of innocent people, including a number of UN workers, at least two of whom were beheaded.
Of course Muslims can not be held responsible for their own actions, and the media are determined to blame Pastor Jones for murders committed by other hands many thousands of miles from Florida. In Monday's report Channel 4 news Washington Reporter Sarah Smith took time off from kissing the ground at Obama's feet, to give one of her characteristic "grasp at anything but the truth" reports in which she made clear her view that it was Jones, not the angry Arabs who had blood on his hands.
Just imagine what would have happened if an Imam in some Mosque in Islamabad had burnt a bible and as a result crowds of rampaging Christians in Cumbria had started attacking and killing innocent people in revenge. Just who do you think the media would blame?
The Gates of Vienna have an interesting take on this lunacy, which can be read here, meanwhile, the always excellent Pat Buchanan also makes his view very clear in this posting.
