So Long ‘Kosovo Tom’

“The United States stands foursquare for the creation of an overwhelmingly Muslim country in the very heart of Europe.”

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From Western Voices correspondents

Representative Tom Lantos, the California Democrat, Zionist extremist and champion of Kosovo independence who ruled the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has died after a bout with esophagus cancer.

Lantos was the only self-styled Jewish Holocaust survivor in the Congress. Lantos, praising himself, noted he was a “Holocaust survivor and a fighter in the anti-Nazi underground.” Budapest born Lantos claimed to have been deported to a labor camp in 1944, from which he promptly escaped. He then came to the United States in 1947 on a segregated Jews-only affirmative action academic scholarship.

The next in line to control the committee is Representative Howard Berman (D, California), who is also Jewish; if Republicans win control of the House, the position would fall to Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R, Florida). Havana born Ros-Lehtinen, who has championed the cause of the http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2605, who have ethnically cleansed thousands of Serb civilians and desecrated Serb churches and other historical sites. Addressing Nicholas Burns of the State Department Lantos said: “Let me just raise a few items, Mr. Secretary. The first one: just a reminder to the predominantly Muslim-led governments in this world that here is yet another example that the United States leads the way for the creation of a predominantly Muslim country in the very heart of Europe. This should be noted by both responsible leaders of Islamic governments, such as Indonesia, and also for jihadists of all color and hue. The United States’ principles are universal, and in this instance, the United States stands foursquare for the creation of an overwhelmingly Muslim country in the very heart of Europe.” Despite appearances, Zionism and Islamism often share similar agendas.

Many politicians will likely greet the departure of Lantos with quiet thanksgiving. The Holocaust to Lantos was what 9/11 is to Rudy Giuliani, used to bully and berate opponents from a morally superior height, and embarrassing the United States in the process. What was to be his final gaffe came in October of 2007 when Lantos, a diehard fan of Bush’s war on Iraq, snapped at a visiting delegation of lawmakers from the Netherlands that “Europe was not as outraged by Auschwitz as by Guantanamo Bay.” Raving, he added that “You have to help us, because if it was not for us you would now be a province of Nazi Germany.” Understandably, the Dutch were stunned by the boorish outburst, calling it “insulting and counterproductive.”

Displays of contempt and breathtaking hubris from Lantos were legend. In 2000, he was fined for “inattentive driving” for leaving the scene after running over the foot of a child on Capitol Hill. But Lantos was best known for his loud mouth. At a Congressional “Filegate” hearing in 1996, Lantos seemed to suggest that one witness kill himself: “with an infinitely more distinguished public record than yours, Admiral Boorda committed suicide when he may have committed a minor mistake.”

In June 2007 Lantos shamed America by calling former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder “a political prostitute,” an accurate enough assessment, but hardly appropriate given the circumstances, the public dedication of Washington’s Victims of Communism Memorial. At the same event, Lantos blasted former French President Jacques Chirac, dragging  out the European “war guilt” he seems to be obsessed with, even if the victims of his ranting, like the Dutch and the French, were occupied by the Germans. Chirac, said Lantos, “should go down to the Normandy beaches. He should see those endless rows of white marble crosses and stars of David representing young Americans who gave their lives for the freedom of France.” It may well be that “Holocaust survivor and a fighter in the anti-Nazi underground” Tom Lantos was expressing sour grapes because non-Jewish people were being recognized as historical victims. Similar responses were seen from the Anti-Defamation League, which launched transparent attempts to http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=1640 of the Armenian Holocaust.

He also seemed to let the cat out of the bag about his pet issue, Iraq, and its real goals, which certainly have nothing to do with “democracy.” In 2002 he said to Colette Avital, a member of the Israeli Knesset, “My dear Colette, don’t worry. You won’t have any problem with Saddam. We’ll be rid of the bastard soon enough. And in his place we’ll install a pro-Western dictator, who will be good for us and for you.”

2008-02-11