“One Little Hour”

…I’m just going to have to change my stance towards Manuel Zelaya. After all, “his throat is sore from toxic gases and “Israeli mercenaries” are torturing him with high-frequency radiation.”

I rarely laugh out loud at work, but this article elicited some good humor.

Obviously Zelaya has an over-active imagination, but I find it interesting that he chose to blame “Israeli mercenaries.” He could’ve chosen Chavez’s favorite whipping boy, America. But instead he chose to blame the Jews.

This is a relatively insignificant example of widespread anti-semitic sentiment among various leftist movements in Latin and South America. It doesn’t get reported by the MSM, but some of these guys are good ol’ fashioned Protocols of the Elders of Zion-style racists. You know the type, all foaming at the mouth about Jewish financiers who purposefully destroyed the global economy.

[Add. 10/5/09] – Looks like I’m not the only one who noticed.