G. Gordon Liddy: The pullout is recipe for disaster

[Monkie]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/606765.html

"In a short-sleeved blue shirt decorated with paratrooper's wings he did not look like he belonged to that time and place. In contrast to the fierce looks, the disheveled hair and the loud voices of the disengagement opponents, G. Gordon Liddy is soft-spoken, chooses his words carefully and dresses neatly.

Yet nevertheless, the rhetoric of one of the main characters in the Watergate affair is very like that of the Jewish settlers.

"During my visit I have formed the impression from meeting with people that Sharon is carrying out the disengagement only to avoid prosecution. This is not a decision anchored in his worldview. He has no intention and is making no effort to achieve peace," Liddy said in a conversation with Haaretz.
~snip~
In the decision to disengage he sees a clear recipe for "disaster." According to him, "The disengagement will encourage the Arab terrorists. They will say: `Look, we'll kill some more Jews, we'll send some more rockets and they'll fold.'"

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/606546.html

~snip~
"In addition, he says, "I can't understand how for the first time in history Jews are expelling Jews, who settled legally in their homes. This isn't about illegal outposts." He hasn't heard about the confiscation of lands and water from the Palestinians in Gaza. "Gush Katif is an amazing place," he says enthusiastically. "It reminds me of my home in Arizona.""

2 interesting pieces in haaretz.
Quite telling that pathological liar,convicted criminal, and enemy of democracy Liddy seems to be the settlers new best friend.
It is also interesting to note that Liddy is a bit of a fascist and a great admirer of Hitler so this makes this a rather strange mariage that would seem not to be convenient.
I'm not sure if its a common ideology that binds them or just a shared hate,but the irony of it all would be amusing if the characters were not so scary.
With 2 million daily listeners to his radio show it might go some way to explaining why so many Americans seem to have such a historically inaccurate view of Israel.

some background on Liddy and his love of Hitler as this might not be common knowledge:

http://mediamatters.org/items/200411230004

"Hitler as an early political hero

The Fuhrer was G Gordon Liddy's first political hero. Liddy was a sickly, asthmatic child when he grew up in Hoboken, New Jersey, in the 1930s. The town was full of ethnic Germans who idolized Hitler. Liddy was made to salute the Stars and Stripes Nazi-style by the nuns at his school; even now, he admits, "at assemblies where the national anthem is played, I must suppress the urge to snap out my right arm." His beloved German nanny taught him that Hitler had -- through sheer will-power -- "dragged Germany from weakness to strength."

This gave Liddy hope "for the first time in my life" that he too could overcome weakness. When he listened to Hitler on the radio, it "made me feel a strength inside I had never known before," he explains. "Hitler's sheer animal confidence and power of will . He sent an electric current through my body." He describes seeing the Nazis' doomed technological marvel the Hindenberg flying over New Jersey as an almost religious experience. "Ecstatic, I drank in its colossal power and felt myself grow. Fear evaporated and in its place came a sense of personal might and power."

A-ha. So, Mr Liddy, do you feel that your early, formative love for Hitler shaped your political behavior later in life? "Oh, no," he says somberly. He renounces Hitler's war against the Jews as "evil" and flaunts his support for Israel's hard right as evidence he is not an anti-Semite. "It was part of my childhood, that's all," he says.

Really? That doesn't seem to match the historical record. In his autobiography, Liddy admits that, after reading the writings of the notorious anti-Semite Charles Lindbergh, Liddy decided to pick his wife on eugenic grounds. He held out for "a tall, fair, powerfully built Teuton." Isn't that behavior at the very least in the shadow of Hitler?" Of course not. Genetics is accepted by everyone." But a Teuton? My dictionary defines it as "descended from an ancient Germanic tribe. Often synonymous with Aryan." He waves his hand and says, "That's how we spoke then. This is political correctness."

[Moochy]

1. No Sex Threads!!

shudder g gordon liddy sex thread too :)

[DixieDem]

2. This is so sad...

I am definitely not a fan of Sharon. But, he IS trying to do the right thing. It's a first step! Unfortunately, it's a step that could cause a civil war in his own country. Instead of bashing him, we need to support him in this.

[IndianaGreen]

3. Liddy is now allied with the Gaza settlers that refuse to leave?

Why are we surprised when a mentally disturbed criminal like Liddy would find common ground with people that are calling Sharon a nazi and calling for his death?

Until recently, Liddy's only audience were the morons that listened to his radio show.