Warbloggers Keep Attacking the Man, not the Message

In response to my criticism of the Fadhil brothers' bogus blog, Jeff Jarvis at Buzz Machine today branded me "a garden variety anti-Semite" (see the Comments here).

As one letter-writer at SMH said today:

The invasion of Iraq was wrong. It was presented under false pretences, undermining the body politic; it has seriously set back the global effort to curtail anti-Western aggression; and it has brought about the violent deaths of thousands who would otherwise be alive today.

I am sick and tired of hearing the supporters of the invasion attempt to justify their unconscionable position by vilifying and misrepresenting the millions of us around the world - conservative and liberal, right and left - who object to the war for pragmatic and moral reasons.

Jason Eyre, Houston (US)

Meanwhile, it is becoming increasingly likely that the legacy of Bush's Iraq invasion will be a Middle East governed by religion, as Waleed Aly writes in the same paper:

Over the two years since the US-led invasion, the Shiite south has become a pseudo-Islamic state. Even in the more secular Basra, courts have been applying Islamic law, and religious leaders make many political decisions. The election results reflect this.

You reap what you sow, folks. It is well and truly time to stop sowing lies, hatred and violence.