ANTI-SEMITISM WATCH

Tariq Aziz, Saddam’s puppet and accomplice, refused to take a question from an Israeli reporter today. Period. It was mentioned on most of the network news broadcasts tonight, in passing. But it’s helpful as an insight into the anti-Semitism that pervades the Saddamite regime. It will also be helpful to see whether Saddam’s two major allies in Europe, France and Germany, express any qualms about it. Today reminded me all too vividly of the 1930s – from the Pope warmly shaking the hands of an anti-Semitic dictatorial regime to the complete abdication of responsibility at the Security Council. It is a dark time; and it just got a little darker.