Well said Diver Dan. The posts that follow yours make your point exquisitely. All the usual suspects line up to mouth their ill-informed nonsense. Their is an implicit elitism in the critics of Galloway's election victory. All those Bradford voters must have ben duped by (take your pick) appeal to Muslims; demagoguery; opportunism; etc etc. Galloway is variously an opportunist, a traitor, a sucker-up to dictators, etc etc.
Yet, when one actually looks at what he has advocated over the years surprise surprise he is mostly right.
He opposed sanctions on Iraq and Madeleine Albright thought the 500,000 dead children were a "price worth paying". He condemned the lie of weapons of mass destruction used to justify an illegal war and who was right there? Even "Curveball" has publically admitted he lied about mobile chemical warfare labs etc. It is not Galloway who should be in the dock of the International Criminal Court.
His support for the rights of Palestinians is supported by the overwhelming majority of the world's countries as demonstrated countless times in UN resolutions.
What is it exactly that most of the posters cannot abide: that someone has the temerity to tell some uncomfortable truths about the organised crime gangs that purport to be the governments of the so-called democracies?

Hi James,

A hell of a lot of us opposed the war in Iraq, without wanting to get into bed with Galloway or his bum-buddy Saddam. Many of us support the struggle of Palestinians for justice. But not if it means sucking up to a bunch of extreme right-wingers. Galloway doesn't seem to have any trouble doing that.

Please don't try that old trick of tarring everybody with the same brush.

Cheers,

Joe

I congratulate George Galloway for his astounding success in winning with such a wide margin ,over 50% of the total votes cast.
His detractors try to discredit him with character assassination and false statements like the US Senator who accused him of a hand out from Saddam Hussein. George put him in his place.
What IS Western Democracy ? It is a Myth ! Tony Blair and George W. Bush have exposed the true nature of Western Democracy that invades other countries on Lies; Murders Millions in their quest for Oil; Supports Zionist Apartheid and turns a blind eye to Genocide in Palestine. The British mindset is still fighting the Christian Crusades against Islam.
The Global Financial crisis heralds fundamental changes in our world where the 1% demands the 99% Foot the bill for Imperialism's excesses.
Change is in the wind. Hiding your head in the sand won't stop it.

Oh yes, Galloway is a saint who was "mostly right."

At his convened meeting in 1998 where that literary sook Pinter declared the Iraqi deaths were "Tony Blair's legacy of corpses" Galloway knew exactly what he was doing in opposing sanctions because the person who would benefit most from their lifting was Saddam.

I just love the little haters of the West who use every freedom the West offers while invariably supporting and espousing those fellow hypocrites and parasites like Galloway who do not just complain about defects in the Western model but who want to tear it down.

Go and study Iran you clowns and what the Mullahs did with the useful idiots of the left when they took over there. You are cognitive dissonants not dissidents.

Cohenite: Spoken like a true Zionist.resort to slander and ridicule, but no substance.

cohenite,

While they're at it, they might also like to study the U.S.'s role in the overthrow of Iran's democratically elected government in the fifties and the ensuing installation of the Shah....the knock-on effect of which led to the rule of the Mullahs.