Trevino @ The Washington Times: Anwar's anti-Semitism alienates Americans

Lets forget the drooling piece at the Huffington Post on Anwar Ibrahim by Thor Halvorssen a couple of days ago, why not read the Washington Times which basically tells Anwar that he is finished as far as the US Government is concerned.

TREVINO: The end of an affection
Anwar Ibrahim's anti-Semitism alienates Americans

By Joshua Trevino 6:11 p.m., Tuesday, July 20, 2010 (Washington Times)

America's allies in the Islamic world are too few, and of those few, even fewer are anything like friends. So when one of them attacks America as part of a long-standing anti-Semitic campaign, it's time to ask whether he was ever an ally - and still less a friend.

That's the situation in which U.S. policymakers find themselves with the chief of Malaysia's political opposition, Anwar Ibrahim. Once a favorite of American leaders of all ideological stripes, he earned plaudits over the past decade from eminences ranging from Al Gore to Condoleezza Rice to Amnesty International as an idealized democrat in the Islamic world. In this, his persecution at the hands of former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad - a genuinely malign figure who saw Mr. Ibrahim as a political rival - and a gift for engaging Western media were of tremendous help.

In the past two years, though, another side of Mr. Ibrahim has come to the fore. His use of anti-Semitic rhetoric in Malaysian politics has earned him a censure from B'nai B'rith, which on May 25 urged U.S. officials to cease contact with him. He also is notably one of the few Muslim politicians of global stature to use Israel's seizure of the Gaza-bound flotilla six weeks ago as a platform for attacking the United States.

continue reading this interesting piece here.

Blogger PJ Moorthy posted his interesting comments as well read here - HuffPo Salivating on Anwar's claims.