GERARD BAKER writes on London's Times about George Galloway's testimony before the US Senate committe investigating UNSCUM, that is, the Oil-for-food fraud:

I also wondered what his and our life might have been like if he had deployed some of his little-man courage before Saddam; standing up for some of those other hundreds of thousands of other good Muslims — Iraqis, who could have done with a persuasive advocate there and then.

Perhaps in the end, if you’re a cynic you may find Mr Galloway’s asymmetrical approach to authority — a lapdog in the hands of the one who likes to watch as his victims are tortured; a lion in the face of those who threaten with questions and subpoenas — simply the familiar mark of the coward. If you’re an optimist, you might find it oddly comforting The Mother of Parliaments clasps him to her bosom. The world’s greatest deliberative body sits in embarrassed silence as he lectures it on its shortcomings. Nothing surely illustrates better the absolute superiority of the West’s system and what underpins it that we tolerate and even reward such lèse-majesté. We know what Saddam did to those who were brave enough to utter much more cogent critiques of his rule.

(via Rantburg)

Besides, Gorgeous George could be facing a electoral contest of the results in the latest legislative election in which he won a seat.

UPDATE. Christopher Hitchens is merciless. A must-read.

UPDATE II. Hey, I promise I hadn't read Jonah!

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