Conspiracy Minded Mental Illnesses

File this with "So I hear the Joos all received phone calls on the morning of 9/11 warning them not to go to work that day."

Commentary has pointed out that Mail & Guardian columnist Ian Fraser thinks that either the Mossad or the CIA were behind the terrorist attacks in London last week.

My first immediate thought was - a deliberate tactical strike by CIA or Mossad 'cut out' front groups, to ensure that the growing public sympathy towards the victims of the Bush Administrations war, as well as the growing anti-globalisation movement protesting at G8 is immediately undercut and destabilised. (The use of 'cut-outs' is a standard tactic in covert ops - in other words, babysit and supply 'terrorist' groups who think they're operating on behalf of Islam or whatever - but in fact are simply being manipulated by State Intelligence Services, to deliver a 'useful' attack, in order to provoke suitable outrage when deemed necessary. Mossad have done this rather a lot, with very effective results.)

Fraser uses the misguided illogic that issues forth from blind hatred in order to substantiate his psychodrama violent fantasies.

The question that shows this is most likely the probable cause, is the following (which always must be asked whenever a public 'outrage' occurs, involving military-grade munitions, and a strangely previously unheard-of terrorist group pops up to claim responsibility: "How does this incident promote the cause of ________ and create sympathy for _______________?" It doesn't. On any level.

It's not even necessary to deal with the content of this rhetoric. Even the Guardian are coming out against the "It was Bush/Blair/Israel" clowns.

Fraser's analysis is his personal take on things and it appears on his own blog. But the blog is hosted by the Mail & Guardian. That said, the Mail & Guardian are obviously aware of Fraser's conspiracy minded mental illnesses - he is a member of their staff who writes regular "Fraser's Razor" columns.

Fraser's analysis is morally wrong and the Mail & Guardian ought to do the correct thing and stand up and say that it is wrong. They should want nothing to do with Ian Fraser.

M&G editor Drew Forrest wrote extensively about the "anti-Semitism canard", complaining, after the publication of this cartoon, about the angry knee-jerk Jewish response to anti-Israel articles in the newspaper. Perhaps by getting rid of people like Ian Fraser, these angry Jewish reactions will no longer be necessary.

Comments

[Victor Gordon]

So the CIA or Mossad were responsible for the London attacks. From where does Frazer, honorary chairperson of the "flat-earth society" come up with such crap. If this is an example of journalistic intellegence no wonder our newspapers are so dismal. Let me tell you what is true, though ... I, as a Jew eat a Muslim child - must be under the age of 3 -for breakfast each Saturday, just to celebrate the Sabbath.

[Victor Gordon]

Dear Mr. Fraser,

I won't even attempt to dignify your comments about the CIA and Mossad with a response other than - what utter contemptible CRAP!
Go back to the journalistic gutter where you obviously belong

[Anti-UN]

I always thought that it was just a rumour that Jews eat Muslim children...

[bronwyn]

Frazer probably doesn't get out much. He probably also communicates with the aliens via a tin foil hat. It must be all that orange hair dye going to his brain.