[The following, by Eamonn McDonagh, is crossposted from Z Word.]

Guess who tweeted that a few minutes ago?

It's Ali Abunimah, a man who recently wrote approvingly and at length in the New York Times about the Northern Ireland peace process and its applicability to the Israel-Palestine conflict. So why is he cheering the idiots protesting against Tony Blair, the principal architect of that process? There are a number of possibilities:

1.

It's a genuine mistake caused by the fact that he doesn't fully understand the Northern Ireland peace process and the role Blair played in it. If someone explained Blair's role in it to him he'd be happy to correct himself.

2.

He does understand the Northern Ireland peace process and the role Blair played in it but disapproves of Blair for other reasons. If that's the case it's odd that the tweet has no caveat about this, especially as the protest took place in, you know, Ireland.

3.

Ali Abunimah is a buffoon who doesn't understand and doesn't care about the Northern Ireland peace process and the role Blair played in it. In fact he despises Blair and only used his half-cocked view of the Northern Ireland peace process as a stick to beat Israel.

Take your pick.

[Video of the violent leftist protest Abunimah is applauding, here. -MS]