Glenn Greenwald: Useful Idiots

"A favorite tactic of neocons - who have led the smear campaign against Hagel - is to cynically exploit liberal causes to generate progressive support for their militaristic agenda. They suddenly develop an interest in the plight of gay people when seeking to demonize Iran, or pretend to be devoted to women's rights when attempting to sustain endless war in Afghanistan, or become so deeply moved by the oppression of Muslim factions - such as Iraqi Shia - when it comes time to justify their latest desired invasion...."

Glenn Greenwald, Guardian CiF.

Glenn Greenwald writes on the strange case of how the US gay republican group, Log Cabin Republicans, took out a full-page ad in the New York Times attacking Chuck Hagel and urging President Obama not to appoint him Defense Secretary.
Why?
Cause he's "anti-gay".
Oh, and cause he's "anti-Israel".
Even though they've supported politicians in the past who have been against equal marriage.
Guess which one is being used as a smokescreen for an attack about the other?
And double oh, LCR are broke, so who paid for the ad?
Greenwald writes; "Andrew Sullivan is right that this is a classic technique of the neo-con smear campaign - recruit progressives to their cause with exploitation of unrelated issues."
Looks like quite a few fell for it again this time.
I wonder if readers can think of any British gay journalists or leading gay activists who've been duped in this way?
I think the technical political term is "useful idiots".
Or Pinkwashing.


PS One of the best homo journo things to happen in 2012 was the American campaigning journalist Glenn Greenwald getting a regular gig writing for Comment Is Free.
He mainly writes about security issues and that, but the fags creep in occasionally.