Moron Central

Pinched from Crikey today - with a little tweaking ;-)

Peter King, the Republican Congressman from New York, who recently called for the assassination of WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange as a "terrorist", is a long-time supporter of the Provisional IRA.

Of course, beginning in the late 1960s, the IRA was considered to be one of the most dangerous "terrorist" organisations in the world.

King will be the new chair of the *Homeland Security Committee* when the 112th Congress begins sitting in January.

He has earlier remarked that Assange should be treated the way the US treats any enemy combatant with "drones and Gitmo" -- i.e. piloted bombs and torture in Guantanamo prison camps.

So with a US hysterical about terrorism, how is it that King is permitted to be the chair of the Homeland Security Committee, while labelling Assange a terrorist?

A very good question - it seems that *black* really has become *white*. Or is the US Government really just moron central?