Channel 4's Jon Snow has been making the news again - well, at least on Twitter. Even by his standards, this is extraordinary:
Former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz has died in jail: Nice guy in a nasty situation - made no better by Bush/BLair's Shock and Awe
— Jon Snow (@jonsnowC4) June 5, 2015
Here's a flavour of some of the reaction:
@jonsnowC4 You have to be kidding re Tariq Aziz, Jon. He was the ‘beard’ on a fascist government. The Ribbentrop of Iraq.
— David Aaronovitch (@DAaronovitch) June 5, 2015
@jonsnowC4 "Nice guy"? On what basis do you make that judgement - he was pleasant to a western journalist (yourself)? Losing the plot Jon.
— Colin Talbot (@colinrtalbot) June 5, 2015
@jonsnowC4 Tariq Aziz - nice guy? Really?
— Tony McNulty (@Tony_McNulty) June 5, 2015
@jonsnowC4 I can't believe you have just called Tariq Aziz a nice guy. Wow. Seriously need to rethink that statement.
— Ranj Talabany (@ranjtalabany) June 5, 2015
Wow. @jonsnowC4 just described Tariq Aziz, Saddam's foreign spox and apologist for Halabja massacre as a "nice guy." https://t.co/e6ttb2zOHv
— Shiraz Maher (@ShirazMaher) June 5, 2015
@jonsnowC4 is this for real Jon? I sure hope not.
— Maajid Nawaz (@MaajidNawaz) June 5, 2015
Everything that's wrong with the British Left handily summarised in one tweet
https://t.co/SjCWFqLVWk
— Nick Cohen (@NickCohen4) June 5, 2015
Undeterred, Jon Snow ploughed on (channeling Peter Simple's Dr Heinz Kiosk):
@RobbieTravers so why do you think he was never dealt with as a war criminal? There is no black and white in Iraq we are all tainted
— Jon Snow (@jonsnowC4) June 5, 2015
@jonsnowC4 @jeremyduns @RobbieTravers People talk about 'moral equivalence'. Here it is, in a tweet.
— Stuart Ritchie (@StuartJRitchie) June 5, 2015
.@jonsnowC4 @RobbieTravers No. We aren't all tainted. Whatsoever.
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) June 5, 2015
