Jerome Corsi

Jerome R. Corsi is a columnist for WorldNetDaily, member of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and the founder of Iran Freedom Foundation (IFF). Corsi co-authored the book Unfit for Command with John E. O'Neill which played a key role in the election year attack on the war record of Democratic Presidential hopeful John Kerry.

Iran Hawk

After the November 2004 Presidential election Corsi has emerged as one of the leading advocates for the U.S. government to take a hard line with the Iranian government. Corsi is currently working on a book titled Atomic Iran which is scheduled to be released in April 2005.

A January 2005 article in the UK Financial Times describes Corsi as a "prominent backer" of the Alliance for Democracy in Iran. "He believes the freeze on nuclear development agreed between Iran and the European Union will collapse by March and that Israel, supported by the US, will then launch military strikes," it stated.^[1]

In February 2005 Corsi appeared as "spokesman" for the IFF a newly established 501(c)(3) non-profit group.

Quotes

According to Trish Schuh:

Dipping two fingers in red paint, Corsi waved a peace sign in solidarity "with the blood of oppressed Iranians" and called on "the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King". He declared, "I love the Iranian people. America does not hate the Persian people. We love the Persian people. We want peace and we love the Persian people." Corsi's voice then dropped to a whisper; "We stand here today and we pray in the name of the gods. I embrace Jesus Christ as my savior - and we also pray in the name of Allah, Zoroaster and the B'hai."

But Corsi has expressed very different opinions on Islam in the past. According to his own postings on FreeRepublic.com, on November 18, 2001 Corsi used a racial slur to define Arabs: "Ragheads are boy-bumpers [sodomizers] as clearly as they are women haters - it all goes together."

Using the incendiary style he perfected for "Swiftboat veteran" television attack advertisements, Corsi declares, "Islam is a peaceful religion as long as the women are beaten, the boys buggered and the infidels killed." Comparing Islam to a disease, he added, "How's this for an analogy? The Koran is simply the 'software' for producing deviant cancer cell political behavior and violence in human beings' and Islam is like a virus. It affects the mind. Maybe even better as an analogy: it is a cancer that destroys the body it infects. No doctor would hesitate to eliminate cancer cells from the body." In April 2004 Corsi said, "Let's see why it isn't the case that Islam is a worthless, dangerous, Satanic religion. Where's the proof to the contrary?" ^[2]

Books by Corsi

• Atomic Iran: How The Terrorist Regime Bought The Bomb And American Politicians, WND Books, April 2005. ISBN 1581824580
• John E. O'Neill, Jerome R. Corsi, Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry, Regnery Publishing, August 2004. ISBN 0895260174
• Other books by Jerome R. Corsi

Affiliations

• Swift Boat Veterans for Truth
• Iran Freedom Foundation

External links

• ^Trish Schuh, "The American Hand in Iran", Asia Times, July 6, 2005
• ^Guy Dinmore, "Neocons turn their attention to Iran", Financial Times, January 18, 2005.
• Duncan B. Black, "MMFA investigates: Who is Jerome Corsi, co-author of Swift Boat Vets attack book?", Media Matters for America, August 6, 2004.