VHeadline commentarist Arthur Shaw writes: New York County District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau for the borough of Manhattan, the notorious persecutor of Arab-Americans, Arabs, and of their friends in New York County and in foreign lands, spoke September 8, 2009 before a bunch of anti-Arab racists, anti-Muslim fanatics and imperialist degenerates at the Brookings Institution where such characters commonly assemble to speak and to listen to one another.

Morgenthau posed two questions concerning the relations between Iran and Venezuela: "Whether we (USA) have a national security crisis looming on the horizon, and whether our national security and law enforcement communities are sufficiently focused on this threat."

• The presence of the second question implies that Morgenthau's answer to the first question is yes.

Morgenthau tries to answer his two questions using a pack of lies, gossip, defamations, misinformation (that is, false information spread unintentionally) and disinformation (that is, false information spread intentionally). In other words, Morgenthau throws everything foul and rotten he can find and pick up into his pot of deceit. Naturally, the crowd at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy -- the unit of the Brookings Institution that specializes on the Middle East -- loved the unusual foulness of Morgenthau's speech on September 8.

In his concluding paragraph, Morgenthau answers his two slanted questions in this way: "As for Venezuela, the world must no longer assume that Chavez is bluffing when he speaks. It is important that the public generally, and responsible government officials in particular, be aware of the growing presence of Iran in Latin America. And it is necessary to urge Venezuela's neighbors to understand the sinister implications of Iran's presence in the region. Brazil, whose constitution prohibits nuclear weapons, can play a significant role in influencing Chavez. Finally, the US and the international community must strongly consider ways to monitor and sanction Venezuela's banking system. Failure to take action in this regard will leave open a window susceptible to money laundering use by the Iranian government, the narcotics organizations with ties to the Venezuelan government, and the terrorist organizations that Iran supports openly."

When we examine Morgenthau's pack of lies, his main points are :

(1) "The growing presence of Iran in Latin America"

(2) "It is necessary to urge Venezuela's neighbors to understand the sinister implications of Iran's presence in the region"

(3) "Brazil ... can play a significant role in influencing Chavez."

(4) "The US and the international community must strongly consider ways to monitor and sanction Venezuela's banking system"

(5) "Failure to take action in this regard will leave open a window susceptible to money laundering use by the Iranian government, the narcotics organizations with ties to the Venezuelan government, and the terrorist organizations that Iran supports openly."

The first thing that strikes us is that all these lies have every little ... if anything ... to do with the enforcement of the laws of the state of New York in