Uppdatering: Här är det andra av de två BBC-programmen om nyttiga idioter. Här berörs medlöperi med Maos Kina, Saddams Irak, Pinochets Chile, Sydafrikas apartheidsregim och dagens Iran.
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The phrase 'useful idiots', supposedly Lenin's, refers to Westerners duped into saying good things about bad regimes.
In political jargon it was used to describe Soviet sympathisers in Western countries and the attitude of the Soviet government towards them.
Useful idiots, in a broader sense, refers to Western journalists, travellers and intellectuals who gave their blessing -- often with evangelistic fervour -- to tyrannies and tyrants, thereby convincing politicians and public that utopias rather than Belsens thrived.
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