Blair Defends U.S. Assault on Fallujah

[PfcHammer]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040428/ap_on_re_eu/britain_iraq_1

Europe - AP

Blair Defends U.S. Assault on Fallujah
37 minutes ago

LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites) on Wednesday defended U.S. tactics in the assault on the Iraqi city of Fallujah, rejecting a legislator's assertion that the attack amounted to the "murder or mutilation of hundreds of women and children."

Rather, Blair said, "There is a situation in Fallujah where we have a large number of very well-armed former regime elements, and probably some outside terrorists as well ... and it is right that the American forces try to make sure that order is restored to that city.

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[otohara]

1. good dog

now roll over

[Nihil]

11. ... and play dead?

[leesa]

2. Restoring order by assault..peace through war...what a thug this

sleazebag is. Why don't Brits throw him out? They are more politically saavy by far than Americans, how much longer are they going to let this guy ruin their country?

[Loonman]

3. Blair is a traitor to British Liberalism

He probably set Labour back at least 50 years.

[cspiguy]

4. Labor is not rooting for the fedayeen/Baathists, in general.

n/t

[Capt_Nemo]

12. Seems that, in general, New Labour is rooting for aggressors and invaders

therefore the place for Tony and his sycophantic followers is behind bars in
the Hague...

[Just Me]

5. Wow, a legislator actually publicly asserted the attack was murder,

or mutilation of women and children!!! Damn. We need some legislators like that here in the USA!

[KurtNilsen]

7. A legislator from the Conservatives no less.

[PfcHammer]

8. Instead, we get Freedom Fries. Impressive.

[markses]

6. Blair can and must defend every new act of murder

Lest the mass murder he has already committed be exposed even more widely for what it is.

Tony Blair is a murderer, and no better than a common serial killer.

[Jacobin]

9. Woof, woof!!

[Tinoire]

10. "We destroyed the village in order to save it" Vietnam n/t

[Capt_Nemo]

13. Bump!

There are some people in this forum that need to read this for
"educational" purposes.

[Capt_Nemo]

14. kick!

[T_i_B]

15. Here's a clue for you Tony

I guess it hasn't dawned on the Blairites that the US tactics might not actually be working. Here's a letter that was sent to Tony Blair this week. Judging by these answers at PMQ's he has not heeding its good advice.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3660837.stm

[Sabriel]

16. Just out of curiosity...

What exactly would the U.S. government have to do in order to NOT be supported and endorsed by Blair? What act would be so heinous that even he would see the merit in speaking out against it? (Or doesn't that scenario even exist?)

[daleo]

17. There was a slight difference of opinion a week or so ago

Between poodle and chimp. It was Iraq related - I forget the precise subject, as I didn't think it mattered much at the time. I thought they would quickly kiss and make up, which now seems to be bearing out.