Just hot air? Blair under fire

[malaise]

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article1202887.ece

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Cabinet ministers warned that Mr Blair's refusal to stand up to Mr Bush would hasten his own exit from power. "This whole episode is very damaging for Tony," said one cabinet source. "They can cobble together a resolution but it won't be a solution to the violence. Tony thinks there is an arc of Islamic extremists like the Fascists in the Second World War. But this war is acting as a recruitment sergeant for the extremists." The source was dismissive about Mr Blair's attempts to influence the President. "The only special relationship the US has is with Israel. This is all driven by internal US politics. I don't know why Tony hasn't told Bush we have internal political pressures too."

But Andrew Murray, chairman of the Stop the War Coalition, said: "It is simply hot air. Despite the previous spin we have heard in recent days, their position is exactly the same; they are still endorsing continuing Israeli aggression against Lebanon. There is a huge amount of anger around the country about that."

[napi21]

1. I'm not sure Tony cares. I'd bet he has his spot with the Carlisle

Group all lined up anyway.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Or Murdoch and News Corporation

http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article1202848.ece

[AlamoDemoc]

2. Killing bunch of Arabs (Christians or Muslims) in the Middle East

....is OK as long as it takes. I think that was their conclusion for the day.

[malaise]

4. I wonder if anyone has the guts to ask these

criminals when it became OK to slaughter people because they don't share your ideology. This is fugging madness starting with Iraq.

[AlamoDemoc]

5. In the Middle East, most Americans think Arab Sunnis dominate the region.

I think the invasion of Iraq thought us that in the Middle East, even Iran, and Syria including are not Sunni Arabs alone, but all type of people, including Persians, Sunnis, Shia, Kurdish, Jews, and Christians. For example, many Palestinians are Christians, but who is listening, or paying attention to them here. We think of them all as Arab/Islamists.

[daa]

3. Woof woof nt