Colcam: Reduced To Delusional Ramblings

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Reduced To Delusional Ramblings - Blair's Legacy.

...Blair
combines maximum
assurance
with maximum delusion...

Tony Blair, speaking to an audience of military commanders and academics on a warship in Plymouth on Friday, turned the blame on media and anti-war dissidents for the failures of his action in Iraq.

In a speech described by one Labour MP as "delusional ramblings", Blair dismissed as ludicrous the claims that the invasion of Iraq and its aftermath had fuelled insurgents and terrorism, and made Britain a greater target for international terrorism.

Incredibly, Blair still linked September 11 with the invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.

"September 11 wasn't the incredible action of an isolated group. It was the product rather of a worldwide movement, with an ideology based on a misreading of Islam."

This pro-war foreign policy lecture, talking up "hard power" rather than soft "peacekeeping", and coming just a day after George Bush announced his “surge”, against the advice of all who know better, would seem to indicate Blair’s willingness to back Bush in widening the war in Iraq beyond that countries borders.

An attack on Iran, perhaps initially undertaken by Israel with the blessing of the US, looks increasingly likely, and despite Blair’s stated intention of removing British troops from Basra, the future looks bleak, with both Bush and Blair desperate to do anything, at any cost in lives, to salvage something of a legacy and prove they were right and all their critics wrong.

The poodle and his master, backs to the wall, are at their most dangerous.

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Labels: Iraq, Politics, War