The Naivety Of Tony Blair
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"I think amongst the leaders in Europe I think it is clear. Amongst the people in Europe and Western opinion there is a big battle to be won. I mean, I'm being just honest about this. And I think there is a desire not to face the fact that we are fighting a global struggle."
Tony Blair, Ha'aretz, 10th September 2006
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So there we have it. As a parting gift to his beloved electorate, the soon to be ex-British prime minister says they are naive, that they don't realise the nature of the threat they are facing. For have no doubt, it is they, not he, who will feel the wrath of Islamic extremism. Blair will be safely cosseted by the security services for the rest of his life. Those of us who pay British taxes - we naive people - will bankroll his protection just as we bankroll his wars and we, not him, will pay the price in blood.
To be accused of naivety by Blair is like being labeled a liar by Joseph Goebbels. It was Blair, not his people, who thought invading Iraq would make the country safer when it was plainly obvious that the opposite was true. The vast majority of British people know only too well that there are those who wish to kill them regardless of foreign policy. But unfortunately for Blair, they also understand perfectly well that invading Iraq has increased, not decreased the level of anti-British animosity.
I seem to remember he played the naive card during the run-up to the war in Iraq, chiding a sceptical population like an all-knowing father. If only they could see the intelligence that passes over his desk, he assured the British people, they too would realise the threat from Saddam's WMDs was so terrible as to warrant regime change.
Of course, the very reason the British people didn't see this intelligence, or at least an accurate summary of it, was because it said no such thing. Where Blair insisted there was clarity, there was none.
And it is this deception, which led Britain into the greatest foreign policy catastrophe since Suez, that will be his legacy, whether he lasts another year, another month or another week.
Tony Blair, Ha'aretz, 10th September 2006
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So there we have it. As a parting gift to his beloved electorate, the soon to be ex-British prime minister says they are naive, that they don't realise the nature of the threat they are facing. For have no doubt, it is they, not he, who will feel the wrath of Islamic extremism. Blair will be safely cosseted by the security services for the rest of his life. Those of us who pay British taxes - we naive people - will bankroll his protection just as we bankroll his wars and we, not him, will pay the price in blood.
To be accused of naivety by Blair is like being labeled a liar by Joseph Goebbels. It was Blair, not his people, who thought invading Iraq would make the country safer when it was plainly obvious that the opposite was true. The vast majority of British people know only too well that there are those who wish to kill them regardless of foreign policy. But unfortunately for Blair, they also understand perfectly well that invading Iraq has increased, not decreased the level of anti-British animosity.
I seem to remember he played the naive card during the run-up to the war in Iraq, chiding a sceptical population like an all-knowing father. If only they could see the intelligence that passes over his desk, he assured the British people, they too would realise the threat from Saddam's WMDs was so terrible as to warrant regime change.
Of course, the very reason the British people didn't see this intelligence, or at least an accurate summary of it, was because it said no such thing. Where Blair insisted there was clarity, there was none.
And it is this deception, which led Britain into the greatest foreign policy catastrophe since Suez, that will be his legacy, whether he lasts another year, another month or another week.