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Blair Has Lost His Grip, In the end we’ll give in to terrorists, so why not now

Various | 02.10.2004 17:29 | Anti-militarism | Indymedia | London



Two salient facts define the national political predicament this autumn. The first is a growing sense of disquiet about Tony Blair. Experts often speak of the lack of ‘trust’ which shows up in opinion polls. But there is more to it than that. People are beginning to sense that there is something rum about this Prime Minister, and that he is no longer quite 16 annas to the rupee.

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Paul Robinson says the Tories are so frightened of challenging Blair on the war that their favourite think-tank will not tolerate dissent.

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At the time of writing, the hostage Ken Bigley, so far as we know, lives. While he endures his ordeal, the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary said that they could not negotiate with his tormentors. That would be to ‘give in to terrorism’. Those — who must include Mr Blair and Mr Straw, as well as the rest of us — who want so much for Mr Bigley to live must rely on intermediaries such as the two eloquent Muslims from Britain who have gone to Iraq to do what they can.





Tony Blair Has Lost His Grip on Reality, The Poodle's Poodles, In the end we’ll give in to terrorists in Iraq, so why not now




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not strictly true

02.10.2004 18:19

the only terrorists in iraq are the british and american troops. the insurgents are a legitimate resistance to an illegal occupation and deserve our support.

andy in brighton


resistance

03.10.2004 10:27

Not *all* the 'resistance' are legitimate. There are 'foreigners' (though the mid east borders are wholly artificial, so its less meaningful for syrians, jordanians etc than americans) trying to co-opt the nationalist/anti-imperialist grassroots resistance into an islamic holy war. Whether this is 'al qaeda' or not is a moot point. However, the vast majority of foreign fighters in Iraq are american. Interestingly, the americans have taken to calling the resistance 'anti-Iraqi forces' because they oppose a US-installed former CIA strongman puppet ruler! Orwell's struggle for hearts and minds continues.

resist


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