tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post6763261648849297181..comments2024-03-29T02:19:19.866-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Joe Mellor — British people ‘will never forgive’ Blair, says pollmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-16558869009474188112016-05-27T15:42:00.720-04:002016-05-27T15:42:00.720-04:00It gets worse: weeks before the Iraq war, seems th...It gets worse: weeks before the Iraq war, seems that Bush didn't know there were two groups in Iraq, Sunni and Shia, likely to start quarreling AFTER the war:<br /><br />http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/05/how-tony-blair-s-disingenuous-line-iraq-eroded-our-faith-politiciansRalph Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09443857766263185665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-56692387286740948742016-05-27T01:53:33.856-04:002016-05-27T01:53:33.856-04:00“..Blair himself admitted that he “profoundly” und...“..Blair himself admitted that he “profoundly” underestimated the complexity of Middle Eastern politics.” That’s a joke: only a few days ago he was advocating another large scale military intervention in the Middle East: to sort out ISIS. See:<br /><br />http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tony-blair-calls-for-ground-forces-to-fight-a-proper-war-against-isis-a7044766.html<br /><br />Apparently he doesn’t understand that ISIS is just one of the numerous groups in the Middle East with an ISIS type ideology – though ISIS is clearly the biggest such group just at the moment. So deafeating ISIS militarily could easily be a waste of time. I’d have thought it was blitheringly obvious that Jihad is inherent to Islam, given the large number of terrorist crimes committed by Muslims all over the World.<br /><br />In the UK, 90% of terrorist acts are carried out by Muslims rather than Hindus, Athiests etc. Given that Muslims make up about 5% of the population, that means terrorists are over-represented in the Muslim population by a factor of about 200 – or 20,000% if you like percentages. But of course according to PC logic, that proves Islam is a religion of peace.<br /><br />Ralph Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09443857766263185665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-4211528286947766632016-05-26T14:35:32.394-04:002016-05-26T14:35:32.394-04:00"New Labour" very quickly morphed into &..."New Labour" very quickly morphed into "Another Betrayal" under Tony Blair but the British electorate like the American one only have themselves to blame for taking little interest in their nation's affairs. Neo-Liberalism/Neo-Conservatism thrives on such apathy!Schofieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06135158699917324267noreply@blogger.com