Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Blair the builder. posted by Richard Seymour
Can he fix it? Yes he can, says The Guardian :Britain, this time, is working with the old continent, not the new. That does not guarantee success, but it is another very big difference. Tony Blair thus has a real opportunity to act as bridgebuilder - restraining the hawks in Washington while ensuring that Europe does not collapse into disarray in the face of this explosive global problem.
Tony Blair 'restraining' the hawks? Where have I heard this one before? And that passage appeared in a leader stressing the difference between the lies over Iraq in the build-up to war and the lies over Iran in the build-up to ... what?