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Tony Blair: 'West should focus on radical Islam'
paulschapman
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27122008
So says the man who did so much to radicalise Muslim youth by backing a war in Iraq has he not learnt anything.
He argued the West had a "responsibility but also an interest" in making sure that "huge struggle" was "resolved in the right way".
"However much people may think we can just push it to one side and forget about it, I think that would be a mistake.
"Above all, we have to commit. We have to engage."
So says the man who did so much to radicalise Muslim youth by backing a war in Iraq has he not learnt anything.
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I don't think anything I said denied it - just pointing out that the solution is not to do the very thing which radicalised so many.
Usually only when it's biting them on the bum.
What is the answer? It isn't to throw large sums of money into those countries, in the vain hope that some will be filtered to community centres teaching better ways of life.
It's certainly not to invade and bomb them on some sort of vengeful crusade or faux moral mission but don't let Mr. Blair hear you say that.
That'll be another book and a lecture-tour then.
I too thought he was a great PM up until Iraq , then he lost the plot , similar to Margaret Thatcher .
Perfect aphorism.
To Tony Blair almost certainly
As bad as they are at least the Cameron's and Cleggs of the World will vanish into the dust of history. Blair is black eye.
Hahaha excellent.
Indeed, and who cares what Blair thinks anyway because the Iraq War liar will not be believed or trusted again about any matter that he speaks about. He's a completely discredited liability but he and his family are the only ones who refuse to recognise that reality. In fact, he damages every cause that he speaks about so he should shut up and retire entirely from public life.
As was said, he is the wrong person to try and lecture us on this issue.
You mean the PM that brought in the human rights act and whose wife just happened to be a human rights lawyer, who set up a law firm specialising in human rights law. Greatest PM, I don't think so. Greatest at getting the best deal for themselves out of the job maybe.
http://www.cherieblairfoundation.org/cherie-blair-a-self-made-woman/
That was one of the good things he did, and you'll remember that Cherie Booth often won cases against the government. As I said earlier, all his good work and reputation were negated by the Iraq invasion.
Is Human Rights literally the only thing you can post about? And why do you hold the idea of a universal standard of treatment of people in such contempt?