Comments on: FAREWELL AND ADIEU, TONY

By: A British Exit « Just Above Sunset

A British Exit « Just Above Sunset — Fri, 11 May 2007 05:34:02 +0000

[...] But Bush supporters are saddened.Â Rick Moran, at the appropriately named “Right Wing Nut House” site, compares Blair’s relationship with President Bush to those between Churchill and FDR and, later, Thatcher and Reagan, with this - [...]

By: "I Did What I Thought Was Right" : Left Flank

"I Did What I Thought Was Right" : Left Flank — Fri, 11 May 2007 02:12:35 +0000

[...] Rick Moran points out how Blair’s attempt to moderate the Bush administration’sâ€”and surely, Blair’s solid support for the US endeared him to Americansâ€”Iraq policy ironically undermined his moral authority. [...]

By: Rick Moran

Rick Moran — Thu, 10 May 2007 23:31:48 +0000

Ray:

You have the brains of a goat and the memory of a flea.

http://rightwingnews.com/quotes/demsonwmds.php

Every major intel agency in the west thought Saddam had WMD stockpiles - including El Baradei and the IAEA believing he was close to reconstituting his nuke program. Tommy Franks was warned by Putin, Chiraq, Mubarak, and other world leaders that Saddam would use chemical weapons on our troops during the invasion.

Your selective memory rewrite is idiotic to anyone who knows how to Google. Go away.

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 10 May 2007 23:24:42 +0000

“It was Blair who convinced Bush at the beginning of the war to try and get the United Nations on board â€“ a futile effort given the amount of Oil For Food bribery Saddam had spread around the Security Council membership as well as the general anti-American feelings in that body.”

The effort was futile because the reasons given for war - that the Iraqis had substantial WMDs that posed a threat to any other nation - were nonsensical. These claims, and the evidence for these claims, were transparent fictions.

Clearly Bush gained some legitimacy with the American people by going to the Security Council. If his case had been based on the facts, instead of the hallucinations of his advisers, he might still have that legitimacy today.

Bush and Blair were wrong - Saddam did not have WMD - and those on the Security Council and elsewhere were right. Blaming anti-Americanism and corruption might be worthwhile if they had been proven right, but they have been throughly discredited. The case for war was a fraud; Bush and Blair were liars.

By: daveinboca

daveinboca — Thu, 10 May 2007 15:56:30 +0000

Interesting that both French candidates used Blair as a positive example as the way they would steer their economic policies during the recent election. Blair speaks fluent French and even managed to get along with Chirac.

As for the USA, I can’t remember how many Americans expressed to me that they would have preferred Blair to either Clinton or GWB as US President, in the best of all possible worlds—a sentiment my Brit friends can’t seem to fathom.

By: Drongo

Drongo — Thu, 10 May 2007 13:43:23 +0000

“For Great Britain, it is almost a certainty that Blairâ€™s deputy Gordon Brown will succeed him as Labour Party leader and Prime Minister.”

Minor correction.

Gordon Brown is the Chancellor of the Exchequer, basically government treasurer and tax inspector.

John Prescott is Blair’s Deputy.

May the Saints preserve us from the indignity of Prescott as PM…

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Blair quits, effective June 27th

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Blair quits, effective June 27th — Thu, 10 May 2007 13:14:00 +0000

[...] Moran says we can do business with Gordon Brown, but that may be considerably less true now than it was even recently. The Brits are gasping for a breath of fresh air in their leadership as deeply as Americans are in our own, and with the GOP turning against Bush now on Iraq, Brown has no incentive to continue any intimate partnerships with the U.S. Not until 2009, anyway, at which point the Tories might well already have bounced him. [...]

By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Thu, 10 May 2007 13:06:29 +0000

UK’s Blair set to announce departure…

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected Thursday to announce his intention to step down after …

By: Heading Right » Blog Archive » What Will Blair’s Legacy Be?

Heading Right » Blog Archive » What Will Blair’s Legacy Be? — Thu, 10 May 2007 12:45:34 +0000

[...] I have some further thoughts on Blair’s passing the torch: Farewell and Adieu, Tony. [...]