Religions > Atheism > OT: If he resists the siren voice of folly, Blair's legacy is secure
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28 Jun 2005 03:24:16 AM |
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OT: If he resists the siren voice of folly, Blair's legacy is secure |
If he resists the siren voice of folly, Blair's legacy is secure
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1516267,00.html
ID cards might yet prove to be the prime minister's greatest undoing
Martin Kettle
Tuesday June 28, 2005
The Guardian
To be considered an act of folly rather than an act of mere
incompetence, Barbara Tuchman argued, a course of action must have
three characteristics: it must be seen as such by at least some
contemporaries; there must be some other and better course of action
available; and the course of action must have been pursued by a group
over more than one generation.
Tuchman's magnificent attack on the march of folly in human affairs was
written during the Vietnam war and her words have been quoted many
times since George Bush embarked on his war on terror and his invasion
of Iraq. If she were alive today, Tuchman would surely be preparing to
pen fresh furious pages tonight, as the president seeks to rally his
faltering domestic popularity with summonses of support for a conflict
that, if Donald Rumsfeld is right, will haunt not just the Bush
presidency but the presidency after that, and even the one beyond that.
Martin Kettle
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/14c6993c4d1ce151
http://snipurl.com/dkss
http://snipurl.com/82n3
http://snipurl.com/82n1
Barbara Tuchman
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/a2dd16e25306a4c9
Poodle
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/76bcda01385c4cff
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