The late Blair era is characterised by just one word - cowardice
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1825493,00.html
Under the shadow of the Iraq war Labour has lost its political nerve
and its confidence in itself as a force for good
Polly Toynbee
Friday July 21, 2006
The Guardian
Parliament draws to a miserable close next week, not a day too soon.
The bloody slaughter in the Middle East leaves the government
shamefully silent. No word of censure on the gross disproportion and
long-term calamity of Israel's retaliation passes its lips.
What could be said anyway? It is far too late to disengage from US
policy now. Even if he wanted to, Tony Blair cannot convincingly speak
a word out of step with George Bush, so inextricably tied together as
they are in Iraq. Let the Israelis carry on bombing until bloody
vengeance is done. With 6,000 Iraqis dying in just the past two months
in a well-predicted civil war, what could Blair say now about the way
Iraq has ricocheted across the Middle East? Words calling for restraint
might die on his lips.
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