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Something I can't get out of my head but couldn't find an appropriate thread to post it in (until now, obviously...)
The Guardian, Wednesday February 5th
From a piece called "With friends like these..." by the wonderful Paul Foot.
"When the SNP MP Alex Salmond shouted at him (Blair) last week 'when do we stop?' Blair rounded on him, eyes gleaming like those of Arturo Ui in Brecht's play: 'We stop when the threat to our security is properly and fully dealt with.' In other words, we go on like Ui, until we conquer the world.
Every time I read that paragraph I get a shiver down my spine. And not a nice one, either.
And Christ, N Korea launching a pre-emptive strike would be really bad, but I don't think the West has any moral high-ground left given our attitude towards Iraq. The US is undoubtedly a threat to North Korea (and to an extent with reason). Iraq's status threatwise as regards the US/UK is somewhat dodgier. |
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