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You know, we’ve had photos on our driving licences for years in Northern Ireland. Not just suspected terrorists or former offenders, but everyone.
The message? That we are all inherently suspect? Possibly.
And for Blair to say:
"Probably 200-300 people from Britain will have died in that terrorist attack. That makes it the worst terrorist attack there has been on British citizens since the Second World War." (from Knowledge +1, above)
Hmmmm. Seeing as I live in Belfast, I would challenge that last statement, Tony. Remember the Troubles? It seems not.
Blair is obviously talking about some other more politically lucrative form of terrorism. One where the lines are more “clearly drawn”, and where he can make glib proclamations of war and hide behind an international superpower ally; all while comfortably backing the winner and “doing the right thing”.
And incidentally the ongoing situation in Ulster (which may once have had a whiff of legitimacy – but has since become increasingly reactionary, regressive and redundant) also stems from war mongering, fundamentalist, macho bullshit, and is prolonged by an inability to clearly reason, compromise and forgive.
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