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February 21, 2005
Gary Younge of The Guardian 'We Cannot Vote Labor'
In his February 21, 2005 column headlined "We cannot vote Labour," Gary Younge of The Guardian of London states that "The closest the Bush administration ever got to expressing regret for invading Iraq on false pretenses was a comment from the former U.S. secretary of state, Colin Powell. "The absence of a stockpile changes the political calculus," he said. "It changes the answer you get." Mr. Younge added:
Assuming that President George Bush's question was "Colin, what pretext should we adopt for bombing a sovereign, oil-rich nation so that we can steal its resources and humiliate its people", then Powell may have a point. Coming from Bush, the political representative of global capital, armed to the teeth and unfettered by international law, this would be a reasonable line of questioning. It is not to the tastes of most of the international community. But it is in keeping with the traditions that give his party and his platform meaning.Mr. Younge said "from Tony Blair, however, one might have expected something different," noting:
As the political representative of a movement founded on the principles of international solidarity and equality, a Labour leader might have chosen a different path. Sadly, Blair's political calculus was faulty long before the first shot was fired. He decided that since the US was hellbent on having a fight and would undoubtedly win, the best thing Britain could do was not try to stop it but offer to hold its coat. He calculated that the security council would authorise the invasion; that the invaders would be greeted warmly; that they would find weapons of mass destruction; that all military opposition would be crushed quickly; and that he would emerge unambiguously victorious.Here is more of "We cannot vote Labour."
Posted by Munir Umrani at February 21, 2005 09:37 AM
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