All the usual suspects in the mainstream media are in full "sky-is-falling" mode over this Brexit thing. Corbyn's shadow cabinet has had what, eight resignations today? And their main complaint is that the Labour leader should have worked harder for the "remain" side.
Why?
Corbyn's unexpected rise to leadership of the Labour Party was predicated on his making a clear break with the Labour Party of the discredited war criminal Tony Blair. That's what drew all those new voters into the Labour fold. And Corbyn should have been out on the hustings, arm in arm with Phoney Tony, shilling for the "remain" side?
Impossible!
Later today we'll find out what transpires in Spain. That's another nation-state where the bloom has faded from the EU rose. Half the young people in the land are unemployed but they should count their blessings because it could be so much worse if they were outside looking in?
Then of course there's the (basket) case of Greece, where the electorate has already said nein danke to the Merkel austerity enema, only to be stabbed in the back by the weaselling Quislings they elected. They too are ready to wave bye-bye to unified Europe.
The EU was a noble idea at one time. Uniting the people of Europe in an economic bloc that would provide the rising tide to lift all boats. Never again would the Continent be ravaged by Hobbesian death matches among nations. Unfortunately, the tide has gone out some time ago, and the EU has become nothing more than the thuggish enforcer of the neoliberal agenda dictated by Washington and parroted by Brussels.
We are on the cusp of a paradigm shift.
Showing posts with label Tony Blair war criminal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tony Blair war criminal. Show all posts
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
The man with no shame
I see where Phoney Tony has signed on as an advisor to Egypt`s dictator-cum-democratically-elected President, Generalissimo al-Sisi.
As usual in these high-profile assignments, Tony claims he`s not in it for the money, but the man has such an outstanding record of making altruism pay that the many millions of pounds and shekels and dollars that accrue to his bank account every year (and how little tax he pays) have become the subject of awe and wonderment in the British press.
And he certainly knows the neighbourhood; he's been the "Middle East Peace Envoy" for years now, and we all know how swimmingly that's going.
While The Guardian piece claims Tony is to be strictly an economic adviser, it hard to imagine such a renaissance man holding himself to the dry confines of the dismal science. Tony is, after all, God spokesperson on earth, and as such is eminently qualified to act as al-Sisi`s spiritual adviser as well.
As usual in these high-profile assignments, Tony claims he`s not in it for the money, but the man has such an outstanding record of making altruism pay that the many millions of pounds and shekels and dollars that accrue to his bank account every year (and how little tax he pays) have become the subject of awe and wonderment in the British press.
And he certainly knows the neighbourhood; he's been the "Middle East Peace Envoy" for years now, and we all know how swimmingly that's going.
While The Guardian piece claims Tony is to be strictly an economic adviser, it hard to imagine such a renaissance man holding himself to the dry confines of the dismal science. Tony is, after all, God spokesperson on earth, and as such is eminently qualified to act as al-Sisi`s spiritual adviser as well.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Phony Tony doubles down on Iraq legacy
That would be the legacy of half-truths and misrepresentations and outright lies that fell from Tony's lips as he maneuvered his country into the Iraq disaster.
But ten years on, Tony wants the world to believe it was all worth it.
And he's got one snappy line of reasoning to support his view, a view that most of his henchmen back in the day have long abandoned, by the way.
It goes like this; no matter how atrocious the consequences to Britain, to America, and especially to Iraq, the war was worth it because imagine how much worse everything would be if we'd left Saddam in power.
For instance, if we'd left Saddam in place, and Arab Spring swept into Iraq like it has into Syria et al., just imagine the bloodbath that would have happened!
So it's a good thing we destroyed the country when we did, because otherwise it might have destroyed itself eventually, and God only knows what a horror show that might have been...
It's worth keeping in mind that Mr. Blair is reaping millions in speaker's fees and consultancy fees to promote his unique brand of imbecilic arrogance.
He is even a self-appointed spokesman for God Himself in the debate with non-believers (for a heavenly fee of course!).
If God needs friends like Tony Blair, He doesn't need the likes of me...
But ten years on, Tony wants the world to believe it was all worth it.
And he's got one snappy line of reasoning to support his view, a view that most of his henchmen back in the day have long abandoned, by the way.
It goes like this; no matter how atrocious the consequences to Britain, to America, and especially to Iraq, the war was worth it because imagine how much worse everything would be if we'd left Saddam in power.
For instance, if we'd left Saddam in place, and Arab Spring swept into Iraq like it has into Syria et al., just imagine the bloodbath that would have happened!
So it's a good thing we destroyed the country when we did, because otherwise it might have destroyed itself eventually, and God only knows what a horror show that might have been...
It's worth keeping in mind that Mr. Blair is reaping millions in speaker's fees and consultancy fees to promote his unique brand of imbecilic arrogance.
He is even a self-appointed spokesman for God Himself in the debate with non-believers (for a heavenly fee of course!).
If God needs friends like Tony Blair, He doesn't need the likes of me...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
ICC batting .500 in Negro Leagues
Since its inception in 2002 the International Criminal Court has tried a grand total of two "war criminals".
They got a conviction in the Lubanga case and lost the Katanga-Chui case.
I think the problem with the ICC is they need to up their game. They need to bring it to the big leagues, go after some plump white targets in the West. The way they've gone about their prosecutions thus far the casual observer could be forgiven for concluding that all war criminals are Black Africans.
But look, right over there in Her Majesty's merry England, there's war criminal Tony Blair prancing about boasting of his intimate relationship with God and how he only pays a 2.6% tax rate. The man has the blood of tens of thousands of Iraqis on his hands. Surely he can't be that hard to track down.
And forget merry England; there's no greater concentration of well-fed rich white war criminals anywhere in the world than right inside the Washington Beltway. Their ICC sheriffs might have to slip over to Texas to pick up W, but Washington is a veritable cornucopia of war criminals. The entire PNAC cabal seems to me to merit at least as much attention from the ICC as did Lubanga and Katanga-Chui, and they have by far more blood on their hands.
So get serious, ICC, or give up and go home.
They got a conviction in the Lubanga case and lost the Katanga-Chui case.
I think the problem with the ICC is they need to up their game. They need to bring it to the big leagues, go after some plump white targets in the West. The way they've gone about their prosecutions thus far the casual observer could be forgiven for concluding that all war criminals are Black Africans.
But look, right over there in Her Majesty's merry England, there's war criminal Tony Blair prancing about boasting of his intimate relationship with God and how he only pays a 2.6% tax rate. The man has the blood of tens of thousands of Iraqis on his hands. Surely he can't be that hard to track down.
And forget merry England; there's no greater concentration of well-fed rich white war criminals anywhere in the world than right inside the Washington Beltway. Their ICC sheriffs might have to slip over to Texas to pick up W, but Washington is a veritable cornucopia of war criminals. The entire PNAC cabal seems to me to merit at least as much attention from the ICC as did Lubanga and Katanga-Chui, and they have by far more blood on their hands.
So get serious, ICC, or give up and go home.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Capitalism kills more people than war
That seems to be the thesis that Tarak Barkawi is advancing in an opinion piece at alJazeera today. He effectively paints Archbishop Tutu with the same "murderer" label that many of us would like to see Tony Blair try to argue away at the International Criminal Court.
Barkawi's reasoning is that while Tutu explicitly condemns Blair's war-mongering, Tutu refuses to explicitly condemn capitalism, which has, according to Barkawi, carried a far more onerous human cost than mere war. The overall thrust of the article seems to be that we err in painting Blair a war criminal because his most high-profile detractor at the moment is complicit in even greater crimes.
I'm far from convinced. The history of war by far predates the history of capitalism as we know it. War hurts some capitalists and enriches others. While great fortunes have been amassed through warfare, great fortunes have also been amassed during times of peace.
Where capitalism has become a war-driver, as in contemporary America, there is indeed a close correlation between war and corporate interests. But this is a far from inevitable result. America could break the grip of the profit driven military industrial complex on foreign policy without in any way threatening capitalism per se.
All that's needed is the political will to regulate capitalism, and while that will is certainly lacking in America today, the fact that a variety of capitalist social democracies around the world manage to avoid having their private military contractors write their foreign policy is ample proof of this.
Tony Blair is an opportunistic liar who connived with others in the illegal launch of a war. He has blood on his hands. He belongs in the dock at the ICC, regardless of whether he was one of its founders.
Barkawi's reasoning is that while Tutu explicitly condemns Blair's war-mongering, Tutu refuses to explicitly condemn capitalism, which has, according to Barkawi, carried a far more onerous human cost than mere war. The overall thrust of the article seems to be that we err in painting Blair a war criminal because his most high-profile detractor at the moment is complicit in even greater crimes.
I'm far from convinced. The history of war by far predates the history of capitalism as we know it. War hurts some capitalists and enriches others. While great fortunes have been amassed through warfare, great fortunes have also been amassed during times of peace.
Where capitalism has become a war-driver, as in contemporary America, there is indeed a close correlation between war and corporate interests. But this is a far from inevitable result. America could break the grip of the profit driven military industrial complex on foreign policy without in any way threatening capitalism per se.
All that's needed is the political will to regulate capitalism, and while that will is certainly lacking in America today, the fact that a variety of capitalist social democracies around the world manage to avoid having their private military contractors write their foreign policy is ample proof of this.
Tony Blair is an opportunistic liar who connived with others in the illegal launch of a war. He has blood on his hands. He belongs in the dock at the ICC, regardless of whether he was one of its founders.
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