Tony Blair hospitalised with heart irregularity

[mrmitchell]

Jesus, I don't want him to ****ing die, just to ****ing step down.

You ****ing ****ers are too ****ing extremist, you look like a bunch of ****ing *******s to people.

Wait...6...of 30...damn.

[Shi Huangdi]

He is a man of principle. He risked his job to do what he felt was right amongst enormus unpopularity.

[Alexander's Horse]

The fact that ignorant people like you like him says it all.

[Dinner]

Hell, I'll go on record and say I like him. Tony's leadership during the Kosovo war and being the only European leader to want to take military action to prevent the massacre of civilians during the Bosnian war (the rest of Europe's chattering classes just wanted to talk about their high mind ideals without ever actually lifting a finger to upold those values) makes him a great leader in my book. He's certainly much better then the last 2-3 PMs.

[chequita guevara]

Despite the fact that Tony is a war criminal, he is still a human being. Don't wish death on anyone. It demeans the person you wish it upon and it demeans yourself in the eyes of others.

[NeOmega]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Despite the fact that Tony is a war criminal, he is still a human being. Don't wish death on anyone. It demeans the person you wish it upon and it demeans yourself in the eyes of others.

I am not here to make friends. I am here to let my opinion be known. I wish the man death, I wish Dubya and Cheney would die too, and Osama, Omar, and Hussein.

It is this way, and I am glad to see other people state it also, that way war lovers understand that the opposition to Iraq was more than just politics as usual. It was a deep seeded hatred that will not just go away.

[The Vagabond]

Blair is certainly not hollow, nor a whore. He did what he had to do in this situation for the ultimate benefit of his country. If his career finally falls apart as a result... well, it will be his sacrifice for the cause. (Which cause is that is a matter of separate discussion.)

What is really bad for him is that (and if) he knowingly lied to justify the cause of action. But then the same equally applies to the American administration.

[TheStinger]

I think there are many things wrong with Tony Blair but I believe he is a man of principle.

He wanted to get rid of Saddam before GW was even running for president. He may have exagereated the intel on WMD but his principle was to get rid of Saddam.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by NeOmega


Die Tony Die. I pray for the excruciating death a war criminal deserves.

I think you've either been driven insane by the inflexibility of your own logic, or never possessed a sense of proportion to start with. Whether you agreed with his policies or not, it takes a surreal leap to label him a "war criminal".

Particularly since his military actions have been confined to rather monstrous regimes with genuinely appalling human rights records. If your personal set of principles means that such regimes should be left to continue the slaughter with nary more than a docking of their allowance, then your personal set of principles are not ones I would touch with a very long and very ****ty stick.

[Alexander's Horse]

I wish him well but I think the whole affair exposed his superficiality and mortally wounded him as a serious leader.

[TheStinger]

The reason I htink people find him superficial is that he thinks that certain things are right and wrong and he has a general wish for fairness. However he doesn;t have any deep seated "socialist" beleifs. As he dosen't want to resurect a class war he is seen as shallow.

[Alexander's Horse]

But that makes him look shallow. He always looks like he's trying to please everybody and say the right thing even when he's doing something that will be controversial and divisive.

[TheStinger]

It may make him look shallow but it doesn't make him shallow. He used to be seen as pragmatic and that was a strenghth.

[Az]

what Laz said.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Here's an extract from today's Lazblog on the subject.

A scandal like this would not have taken place in the Thatcher years. Don't believe me? The nearest examples come from the Ponting affair where Parliament was deliberately and flagrantly misled and lied to over the cost of the Trident missile. We're not talking "sexing-up" here; it was planned and blatant lies. In the wake of that, the Official Secrets Act was used in a failed attempt to prosecute the whistle-blower (Clive Ponting) and from thereon in Thatcher declared open warfare against the media. The BBC, Channel 4 and several magazines used to get raided by Special Branch. It didn't seriously dent Thatcher's popularity though. Hell no- the electorate still wanted to wrap it's lips around her saggy old labia.

The difference was that Blair always attempts to be the nice guy, whereas Thatcher didn't give a flying **** about what anybody thought and had no qualm about being overtly nasty. Don't think I'm being nostalgic about the 1980's, though. The fact that the evil old witch is gone is one that still gives me a warm rosy glow every morning. Still, if that's what the British public want, then why not deliver it? Perhaps it's the lingering effects of the public school systems, where canes whipped down onto quivering buttocks to be met with response "Thank you, Sir. May I have another?". Britain doesn't want to be cajoled and one over- it wants to be bully-bummed. So once Mr Blair is feeling well enough to return, he should drop the smart suits and big smile. Instead he should start deliver his speeches in full dominator gear- leathered up to the eyeballs, and waving a studded and unlubricated butt plug of epic proportions. Once he starts leering and rubbing his crotch, the tightly puckered little arseholes will start frantically winking in anticipation and the legions of middle England will be so keen to vote him back in that they'll be climaxing in the voting booths.