http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2010/01/24/opposition_to_the_war_wasnt_just_about_anti-americanism Politics, tech and media issues from a Muslim perspective Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2010/01/24/opposition_to_the_war_wasnt_just_about_anti-americanism#comment-21898 Thersites Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:09:54 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2010/01/24/opposition_to_the_war_wasnt_just_about_anti-americanism#comment-21898 Tony Blair had campaigned for military intervention in Jugoslavia and Sierra Leone and encouraged both when he came into office and his enthusiastic reception in both countries probably affected his attitude to invading Iraq as well. The road to Iraq was paved with good intentions and apparently successful humanitarian military interventions. Tony Blair had campaigned for military intervention in Jugoslavia and Sierra Leone and encouraged both when he came into office and his enthusiastic reception in both countries probably affected his attitude to invading Iraq as well. The road to Iraq was paved with good intentions and apparently successful humanitarian military interventions.

]]> http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2010/01/24/opposition_to_the_war_wasnt_just_about_anti-americanism#comment-21888 Yakoub Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:35:19 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2010/01/24/opposition_to_the_war_wasnt_just_about_anti-americanism#comment-21888 Calling Bush 'a twerp' is like calling the Marquis de Sade 'a bit rough'. On Bush, the nutty Neocons and the smashing of Iraq, see Jonathan Cook (2008) 'Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East' (London: Pluto). Calling Bush ‘a twerp’ is like calling the Marquis de Sade ‘a bit rough’. On Bush, the nutty Neocons and the smashing of Iraq, see Jonathan Cook (2008) ‘Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East’ (London: Pluto).

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