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Independent Edit'l: Blair's Mendacious Attack

Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit

The Independent - Jan 13, 2007
http://comment.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/article2149715.ece

Lead editorial:

A mendacious attack by Mr Blair to cover up his fatal misjudgement

For all Mr Blair's personal salesmanship at the time, this began
as a highly unpopular war, and it remains one

The Prime Minister used the latest of his "legacy" speeches to share his
thoughts on war and peace. His argument was that this country's diplomatic
reach would be severely curtailed if we restricted ourselves to such
activities as peacekeeping, administering development aid and combating
climate change. Britain, he argued, must not fight shy of using military
force; for this country, "hard" power will remain as important as "soft".