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To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (29932)	3/28/2003 10:45:02 AM
From: newfoundland1	Respond to of 36161

Tony Blair's moral certainties and righteousness which has certainly given him articulacy scares the pants off most of us Brits. It is clear that a long time ago - probably following his success with Kosovo after dreadful appeasement of Milosevic by the previous Conservative administration and also as a result of being hailed as a Messiah when first elected- he decided that Saddam should go for the sake of Iraqis and the rest of the world. Whatever else he has tried to do vis a vis the UN is a smokescreen in my opinion. He is now tied to the US train as it rattles wherever. He won't succeed in putting the UN back together. I doubt he will succeed in pushing the US to do anything that radical with Israel -although his Foreign Secretary's language in particular is pretty strong. He has created near unhealable divisions in Europe which is probably the only way US financial hegemony or should I say misfinanical hegemony will be countered and made severe Eurosceptics like myself rather sympathetic to the morally bankrupt French. All in all a right old mess.....Terrible things have been done on the back of "good oratory" and one can even understand what Kissinger was getting at when he said "The fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness rather the limitation of righteousness" or words to that effect. Wyatt

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (29932)	3/28/2003 3:25:09 PM
From: ms.smartest.person	Respond to of 36161

FWIW My English cousin voted for Blair. Here is his current opinion -- just prior to start of Iraq War. Mr Blair is a good talker but that's all! He was elected on a lot of promises and dates of implementation, since then the promises have become targets and the dates have been missed. The promise not to raise Income Tax has been more than surpassed by the increases in indirect taxation and the introduction of a lot of new taxes. Everything can be purchased cheaper in Europe. If you drive you pay, Road Tax, Congestion Tax if you enter London, Fuel Tax, VAT (Value Added Tax 17.5%) on top of the fuel tax, VAT on all repairs labour and materials, Vehicle Tax on new cars with VAT on top, even the car insurance has VAT on top, MOT tests every year for vehicles over three years old with VAT on top, and the fuel is the most expensive in the world. I wouldn't be surprised if Blair gets another term in office as there is no real opposition, so he would be elected by default. He always sounds sincere and has a great presence, but he's done nothing for this country, we go from crises to crises.