Blair Heard Me? ;-)

Now please remember that I had criticised Blair for bullsh*t-ing about the bombing attacks on London being not related to British military presence in occupied Iraq. He had claimed that those terrorists were part of a wider war against western country, as someone in Malaysia also attempted to promote.

Against western countries for what? Hope we aren’t going into Bush territory, like the terrorists hate America because of its freedom, democracy, coca cola and apple-pie?

Perhaps Blair heard me ;-) or he has decided to put the blame on someone. This time he attributed one of the causes of terrorism as the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis. Tel Aviv is livid with rage on hearing this truth, and said Blair was already right the first time, so why f**k it up now?

Blair believes a fundamental towards addressing the terrorist problem must be to solve its raisons d'être. He believes this to be deprivation, lack of democracy (does this consideration include Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the other US cronies?) and ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

I disagree with 'deprivation' though, because you don't get, say poor Burmese or Ethopians becoming terrorists. I'll go along with 'democracy' but mind you, there is a big country who claims to be the champion of democracy but acts like a terrorist.

Blair then stated the obvious, actually twice– (a) that the conflict had deep roots, (b) to rid the weed, pull it out with all its roots. He then went on with some politically arty farty touchy-feely concepts, but eventually arrived at the crux of the issue that had Israeli blood pressure shooting up, namely easing the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

The Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat was delighted, stating that Blair had "touched reality and spoke strategically of the need to deal with the problems of this region."

Erekat went on with, "I believe a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict does not involve reinventing the wheel. We all know the parameters. We all know that this is going to be a two-state solution. We all know that Israel needs to end its occupation and secondly we need to see democracy in this region."

But the obstacle is an Israeli-dominated Bush. If Blair can convince his so-called ally to rein in the Israelis, then perhaps there may be a glimmer of hope for the Palestinians. But at the G8 Summit on the global environmental issue, Blair had failed to cash in the credits that Bush owed him, so how will he have a chance with the equally, if not more, difficult problem?

What about me? Since I have criticised Blair earlier, do I agree with him on this issue? Of course I do. I may be liberal but I don’t subscribe to a rigid ideology, so I welcome Blair’s perception of one of the true causes of Arab & Muslim grievances.

But he shouldn't stop at just the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. He should ask what western countries like the USA and Britain are doing in other people's compound, telling people what to do. And Blair should also consider the criminal punitive actions, like bombing, shooting and torturing locals, who refused to do what the USA wants them to do.