Is Tony Blair Bonkers ?

[modeller]

So Blair is advocating we get involved in Iraq again ! Is he mad ?
I suggest we parachute him into Baghdad . He can talk them to death . That's the only thing he excels at. With any luck we wouldn't see him again .
Maybe he wants to be their president since no one wants him in Europe.

[shaneystar2]

Yes he is totally bonkers . Send Bush with him .They can share a parachute :)

[Baldric]

At best, delusional,!

[DTCwordfan]

Mad as a Cherie hatter, D flats as well..........

[Baldric]

Worst, barking!!

[tonyav]

Yep, bonkers.
http://news.uk.msn.com/iraq-insurgency-stems-from-syria

[DTCwordfan]

next question, next thread?

[Baldric]

And further evidence has come to light M'lord,

He married THAT woman!

He must be!!!!

[Farriercm]

How about sending Cameron ,Osborne, and Ian DH Smith with him.

[atalanta]

Perhaps he can throw a few dodgy dossiers at the new ISIS terrorist forces. That should frighten them off.
Or else threaten then with weapons inspections.
Or if those fail, he might try some clouds of obfuscation and hot air.

[atalanta]

Why is it that I can never see Cherie's grin without wanting to post a letter into it ?

[jim360]

I don't think he's barking, no. While I don't see military intervention being an option, he surely has a point as to the cause, although he ought to go further.

The plain truth is surely that our entire foreign policy is wrong. Wrong because we go intervene for the wrong reasons, and then don't have a proper plan for how to replace the regime we toppled' wrong, because then after such failures we lack the conviction or the will to intervene again, when we should. The failure to respond to the crisis in Syria promptly with a stable and strong peacekeeping force as a prelude to negotiations has left Syria to deteriorate into a complete mess. Naturally, this instability is now spreading to other countries around it.

I don't think the answer in Syria was to have gone in and toppled Assad in 2011. But it ought to be obvious that doing little or nothing was not the answer, either. I think the solution above is the closest to the right thing, although unfortunately -- and here, Blair does seem to miss his own role in this -- earlier disasters in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to a lesser extent in Libya, have put us off from even trying.

As long ago as 2008 I had a theory that "all foreign policies are wrong". I think we're seeing that here. It was wrong to invade Iraq in the way we did and with no plans to follow. It will be wrong, now, if we stay out and leave the country and the whole region to burn in the fires of another Holy War. It won't stay "over there" for very long.

[DTCwordfan]

Wot - he's married Yvette Cooper?

[humbersloop]

modeller, could you post a link to what prompted this thread please?

[RATTER15]

I never understood why he ever married a woman that has an upside down mouth!

[tonyav]

Yeah, and her dad was the original scouse git.

[humbersloop]

laying off the sexism would be good

[royfromaus]

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/15/tony-blair-west-intervene-iraq-isis-military-options

[naomi24]

Jim, //It was wrong to invade Iraq in the way we did and with no plans to follow. It will be wrong, now, if we stay out and leave the country and the whole region to burn in the fires of another Holy War. It won't stay "over there" for very long. //

I agree with you. Very well said.

[brenda]

Not only bonkers, but a dangerous meglomaniac as well, in my view.Brenda.

[TTG]

A loathsome individual. His descisions as prime minister have compromised the security of the country for years to come. At the same time, it seems to me that his sole aim was to line his (and wifes) own pockets. Why he has not been arrested and charged with treason, I will never know.