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Former British prime minister Tony Blair has stunned the UK by telling them it's time to confront Iran (via Hot Air Headlines):

Anyone who attended the Jan. 29 session of Britain’s Iraq inquiry to watch Tony Blair crumble went home disappointed. When the nation’s former Prime Minister returns to center stage, he seldom fails to remind even his sharpest critics of his prodigious political skills — the very same skills that had enabled him to cajole dubious colleagues and a skeptical Parliament into reluctantly supporting the 2003 invasion of Iraq. An inquiry panel of career diplomats and academics was never likely to dent his composure. (“They’re sitting there like chickens,” squawked an exasperated audience member during a break from proceedings.) Yet Blair’s light grilling still produced a major eye opener: as opponents of the Iraq conflict waited in vain for an apology or some gratifying symptom of inner regret, Blair instead used the platform to argue for opening a new battlefront — against Iran.

I just wish he could say the same about the Hamas, and even Turkey, come to think of it, now that they're slowly backtracking to Islamic fundamentalism. Even Sudan's own terror militias and slavemongering thugs are worth confronting. In fact, so are the Islamofascists taking over Britain itself. They too are worth confronting, don't you think, Tony?

What am I getting at here? Simply put, it's that I'm not sure Tony Blair is being altruistic, or that he really cares about the state of Europe. In fact, how much of an improvement did British forces provide when they were in Iraq either? Did they ensure that Christians in Iraq would be safe?

When those come to mind, it's hard to be sure if this is something to be upbeat about.

Labels: iran, jihad, londonistan, terrorism, war on terror