By Eric Margolis
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Many Britons and Europeans still see the unctuous Blair as a creature of George Bush. Why he decided to facilitate Bush’s illegal acts remains a mystery. Perhaps it was a misguided effort to pick up imperial crumbs from the American Raj. Perhaps generous donations from Blair’s discreet neoconservative backers.
In the end, Blair got a lot of British soldiers killed for nothing – not to mention huge numbers of Iraqis and Afghans - and made his nation an enemy of the entire Muslim world.....
Germany’s re-elected Chancellor Angela Merkel and France’s President, Nicholas Sarkozy, had reportedly favored Blair, who has spent a lot of time schmoozing these kingmakers.
But a senior Merkel aid just leaked that she could not bear `listening any more to Mr Flash.’ Sarkozy just reverse course and came out against `my dear friend’ Blair’s candidacy. Au revoir Tony.
Nor have Europeans forgotten how Blair thwarted efforts to bring Britain into the Euro zone or integrate its defenses with the EU.
Blair continued Britain’s traditional strategy of undermining European unity while pretending to be a supporter. Many saw Blair as a Trojan Horse for a US also intent on keeping Europe weak and divided. He came to symbolize the French stereotype of two-faced Britain as `Perfidious Albion.’...."
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Many Britons and Europeans still see the unctuous Blair as a creature of George Bush. Why he decided to facilitate Bush’s illegal acts remains a mystery. Perhaps it was a misguided effort to pick up imperial crumbs from the American Raj. Perhaps generous donations from Blair’s discreet neoconservative backers.
In the end, Blair got a lot of British soldiers killed for nothing – not to mention huge numbers of Iraqis and Afghans - and made his nation an enemy of the entire Muslim world.....
Germany’s re-elected Chancellor Angela Merkel and France’s President, Nicholas Sarkozy, had reportedly favored Blair, who has spent a lot of time schmoozing these kingmakers.
But a senior Merkel aid just leaked that she could not bear `listening any more to Mr Flash.’ Sarkozy just reverse course and came out against `my dear friend’ Blair’s candidacy. Au revoir Tony.
Nor have Europeans forgotten how Blair thwarted efforts to bring Britain into the Euro zone or integrate its defenses with the EU.
Blair continued Britain’s traditional strategy of undermining European unity while pretending to be a supporter. Many saw Blair as a Trojan Horse for a US also intent on keeping Europe weak and divided. He came to symbolize the French stereotype of two-faced Britain as `Perfidious Albion.’...."
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