In the name of all that is fair and balanced, here is our own political dissident, Craig Murray, on how he knows Blair’s pants are on fire again.
It seem to be the same argument Murray used here, which in fairness, does makes a mockery of Blair’s confident declaration that we were ‘utterly certain’ that the patrol was in Iraqi territorial waters, yet it remains an argument which can reversed, as I did here: -
Hmmm. Surely the reversal of this argument, asking why Iran is detaining British personnel, who were not in legally defined Iranian waters, works too? If there is no legally defined border, this must help London as much as Tehran. So why Craig, are you finding reasons to side with such an intolerant and illiberal regime? I’m not playing the rightwing “us and them†trick I promise, but isn’t this just evidence of the proclivity of the left to side with any position contrary to that of the West?
Also, I’m not sure I’m altogether comfortable with the unholy alliance between Murray and The Daily Mail.
UPDATE: According to the early edition, The Independent will tomorrow lead with a story that claims that the hostage crisis was the result of a botched US-led offensive to capture Iranian personnel. Who knows if the Indi has a genuine scoop? Certainly the news-readers on BBC News 24 didn’t seem too taken back.
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Aaron -
But you are precisely just using the old right wing “Us and them” trick. Other than that, you have it precisely. Both we and the Iranians are making groundless claims. Both governments are wrong. It doesn’t defend the Iranians to say that.
Well Craig, I apologise if I have misrepresented your position, and I agree that there is little for either of these governments to pride themselves on.
I think it’s important that those critical of US/UK foreign policy, as I certainly am, remain as objective as possible in these situations. I think it’s apparent that Britain was caught completely unawares by this Iranian gamble, and are looking increasingly emasculated (possibly no bad thing) by it. It’s a move the Iranians will no doubt come to regret as Washington hawks makes the case for air-strikes against Iranian nuclear installations.
Also, I can’t imagine that, having seen his final days defined by international humiliation, Mr. Blair will spend his time after office doing anything other than making the neocon case for liberal intervention in Persia.
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