I'm just kind of curious here, although I expect a number of people are either not into current events or politics beyond just acting rebellious or watching the daily show (no offense), what do the abundance of UK dwelling people here think of Tony Blair, and specifically his much touted speech before US Congress? I imagine alot of you who do keep up with politics are probably in the left leaning minority, much of blac k metal and death metal being very anti-anything-traditional, pro-socialism (even national socialism) but that's okay, like I said, I'm just curious because no one has brought this big event up and there are some brits here.
I myself am very conservative, extremely so when it comes to social issues and government. Tony Blair is a brilliant orator, but being in Parliament you have to be, so I wasn't surprised to hear how moving his speech was. However, I am someone who finds his labor party to be repugnant in its very socialist leanings, and I found myself not only agreeing with Blair's take on the war in Iraq and against terror at large, but being thoroughly convinced of his sincerity. I especially appreciated his comparison of the US to the British Empire, stating that no empire lasts forever, nor even very long, and that what is left behind is most important. What he was saying is something our current overly-political US figures would never say, as they love to keep our public complacent and naive. He was saying that civilization is on a razors edge, and the western world had better wake up and realize it. I had a vision of the germanic hordes lined up along the danube, with the roman army on the other side, the eve of the fall of rome and the beginning of the dark ages. People need to realize how close we are to that, and that if America fails at this, or becomes weakened by internal and external politics, that the islamic warlords and china will have no more reservations about taking what they want, european left wing politics have so emasculated their once great military power, so they really pose no threat to something like China - scary stuff. I for one think people on this side of the pond got the message, though it needs to be pounded home much harder for reality to set in. Thats my take.
I myself am very conservative, extremely so when it comes to social issues and government. Tony Blair is a brilliant orator, but being in Parliament you have to be, so I wasn't surprised to hear how moving his speech was. However, I am someone who finds his labor party to be repugnant in its very socialist leanings, and I found myself not only agreeing with Blair's take on the war in Iraq and against terror at large, but being thoroughly convinced of his sincerity. I especially appreciated his comparison of the US to the British Empire, stating that no empire lasts forever, nor even very long, and that what is left behind is most important. What he was saying is something our current overly-political US figures would never say, as they love to keep our public complacent and naive. He was saying that civilization is on a razors edge, and the western world had better wake up and realize it. I had a vision of the germanic hordes lined up along the danube, with the roman army on the other side, the eve of the fall of rome and the beginning of the dark ages. People need to realize how close we are to that, and that if America fails at this, or becomes weakened by internal and external politics, that the islamic warlords and china will have no more reservations about taking what they want, european left wing politics have so emasculated their once great military power, so they really pose no threat to something like China - scary stuff. I for one think people on this side of the pond got the message, though it needs to be pounded home much harder for reality to set in. Thats my take.
