Ultra-Blairite; Atlanticist; pro-Israel; centrist; liberal interventionist; truther allergic; hawk; United Nations critic; genocide-denier scorner; anti-totalitarian; Iraq war advocate; nightmare of peace buddies and tree huggers; Chomsky-Pilger-Pappe-Galloway (etc.) arch loather; Rentoulette; Orwellian tea drinker and global trotter….
Recently described as a “devastating, high-speed, deadly accurate, relentless, fearless demolisher of pseudo-*progressive* waffle. But don’t be fooled by that picture – she is much more lethal.”
I’m intrigued that you’re a JS Mill devotee.
I’d not of thought you’d appreciate a book such as On Liberty.
By the way i agree with you about birthers & truthers they just tend to be bigots.
Thanks for your comment, Sophia. As for JSM, I love his work on non-intervention/humanitarian interventionism.
yes I know he supported interventionism & in doing so I think he was the man who coined the term ‘failed state’.
Of mill’s work I’m a fan of On Liberty as it argued marijuana shouldn’t be prohibited.
daddy cool
Dear Julie,
Could I ask if you are a labour party member?
regards,
Isabella McC
Dear Isabella,
No, I am not a Labour Party member.
Best,
J.
Dear Julie,
Are you in the pay of the Conservative Party?
Regards,
Steve.
Dear Steven,
That’s a QTWTAIN!
Was it the national party or the conspiracy theorists in your local party that led you to leave? Or neither?
You are more frightening than cluster bombs in rice fields. Hi
Aww, if that isn’t a lovely compliment: Ta!
How close have you been to a cluster bomb in a rice (field or paddy)?
I stepped over many and am still here.
http://plainofjars.net/UXO.htm
As a concilliator of Middle Eastern affairs, do you think Tony Blair understands that as of right now, the Israelis have no partner for Peace amongst the Palestinians? And do you? Do either of you believe it is wise to keep pushing the Israelis to make even more concessions without any serious recognition by the Palestinian leadership to recognize Israel’s right to exist?
It’s Mr Blair’s job as the Quartet’s Representative to try to find common ground. However, he has made repeatedly clear that he doesn’t accept Israel to be pushed around (support for 06 Lebanon war, critical of Palestinian statehood bid, last years AIPAC speech etc.).
As for me, I think we have to do whatever it takes to protect Israel’s right to exists and that includes at the moment preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Thanks for that answer. But what are your views on how you stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons? I am not so sure they would use them to actually bomb Israel, it would destroy their own religious sites and make it impossible for either Palestinians or for that matter Jordanians, Syrians, Lebanese, Iraqis and many Egyptians to ever live safely in the region again. But of course it would destabalize the Middle East even further and empower the Shiite cause in this current Islamic Civil War. But only Israel will dare use force, and that is not a sure-fire way to succeed, and sanctions do not seem to be working while China and Russia avoid using them.
So what is your view (and, if you know, Mr. Blair’s)?
Hi again Stephen,
I’m not Mr Blair’s official spokesperson but he said this about the threat coming from Iran.
“I say this to you with all of the passion I possibly can; at some point the West has to get out of what I think is a wretched policy or posture of apology for believing that we are causing what the Iranians are doing, or what these extremists are doing, that we have to get our head out of the sand. They disagree fundamentally with our way of life and will carry on unless met with determination and, if necessary, force.”
Mr Blair also made his views very clear in his interview with the Times on 9/11 2011.
I agree the question is : Why would Iran make a nuclear war even if it had a dirty bomb? Clearly that would be insane. But insane is exactly what the Iranian regime is. I don’t know how you feel about it but I don’t think the West should tolerate apocalyptic weaponry in the hands of a messianic totalitarian force – even if they use it for blackmail only.
Thanks again. No I agree they should be stopped for the same reason as you. Just not sure how. As I said, China, Russia and now the dictators in South America are all happy to keep trading and even Turkey is cosying up to the Iranian leadership. Sadly the Iranians know Obama will never go to war against them, so what else is possible? The ordinary Iranians don’t deserve to be killed by an Iran/Israeli war, and retributuin on Israel by the Western powers would be brutal, along with likely attacks on Israel by Hezbollah and Hamas in revenge. Just hoped you had a magic solution!
And stay safe!
I love it. Let’s hope Mr. Edd get to see this
Humanitarian militarist? I assume I’m misinterpreting one of those words..
No, you just don’t know what you are talking about, I’m afraid.
If I don’t know what I’m talking about, chances are, I am misinterpreting.