devil and the deep blue sea

[Hurdy]

http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=10&aid=16983

Behind Murdoch lie the sinister forces of the American right - the neo-cons.

Britain can either stay in the EU and become marginalized, or leave the EU and sign on as America’s junior partner in running the world.

Blair is not playing to a sceptical British electorate in order to keep Britain in Europe as his apologists argue. Rather, he is playing a far more dangerous anti-European game. If next year, as seems likely, Britain has voted against the Constitution, ‘Tony and the neo-cons’ will seem an eminently suitable name for Tony Blair’s merry band.

[moon]

Israeli expansionism is the neocons driving force. I can't fit Tone into that box.

[Tankus]

So Mandy's positioning is a knoble .....?

I caught on Frost (Marr) this morning that Murdock was also hedging his bets with Kerry ....!

Israeli expansionism is the neocons driving force

one way of increasing US influence in the area , at someone else's risk ...?

whose expansionism ...exactly ...?

[catgate]

I have just finished reading John Simpsons newly published book "The Wars Against Saddam". He has gone right into the background, through contacts in the Pentagon etc.. and apparently Rumsfelt, Cheyney and co. had an organisation going, before Dubya was elected, to promote US world wide dominance. They had Iraq marked out long before 9/11 because, in Rumfelt's words, it was "do able", and it would prove just how powerful they are, without causing to much trouble "at home". (cost and body bags)

It paints a picture of a situation every bit as corrupt as our shambles. It's a digusting convoluted tale.

[Tankus]

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