Gregory shouts out "aren't you worried"
Bush replies we went to the G8 and got agreement. (Bush should ignore shouted questions from Gregory's seated position)
Gregory is a spoiled brat.
Blair: I don't this it has anything to do with loss of American influence at all. We have to ask what changed policy because it's changed in the last few years nad what changed policy was 9/11. Before 9/11, this global ideology was already in being and 9/11 was the culmination of what they wanted to do.
Actually, this is where policy makers were truly in error, myself included, this was happening on a smaller scale across the world. The movement has grown and it will latch onto any cause it can and give it a dimension of hatred. In Kashmir for example. Palestine. What is it's purpose? It's purpose is to promote its ideology and use any methods at all, but particularly terrorism, to do that
The value of terrorism is not just the act of terror but the reactions to it. Brings reprisals and brings hatred and so on.
ANd in a small way, we lived through that in N. Ireland for many decades.
After 9/11, this explains the policy of the president and my view and why we need to remain strong allies, is we will never succeed unless we understand. They are going to fight hard. The reason they're doing what they're doing in Iraq is because if in the center of the ME in an Muslim country you have a non-sectarian democracy, a genuine democracy, how does their idelogy flourish in that circumstance. So they've moved into that country.
It's why the Taliban is trying to come back into Afghanistan.
(INCREDIBLY ARTICULATE ANSWER BY TONY BLAIR!)
Blair: If there's a mistake made in these circumstances, it's that we're surprised it's tough to fight. I don't dispute the implication of your question in that you look at what's happening Palelstine and Iraq, etc., and there's shock and frustration and grief. But it's not a reason to walk away. IT's a reason to stay the course no matter how tough it is becuase the alternate lets the ideology grip larger and larger numbers of people.
We have a problem with our Muslim communities in Europe. They half buy the idelogy. We have to stop apologizing for our own positions.
Muslims are free to worship in Europe. It's nonsense. We have to have confidence in our position. The ideology is wrong in every wretched way but there's no altenative but to stay the course.