Blair actually ‘gets’ it when it comes to Islam. I saw him in January, and he made the case for the huge opponent we face in the middle east better than just about anyone I have heard...especially among elected leaders.
He brought it down to the most granular level, that kids in these regions begin learning the Koran, and only the Koran, beginning a a young age for eight hours a day. While the economies of the middle east are modernized, the culture is centuries behind and these young people only know the words of the Koran and become radicalized.
Like hell he get it.
He has always made excuses for Islam and never addressed that the problem is a fundamental interpretation of the religion, and practicing it as written in the Koran and the example set by Muhammed in the Hadiths.
Blair spouts all the baloney of a hijacked religion extremists etc. At one time this idiot was telling the Brits it was about grievances.
The very fact that he thinks you can reconcile Christianity and Islam shows he doesn't understand Islam. - Tom
Personally, I think that very few Brits get it as such. Socialism and lack of pride in national character, traditions and history have the English on the ropes. I admire their military presence in Afganistan and partially in Iraq, but that is a a short-lived thing at the moment.
I have English friends, and even the most “conservative” among them do not get it, and do not understand that this is not 2008, but 1938, again.