Good to see Blair won. The Conservative Party candidate wanted to appease the thug terrorists and pull out of Iraq. But, I understand Blair is hanging by a thread as it is.
"Good to see Blair won. The Conservative Party candidate wanted to appease the thug terrorists and pull out of Iraq"
That's 100% inaccurate, I'm not sure where you got that from.
Where do you get the information that Howard would have pulled out of Iraq that is balant untruth. He fully supports the Iraq conflict he arguement has always been the manner we went into war.
He in fact would have taken Britain earlier IMHO and not pushed like Blair did for the unsucessful UN resolution. Howard felt quite happy with regime change even if in some quarters it would have been called an illegal war. As it is now for Britain may refer to it as that because went on the basis of WMDs and when you weigh the intellgence up that we went on it was not proven.
Here is Howard's stand on the Iraq conflict
""When the Cold War ended, we all hoped that our children and grandchildren would grow up in a safer world.
That hope was shattered on September 11th 2001.
Our world changed. Taking a plane, going on the Tube - all these things suddenly carried a new risk.
Meanwhile, we face the spread of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
How do we confront this sense of insecurity? How do we tackle these threats?
First, people need to be told the truth about the threats we face. And if we consider the threat to our freedom and our interests merit military action, we should not flinch.
Every day British servicemen and women face great danger in Iraq. The way they carry out their duties does Britain proud, and makes Britain proud.
I believe it was right to go to war. That's a controversial view. Many people would prefer me to say something else. But that is how I see it. And I owe it to you to tell you how I see it.
The world is a better place without Saddam Hussein.
Saddam had provoked two wars in the Gulf. He had used chemical weapons against other nations and against his own people. No one knew if and when he would get his hands on more weapons of mass destruction.
So I think it was right to go to war. But I also think it's right to tell the truth.
In the run-up to the war, Tony Blair did not tell the truth. He did not give a truthful account of the intelligence he received. He did not behave as a British Prime Minister should.
Tony Blair has said that mistakes were made. He has said he accepts responsibility. But it is not a question of responsibility. It is a question of credibility.
I hope that we will not face another war.
But the world is a very dangerous place, and you can never be sure.
What if this Prime Minister asks people to trust him again? Could the British people trust him a second time?""
Hardly a man who would pull the troops out in fact under a Conservative Government more money would be spent on the military.
Of course as most of those stances are an antithesis to the Republican party these days, except in stump speeches, that's about what I would expect. But it is good to see the Conservatives did pick up a few seats and the Labor party lost more than a few.