Posted on 09/08/2021 5:05:21 AM PDT by Cronos
Tony Blair has said it is clear America has a "very limited appetite for military engagement" and that other Western nations need to figure out how to deal with "radical Islam" without the US.
The former prime minister called on world leaders to come together to develop a common strategy against extremists ahead of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.
In a speech to the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) military think tank, he said "radical Islam" continues to represent a "first-order security threat" that left unchecked "will come to us".
..."Like revolutionary communism, it operates in many different arenas and dimensions; and like it, its defeat will come ultimately through confronting both the violence and the ideology, by a combination of hard and soft power," he added.
While Mr Blair said it was understandable Western societies and politicians are "deeply averse" to armed forces' casualties, he said boots on the ground are needed as using drone strikes and special forces in response to terrorist attacks has "limitations".
"If the enemy we're fighting knows that the more casualties they inflict, the more our political will erodes, then the incentive structure is plain," he said.
Working without America is a particular challenge to European nations, he said, "and for these purposes, Britain is part of Europe, like it or not".
..."One of the most depressing things I have heard regularly articulated over the past weeks is the idea that we are foolish in believing that Western notions of liberal democracy and freedom are exportable or will ever take root except in the somewhat decadent terrain of Western society," he added.
He said we should never forget "that our values are still those which free people choose".
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It’s been figured out. Over a thousand years ago. What we’ve lost include justification and will to defeat it.
It’s a little funny that the UK, who pulled 100% out of Afghanistain in 2014 is peeved at Trump for initiating this pullout in 2020.
There is only Islam.
Blair makes some good points. But it sounds like he’s still itching to do some nation-building.
Pretty rich coming from the Deep State that helped ours install the POTATUS.
The expletive-deleted doth protest too much, methinks.
No S^%T Sherlock!!!
There is no "radical Islam"
"radical Islam" is a lie of the Multicultural Leftist.
There is Orthodox Islam
Any true student of the history of Islam will tell you that what the West is dealing with today is merely Islam as it has existed since the seventh century.
The history of Islam is the history of blood and barbarism. The only time Islam is peaceful is when it is subjugated by a more powerful force.
The only best to deal with Islam is as Vlad the Impaler dealt with Islam.
I am certainly not an expert on terrorism by any means. There are probably many different things that can be done to fight the slime bags of the world, and each method should be used. On the other hand, a few arc light raids, and some MOABs, might dampen the ardor of the terrorists a bit.
“One of the most depressing things I have heard regularly articulated over the past weeks is the idea that we are foolish in believing that Western notions of liberal democracy and freedom are exportable or will ever take root...”
Hate to depress you sir but it’s generally true. Because there’s interference on the receiving end. There’s beheadings, hangings, and shootings that make the wild West look like a tea tasting.
Whereas when you try to export Islamic notions, there’s no interference from governments, media, or those largely mythical people with the courage of their convictions.
If you do not kill the enemy they will kill you. This lesson was learned clear back in the Crusades.
Yeah, Tony ole boy, how about y’all try and get off your fat butts and deal with a problem instead of blaming others.
Jośe Biden has made it painfully obvious the US isn’t willing to do what it takes.
Tony Blair is a total Illuminati operative.
Yes, Mr. Blair, that’s the whole point of this “administration.” Accelerate the downfall of the United States while accelerating the spread of islam.
The army of the Antichrist is being prepared. Western Europe needs to have the United States removed as a major military power in order for the Antichrist Army to rise to prominence as the world’s greatest army.
A couple of things Mr. Blair:
1. With people like Obama and Biden in charge, the U.S. is no longer able to deal with radical Islam. It's because they are enablers of radical Islam, not defenders against it.
2. I hate to break this to you sir, but the rest of the West is not up to the task.
3. I will tell you what the State Department told many of the people trying to get out of Afghanistan - "You're on your own."
4. R.I.P. to the West.
Yo, Tony, how about turning Afghanistan into a glass parking lot courtesy of all those nuke missiles we Americans supplied you Brits since we saved your asses in WWII. Just a thought.
Kill em All and let Allah sort em out?
Sod off Blair. We’ve had more than enough of you, you globalist git.
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