[MadIvan]

I'm not quite sure how Blair is going to counter Al Jazzera apart from hitting the transmitter with a Tomahawk missile, but his thoughts are in the right place.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Bump!

[johniegrad]

A couple of weeks ago I thought he was going wobbly on us, Ivan. Now, bolstered by public opinion, he's turning into an ass-kicker. Either Bush and Blair are going to go down as the worst leaders in history or they will go down as heirs to the legacy of Reagan and Thatcher. I favor the latter.

[swampfox98]

Mr Campbell criticised Western media for the way they had covered the war. "Dictatorships are at a huge in-built advantage when it comes to public opinion," Mr Campbell said.

Duh!

[Argus]

Is Tony Blair as naive as he appears? It's a liability, first with his insistence on prolonging the farce at the UN, then on his recent remarks suggesting we "mend fences" with Europe when it's up to the likes of the French and Germans to mend their fences with us, and now with this delusion that our Arab enemies can be converted to our side once they know the truth. They already know the truth - they don't care because their only motivation is their hatred of the West. The way to "rebut" them is to kill the SOB's, destroy their Nazi regimes, and convince their people that it's a very bad idea to attack Americans and British, ever again.

[the_doc]

Downing Street later withdrew the claim after protests from relatives, who said they had been told by the Army that the men had died in combat.

This is part of the problem. Bad info becomes the story. Then someone who doesn't even want to hear the truth gets the truth suppressed.

[patricia]

BTTT

[Kenno]

It would be nice if he'd take time out to rebut the Daily Mirror.

[walden]

I think Blair needs to start with the BBC.

If he can fix that, THEN he can move on to Al Jazeera.
;)