'Tony Blair' democratic party?
This is what
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN penned after the Iowa night,
"God bless the Democratic Party's primary voters in Iowa. They may have rescued our chances of succeeding in Iraq and even winning the war of ideas within the Arab-Muslim world. Go Hawkeyes!
How so? Well, it seems to me that Iowa Democrats, in opting for John Kerry and John Edwards over Howard Dean, signaled (among other things) that they want a presidential candidate who is serious about fighting the war against the Islamist totalitarianism threatening open societies.
"It was a good night for the [Tony] Blair Democrats in Iowa," said Will Marshall, president of the Progressive Policy Institute. By "Blair Democrats," Mr. Marshall was referring to those Democrats who voted for the Iraq war, and conveyed "a toughness and resolve to face down America's enemies,"
This is the unfolding drama in Britain.
"Britain's Tony Blair (news - web sites) made a last-ditch scramble Sunday to avert a stinging defeat on education reform ahead of a crunch week on Iraq (news - web sites) that could define the prime minister's future. "
The vote and judge Lord Hutton's report into the death of government scientist David Kelly pose a seismic threat to Blair's authority, which is already under attack following the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
Asked by Sunday's Observer newspaper if he would still be leading the country by the end of the week, Blair said: "I have every intention of doing that, yes."
But defeat over plans to allow universities to charge students more for their education through "top-up" fees would be humiliating for a prime minister with a massive parliamentary majority and could trigger a confidence vote."
Most analysts believe Blair will survive this week but the row over Iraq's weapons -- a key Anglo-American justification for war -- shows no sign of abating and could prove more decisive than this week's events in shaping the political landscape ahead of the next general election, expected in 2005.
"Was this country taken into that war in Iraq on a dodgy basis?" Charles Kennedy, leader of the opposition Liberal Democrats, asked on BBC television Sunday"
A YouGov poll for ITV Television showed Sunday that 56 percent of people believe Blair should resign if he or his staff are found to have acted improperly in naming Kelly.
I like Tony Blair,I really do. But unfortunately he's really on the lifeline at the moment.I assume the next article Mr. Friedman will write next week is how to save the real 'Tony Blair'in Britian instead of advocating a 'Tony Blair' democratic party. Mr. Friedman's obsession with this war really troubles me. I don't know whether I should point this out or not, He is a Jew.