Iraq Government and Shiite Militants

The New York Times: Reports the Iraqi Shiite Government has cracked down on Iran backed Shiite militants in Iraq, who are a threat to US Forces. Iraq on the whole has been off the news, simple reason the Bush surge worked and Iraq although not quite peaceful is more stable for US security. The US is meant to be out of Iraq by the end of 2011, it can be argued for the security of the US and Iraq that a small force should be kept in country to prevent Iraq falling to Iran once the US is out of Iraq. Also if Iran does go nuclear, the US or Israel will need to use Iraqi air space to attack Iran. The question of was the Iraq War worth it, is one that will take years if not decades, this blog still supports the launch of the War, if not the post war planning, and the failure of the UK military to configure their forces for the problems in the South, at the end of the day Iraq was a military failure for the UK, the sad part was that it cost the lives of 179 of our brave soldiers.
　

Win ONE for the Gipper = Lady Thatcher

Daily Mail: Reports that Lady T is determined to attend the unveiling of a statue on Monday to her late friend the great US President, Ronald Reagan. This blog will always be fan of Reagan and Thatcher, they showed leadership when the elite would have allowed the Soviet Union to still be around, the joint leadership of Reagan and Thatcher during the Cold War allowed that War to come to an end without a shot being fired, they took on the Unions and broke them, thus the economic boom of the 1980s. Ah to have such leaders again, that was a decade to be around folks, those were the glory days if you’re a conservative.

Tony Blair vs. The Prince of Wales

Guardian: Reports on the latest from the Alastair Campbell Diaries, in an exclusive the Guardian states the following on the political war between the Tony Blair and the heir to the throne, Blair thought that HRH “ stepped over the constitutional boundaries historically respected by the royal family, according to Alastair Campbell. ”. One can argue from foxhunting to GM foods that the Prince of Wales was right, HRH was for foxhunting and against GM foods, while Blair was opposed to foxhunting and for GM foods. This was not the first time Blair was wrong, from Afghanistan, Iraq etc, to Libya, also it should be noted that after Tony Blair left office he thought it had been a mistake to ban foxhunting, and supported the usual UK line, banned it but didn’t prosecute anyone because its still going on, very PR, so new Labour. Read of the Day.

EU Bailouts and the 2010 UK Election

Telegraph: Reports on the release of documents that show that after the 2010 General Election the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne asked the outgoing Labour Chancellor of Exchequer Alistair Darling not to sing the UK up to any EU bailouts, this was requested was rejected. This shows the arrogance of Labour under Gordon Brown folks, the Labour government has been rejected and it was a political dodo, and what does Mr Darling do, leave behind a political time bomb for the Coalition Government. If a Government knows its going out of office it should not tie the hands of the incoming Government when its out of office the next day. Lets hope the House of Commons has a select committee to investigate this incident, see if any past understandings were broken by Mr Darling, was it form in the past after an election for the Government to sign such an important agreement without the consent of the incoming Government. This shows the tribal and arrogance of Labour folks, that why the UK is broke today.