Iraq Weekend Articles

Plan B for Iraq, Plan B means going dirty, supporting one side against another, but if Plan A fails then the Administration will have no choice, as the articles states it is better winning than losing.

Art of War, looking at the political and military prospects in Iraq. How the the Top Brass have became politicians and how the grunts on the ground want to win. That's the problem when you think fighting a war is all about technology not hard tough combat. Vietnam has a lot to answer for in many respects. Winning is all, and it does not matter how hard or tough you have to be to win. VIEWS would agree with that up to point, there has to be a difference or what is the point. But that is just a matter of degree.

Articles from the Weekend

Here are some interesting articles from the weekend that caught the attention of VIEWS:

The New Yorker, a article on the buzz caused by the book by George Tenet.

The Edwardians - The Soldiers Tale

As part of the Edwardian Season we have the Edwardians in Colour: The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn, in this series we have just had the WW1 in Colour. The Soldiers Tale was one of the best history shows VIEWS has seen in years. The Colour pictures of the French Soldiers showed what they had to put up with over four years, no wonder there was a mutiny. WW1 in Colour brings the suffering more to life in some respects, black and white creates a distance, but colour is different, it is closer to your reality. A reality that makes you want peace around the world in all time periods.

Blair Exit v The Press

Here are some interesting articles on Tony Blair.

UK Guardian, a very fair article on Tony Blair, bit left wing but then it is the Guardian, the UK's version of the New York Times, but worth a read by left and right. One issue that it is wrong, Europe, more water between us the better.

FT, also very critical of Tony Blair. The Reason Iraq.

The Economist, a very fair and balanced article. It will be interesting to read the papers tomorrow.

The Blogs on Tony Blair

Guido not that impressed with the speech. He is right the Party Speech was much better, perhaps our Tony should have gone then, time waits for no man.

Ian Dale's Diary, also very critical of the speech, called it very American, very true, perhaps a better way would have been to do a TV speech, oak room, Library, desk, in other words a British Speech not a West Wing Speech. I wish political folk would stop watching American political shows, we are the UK not the USA.

PM Exit - 27 June 2007

Tony Blair, Prime Minister
Courtesy of the White House
25/6/2006

Tony Blair today announced that he will be leaving 10 Downing Street on June 27th 2007. The Speech was good but it was the wrong time, it should have been delivered a few years ago. When you think of Tony Blair the one word that comes up is Iraq. It will take a few years for Tony Blair to be considered in the same league as Lady Thatcher. But Tony Blair is a good politician he if any one can turn the historical view around. This was not 1968 when LBJ left or 1974 when Nixon left.

Another Veto?

Its seems that the DEMOCRATIC Congress has to pander to its left wing base, the House is in the Process of developing another Bill that tries to place limits on the power of the President to run a War. The White House is making it clear that the President will use his Veto Power again. The President should start to make the deaths of troops the responsibility of the Congress after the money runs out, with great power comes great responsibility and if you pander to your base you have a great chance of helping the opposition win power, that is pure politics.