Presidential Medal of Freedom - Tony Blair

Courtesy of the White House. Left to Right: Former UK PM Tony Blair and President George W. Bush.

13/1/09

The White House: Today former UK PM Tony Blair was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. The President stated the following on Tony Blair, " The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom will stand tall in history. And today the United States of America proudly honors its gallant friend, Tony Blair. " One can guess what some Labour MP's think of Tony Blair and it would not be positive in any way. But lets get real, Tony Blair was the successor to Lady Thatcher, he knew the right thing to do was to support the USA in Afghanistan and Iraq. Also he gave New Labour three election victories, he was a great PM and is a great statesman.

Real World and Liberal Agenda

Politico: Reports that the Obama Administration is expected to revoke the Bush Executive Orders in the area of National Security. Lets hope this is Obama spin to the left, if Obama goes down the road that places the USA Security in pre - 9/11 mold and the the USA is attacked within the first year of an Obama Administration, and the fault is found from the change from a Bush to Obama Administration then President Obama can kiss goodbye to re - election in 2012. The liberal left care more about the rights of the terrorists than the American Citizen, if Obama takes their agenda he could be another Jimmy Carter, but then we got Ronald Reagan.

Surrounding Gaza City

Telegraph: Reports that Israeli Army has surrounded Hamas in Gaza City and is waiting the order to finish off the terrorist group in Gaza. This is the time for Israel to wipe out Hamas, it is important that Israel acts before the there is a Obama Administration. The reason is simple, the American Left care more about terrorists that Israel. Thus while there is still a Bush Administration Israel should clean house in Gaza. Thus when a Obama Administration comes in to office it starts with a clean slate in many respects. Gaza will come under the control of Palestinians that the USA and Israel can talk to, then you just might have a two state solution in the Middle East.

Clinton at State, Part Two

Fox News: Reports on the soft ball questions given to Hillary Clinton at the confirmation hearings by the US Senate Committee. After all she is still a US Senator, the confirmation hearing should be over quite quick, lets hope Bill Clinton does not muddy the water over the next four years.

Clinton at State

The Times: Reports on the Hillary Clinton confirmation hearings, Clinton stressed the need for more Diplomacy but also stressed that Iran could not be allowed to become Nuclear Armed Power. It can be argued that Obama should try direct talks with Iran, Ronald Reagan made a attempt to talk but without any success, the worry for a Obama Administration is that Iran will look like it wants to talk, it will talk and talk for months and then announce it has the bomb. This will place Obama in between Israel on side; Israel will bomb Iran with our without the support for the USA and then on the other side you will have the American left, they will support Iran having the bomb, they will argue that since Israel has the bomb why not Iran. They will not point out that Iran wants to destroy Israel and that Israel is a Democracy and a friend of the USA. The times are changing in the USA.

Obama and Guantanamo

The New York Times: Reports that the Obama Administration is planning to close down Guantanamo Bay holding centre for terrorists. The Times reports that that the closure could take a year between the order and the closure. The Liberal Times will not be happy, the Times is more interested in the rights of the terrorists than the rights of the American Citizen. What if there is another terrorist attack, another 9/11 or 7/7, will Obama look weak if he is more concerned about the rights of the terrorists than the American Citizen. President Obama might get lucky, the policies of Bush 43 might have finished off a real terrorist threat, but what if the terrorists are waiting for a new Administration, what if Obama faces his own 9/11. The American voter wont care about the rights of terrorists or what Europe thinks, thus Obama needs to follow a middle path when it comes over turning all Bush policies on terrorism.