Islam is not a cancer.

Juney, you heard what you wanted to hear. Or perhaps Humphrys' pompous, long-winded rhetoric was in line with the way you think. I shouldn't be surprised. I disagree with Blair, but he did well.

Oh for Gods sake tony, go away and shut up, don't apply retroactive justification for your evil and murderous actions. As if 100,000 dead iraqis don't count for anything with their muslim brothers and sisters. Radicalised? That's what they wanted - to create an enemy so the totalitarianism policies they love could be pushed upon us.

But it's the way he makes a living, he comes on TV gives the yanks what they want to hear, then Blair gets a flight back to America goes off telling the American see I backed you, the UK backed you, Look I have medal of honor here. another $250,000 in his bank account

Smarmy little git.

Blair has lost all credibility with the public, but doesn't seem to realise it. The feeble platitudes keep arriving. He has no credence and should disappear with as much grace as he can muster. Most would like to see him tried for war crimes, and I would support that stance.

TB effectively demonstrates that the world is divided between liberal democracies such as the USA, Israel etc. and primitive savage death cult theocracies that believe in stoning women to death, hanging teenage boys from cranes because they are Gay, ethnically cleansing and murdering Christians because that's what is commanded in the most racist genocidal book in history - the racist Koran.

How dispirting that Tony Blair wishes to engage in a debate over how many people were killed in the Iraq conflict as if academic arguments about death toll are the only matter of consequence rather than the orgigins of the invasion and what transpired.

Unfortunately, we forget that most of the dictators in the middle east where put on their thrones by western countries exploiting natural resources of those countries and maintainly in their view an strategic middle east vision. They did not care about the treatment of the people of that nation, more about the money they would receive and maintaning the "divide and conquer" strategy.
Iraq lead by a brutal dictator put in place by the west (financed and backed up) started not to listen to the terms of employment, meant that a new middle east strategy was required whilst the USA's military budget which was being questioned also needed to be justified. To this end and to secure the future revenue's from the oil, a regime change was put into action. This had nothing to do with saving the lives of innocent iraqi's (bearing in mind Saddam was put in place by the same people) but to secure the oil and secure paperwork showing the UK/US sales of arms to a dictatorship.
Unfortunately, Tony has his own agenda and has no interest in resolving the main issues in the middleast. There is no ideology in the middleast, it is merely as Maslow put's it in his Hierarchy of Needs theory, the first line of meeting basic needs. They are not looking at world regime change, they want to have basic food, water and shelter for themselves and their families which is not provided by the Western backed dictorships. They can see the West's foreign policy ideology. They maybe poor but even a poor person can have good education. When two generations of people are oppressed by a state such as Israel backed by US with veto rights in the so called democratic UN (contradiction in terms) then it does not take much intelligence for people to understand what is going on. Even though muslims come from different countries, this ummah sense - the sense of being fair and just to all people of the world (a basic human feeling) comes to the fore and liberal muslims all over the world feel this injustice and our hearts go out to the unfair repression of a people in Palestian - it equates to genocide as Israel deliberately countrols food and water and education. They pay dictators within Palestine (maintaining the rule via divide and conquer). People of 50-60 years of age have not seen "normal" life but oppression. They too want a better life and can see no support from the UN or the west. Unfortuntately they can only do what they can and the radical / dictators (the minority) usually with their own agenda's are leading an innocent people. We should not judge a nation by the dictators. The innocent people of any nation want peace and stability. Tony, unfortunately lumps all those people together when he talks about the ideology. He is paid well and wants to remain in his position. He has no desire to resolve the conflict otherwise his job will come to an end. How can a person who ordered the illegal invasion of Iraq with the wrong reasons such as WMD be a credible figure to help resolve the probelms in the middleast. A loss of life (even one life) is so precious to the family who has lost the dear one but to coin it as "collateral damage" and for the greater good just shows that Tony does not value life. He is debating the number of dead but surely the loss of one life for the wrong reason is enough to question our methodology / way of doing things. We send out our brave men and women into war for the wrong reasons - It is not thier fault but the government of the day. Tony should be tried for war crimes yet we he is free to continue his meddling. Dictators in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, etc should also be tried for war crimes. We as a people should be fair and state when some-one is doing wrong. We should not continue to back these government with military aid, special gifts and lavish livestyles for the dictators - We should help the people of these nations, who are innocent and are brutally treated by the regimes, get them to air their voices, help them to fight by political means. Unfortunately Western governments ideology is one of maintaining the status quo and having control over resources and making profit. If we are to make the world a better place we have to question ourselves as well as the cronies in charge.

He just doesn't get it, although that is hardly a surprise. I'm glad I never trusted him (and I told a Labour canvasser such) back in 1997. The man is a maniac, and he is a good example of why I think that those who want to have power should never be allowed to have it.

@Herbert: calling the US and Israel 'liberal democracies' is stretching it just a wee bit, don't you think?

@Flashbuck: Since the Iraq war Coalition failed to count the number of civillians killed in the war and the invasion, how do you actually know how many of them died at the hands of "other moslems" (sic)? I take it you've been doing your own counting?

He or she who thinks Blair speaks truth is a fool. The man is so dishonest. Is he any different than Bin Laden. Both wanted war and both told lies. Only difference is Blair was on the winning side!!!

'Forensic'? 'Measured"? The word you failed to find is self serving.

Is Blair any different from Bin laden? Yes dear he is. Blair does not spread terrorism. And don't give me that crap about the invasion being terrorism. It wasn't and it isn't and youre a fool to say so. I don't like Blair but saying he is a terrorist is just silly.

Either Blair really doesn't understand middle east politics or he is hoping everyone else doesn't. Not only have attacks on Iraq/afghanistan radicalized Many more otherwise moderate Muslims but they have also drawn in the more professional category rather than the redneck equivilants that existed before the attacks.
And what exactly was the Justification for attacking Iraq again ? Absolutely nothing and they all knew it but it really turned the table on the USA/Nato and showed them to be a very weak military power.
In case Blair hasn't noticed, the USA is not really a superpower anymore as a result of its military Adventures.

the link is:

http://voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/3572

So he has no knowledge of rendition, which there seems to have been, but he had intelligence (a word I now use with some circumspection) about WMD.

Has he got a book launch due or something? seems to be back in the media a lot.

It is very sad that Tony Blair is so wrapped up in his own legacy that he is blinded to the facts. He is simply in denial and it beggars belief that he is now the middle east peace envoy http://bit.ly/nYHIxo