Margaret Thatcher mugs more than a few people on her way to her 80th birthday bash, including Tony Blair. It seems the British soul sister of Ronald Reagan isn't where the neocons might surmise she'd be on the war... odd, that...
Update: Not to pile on, but apparently the Church of England is urging "Western Christians" to apologize for the Iraq war: The committee of bishops, chaired by the bishop of Oxford, Richard Harries, also linked U.S. "imperialism" to the influence of U.S. evangelicals, who seemingly pose the real threat to world peace: "No country should see itself as the redeemer nation, singled out by God as part of his providential plan," the bishops warned America, which is ostensibly consumed with religious zeal for conquest. I guess those bishops won't be invited to the White House Christmas party... Meanwhile, the Neocons take on the suddently Bush-tepid "Fine" for his latest Newsweek piece, and try to wriggle out of the uncomfortable suit of chief war-promoters ... I don't blame them. I wouldn't want to be too closely associated with this disaster either...
Tags: Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, Iraq, Middle East, War |
