Shining Xenophobia by Tony Blair

London was shocked to find out the recent bombing was performed by British instead of foreigners.

The response of the Prime Minister?

Let's keep out foreigners.

"We will look urgently at how we strengthen the procedures to exclude people from entering the UK who may incite hatred or act contrary to the public good, and at how we deport such people, if they come here, more easily,"
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Much like the reactions in the US - they have little to do with the actual event. Another shining example of what peril we are in is reflect in his initial comments after the bombing.

"Where there is extremism, fanaticism or acute and appalling forms of poverty in one continent, the consequences no longer stay fixed in that continent, they spread to the rest of the world."

Of course the bombers were fairly prosperous and British.

We are fighting a war based on stereotypes and rhetoric instead of reality.

It would have been easy for the media to balance the continuous coverage of Kerry's insignificant position changes with, say Bush going from WMD to Iraqi freedom - or being against nation building while creating the new Haiti and Iraq.

President Bush: Flip-Flopper-In-Chief

It would have been easy for the media to balance the continuous coverage of Kerry's insignificant position changes with, say Bush going from WMD to Iraqi freedom - or being against nation building while creating the new Haiti and Iraq.

Better than the media, those running against him should have pointed it out in every breath they uttered in Kerry's defense.

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President Bush: Flip-Flopper-In-Chief - American Progress Action Fund

President Bush: Flip-Flopper-In-Chief - American Progress Action Fund: "From the beginning, George W. Bush has made his own credibility a central issue. On 10/11/00, then-Gov. Bush said: 'I think credibility is important.It is going to be important for the president to be credible with Congress, important for the president to be credible with foreign nations.' But President Bush's serial flip-flopping raises serious questions about whether Congress and foreign leaders can rely on what he says." Full Article