A Cameron Government would be led by Hawks
The Iraq war is widely discredited. George W Bush and Tony Blair are both out of office. Barack Obama has talked of a "new beginning" in his country's relationship with the Islamic world. Surely it's game over for the neocons, the small group of hardline hawks commonly held responsible for the US-led attack on Iraq in 2003?
Don't bet on it. If, as bookmakers believe, an overall majority for the Conservatives in the next election is a racing certainty, then the proponents of 'Shock and Awe' will once again be back in the corridors of power in Britain.
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It's a fair point, Rory but it also applies to the fantasy scenario of Nulabour getting back in. You couldn't get an American Express Card between the neocolonialists.
ReplyDeleteA Cameron government will likely leave the Nulabor warmongers in the shade. Already, as this article warns, the Neocons have a direct input into the Tory party through the Henry Jackson Society. And, up until now, ultra-Zionists like Gove have been able to present themselves as 'compassionate' Tories.
ReplyDeleteAs usual, it is left up to the blogosphere for publishing the warnings. Hence articles like these.
I think the ideal outcome of the next election would be a hung parliament with the Libdems playing an influential, policy-making role. Meantime people should be under no illusion of what a runaway Tory victory will bring about.