[Marxism] Blair's Re-election

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Tony Blair has unfortunately just been re-elected to a third term  as
Britain's Prime Minister. The only thing that changed was the size of his  
majority,
which has been significantly reduced from what it was  prior.
   As soon as it became clear that victory was his, staged  scenes of
celebration among hand-picked New Labour supporters, along  with images of Blair
himself beaming that contrived smile of his while  spouting platitudes of thanks
and hope for the future, began to hog both  the UK print and broadcast news.
   Lost in all this furore, indeed what has been lost throughout  this entire
election campaign, has been the enormity of the damage, cruelty  and violence
unleashed by this man on the long-suffering people of Iraq;  savagery for
which one day he will, if there is any justice in this world, be  held properly
to account.
   For in his zeal to help in an American project to assert  control over
Iraqi oil deposits with the aim of smashing OPEC and ensuring  the hegemony of
the US dollar, Tony Blair has committed one of the most  heinous, despicable
international crimes in recent history. This imperialist  adventure was never
about spreading democracy and freedom to the Middle  East, rather it was all
about implementing the free market, a free market  responsible for the misery
which countless millions are  suffering throughout the developing world.
   A decade of sanctions, implemented through the UN at  the behest of the
United States, had already accounted for the premature deaths  of two million
men, women and children in Iraq. Married to a war unleashed  upon a foundation
of lies, distortions and  deception, it becomes hard to find, searching back
through  history, a people who've suffered such a sustained and brutal attack at
the  hands of a dominant world power.
   Sadly, amid all the analysis and countless commentaries  that have sprung
from Blair's victory, the countless victims of this  disgraceful military
adventure have been almost forgotten.
   Rather than a reason to celebrate, the re-election of the man  largely
responsible covers the British people in shame.

Long live the Iraqi resistance.


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