"Appointing Blair would be a hostile act" - Hague | 60 comments (60 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

I'm chuckling over the idea that the Tories in power would have chosen the EU over the US re Iraq.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Oct 22nd, 2009 at 03:51:19 AM EST

My sentiments exactly.

Weren't the Conservatives all gung-ho "let's rally behind our US Republican allies", "war on terror", "clash of civilizations" and all that?

I know that, as a Frenchman, I'm supposed to find hypocrisy in just about every British politician, but is that fellow the "damned if you do and damned if you don't" kind?

by Bernard (bernard) on Thu Oct 22nd, 2009 at 05:51:15 AM EST
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For fairness, the Tories had their own Paleoconservative wing, who opposed the Iraq War on forums like The Spectator. I don't know if Hague had any connection to them, though.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu Oct 22nd, 2009 at 10:25:14 AM EST
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"Paleoconservative wing" would them be those who resent the US colonials for taking over the British Empire?

notes from no w here

by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Thu Oct 22nd, 2009 at 10:57:06 AM EST
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:-) Not sure; they seem to get along rather well with US Paleocons.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu Oct 22nd, 2009 at 11:49:03 AM EST
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Re: Hague BS (4.00 / 4)

The isolationist tendency is stronger in the US, but you can find it in Britain.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Oct 22nd, 2009 at 12:37:07 PM EST
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"Appointing Blair would be a hostile act" - Hague | 60 comments (60 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)