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| Britain |
| MI5 former chief decries 'war on terror' |
| 2011-09-02 |
| Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller uses BBC lecture to criticise 'unhelpful' term, attack Iraq invasion and suggest al-Qaida talks |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #10 This obtuse cretin was head of MI5? Yet another member of the class of elites who are driving western civilization to ruin with their idiocy. |
| Posted by: kcs 2011-09-02 22:50 |
| #9 She is married to an 'Irish Catholic by birth who once held strong left wing views', whose surname has not been publicly identified and who, according to Wikipedia, has 'recently retrained as a carpenter' despite her status now as a Baroness. He apparently brought 5 children from a former marriage into their family. She was involved in MI5 efforts WRT the IRA. And it appears she was among the British who were both scathingly critical of the US approach in Iraq and - perhaps - humiliated when we had to go in and fix Basra after their 'softly softly' approach which had been honed with the Irish turned out .... not to work so very well in Iraq. |
| Posted by: lotp 2011-09-02 15:24 |
| #8 Didn't they name that writing contest after her? The one where www means wretched writing welcome. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2011-09-02 15:15 |
| #7 I still wonder how the world would be if W. had used the good-will and patriotism after Sept 11 to push through a massive nuclear energy program. The plants would have been online by now and the world would be a different place in a whole lot of ways. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2011-09-02 14:42 |
| #6 Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller sounds like she would fit in well with the BO regime if she thinks 911 was not an act of terror but a crime. Wants to negotiate with AQ. How does she ignore the acts of terrorism in GB? Naive twit. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-09-02 14:04 |
| #5 Must be that public school type so loved by the state, hated by the people, and totally and absolutely fricking useless to both. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-09-02 04:15 |
| #4 N wonder the tube got bombed by muslims with her in charge. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-09-02 04:14 |
| #3 Also available for Bush bashing at cocktail parties. Oh well, it is where she got her start. Barmy ole loon if you ask me. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-09-02 02:56 |
| #2 she can FOAD. |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2011-09-02 01:57 |
| #1 I think I shall retire to the club room for brandy and a cigar while I ponder how mind-numbingly naive this is. The entire Middle East needs to be picked up and shaken like a carpet. Iraq and its rat-bag dictator provided a convenient corner to grab ahold of. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-09-02 00:13 |