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2007-10-21 Britain

Tony Blair: Iran extremism like rise of 1930s fascism

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Posted by Steve White 2007-10-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 I'd say that Tony has got it right, with one caveat. Many in his Labour Party and most 'RATs in America are itching to play the role of Neville Chamberlain.

Posted by Galactic Coordinator Shins1195 2007-10-21 06:45|| 2007-10-21 06:45|| Front Page Top

#2 '...the former Prime Minister said that public figures who blamed the rise of fundamentalism on the policies of the West were ~~self-loathing morons~~ "mistaken".'

And actually the sitution we have today is in some ways trickier. Imperial Japan collaborated to advance their own interests, but they never truly shared the Nazi ideology.

Now we concurrently have to deal with millions of sympathizers spread throughout dozens of other countries, including our own.

And the Hollywood heavyweights and mainstream media eager to be used as a propaganda arm for our enemy.

Posted by Lonzo Glerens2226 2007-10-21 07:22|| 2007-10-21 07:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Any German speakers here? 'Kampf' translates as 'struggle', doesn't it?
How about Arabic speakers? 'Jihad' also translates as 'struggle'?
Coincidence?

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-10-21 09:12|| 2007-10-21 09:12|| Front Page Top

#4 The twins are covered here.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-10-21 09:14|| 2007-10-21 09:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Right you are Glenmore...ie, action, fight, battle, match, struggle, etc.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-10-21 09:15|| 2007-10-21 09:15|| Front Page Top

#6 I would agree that the Japanese comparison is far more like Iran. The Brits should well remember that the fighting in Burma was hideous, an enormous and vicious campaign in which the Brits finally threw the Japanese out of SE Asia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma_Campaign

The parallels between Iran and pre-war Japan are pretty glaring.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-10-21 09:20|| 2007-10-21 09:20|| Front Page Top

#7 JAP: Remember when diving into the enemy to shout at the top of your lungs: "Hissatsu!" ("Sink without fail!") At that moment, all the cherry blossoms at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo will smile brightly at you.

Musrat: At the top of your lungs scream continuously, Allah ak bar, Allah ak bar while grabbing your package (forgetting about the goats) and envisioning your heavenly rewards.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-10-21 09:32|| 2007-10-21 09:32|| Front Page Top

#8 There is a tendency even now, even in some of our own circles, to believe that they are as they are because we have provoked them and if we left them alone they would leave us alone. I fear this is mistaken. They have no intention of leaving us alone. They have made their choice and leave us with only one to make - to be forced into retreat or to exhibit even greater determination and belief in standing up for our values than they do in standing up for theirs.

Folks, like it or not, this is what we have in the way of a modern-day Winston Churchill. Blair deserves his three standing ovations for being one of the few to properly articulate the similarities of Islam to Nazism. Screw whatever analogies to WWII Japan, despite however more appropriate they might be. Nazism will forever convey all of the succinct and important nuances required to correctly demonize Islam.

Out of this region the Middle East has been exported a deadly ideology based on a perversion of the proper faith of Islam but nonetheless articulated with demonic skill playing on the fears and grievances of Muslims everywhere.

Please note how even Blair himself still sips some Kool-Aid from the Religion of Peace. [spit]

The similarities between Islam and Nazism are so profound that it is a huge mistake not to be highlighting them on a routine basis.

Little else of the lessons from WWII lingers in this world's collective memory like the Nazis and we'd damn well better begin making sure that this is what people perceive when they think of Islam.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-21 12:22|| 2007-10-21 12:22|| Front Page Top

#9 Yup, much as Blair has screwed up Britain domestically, he understands the challenge of Islam and is willing to speak out clearly on it more than any other politician of our time.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-10-21 12:42|| 2007-10-21 12:42|| Front Page Top

#10 When he was in charge of Britain, weren't they part of the European effort to negotiate with Iran? Iran wasn't any less fascist a year or two ago.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-10-21 20:29|| 2007-10-21 20:29|| Front Page Top

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