British MP Galloway: "[Bush and Blair] will not be prosecuted..."

[ailsagirl]

(Excerpt of Thom Hartmann interview)

(Thom Hartmann) Yeah. George Galloway, Member of Parliament in the, in Great Britain, of the House of Commons. Why do you believe that Tony Blair decided to join president Bush in waging war when, as has recently emerged with this Downing Street memo, he knew that the case was flimsy, and do you think that either Blair or Bush or people in their administration should be prosecuted on any, on any level for this activity?

(George Galloway) Well, first of all I am sure that they will not be prosecuted, because it is only losers that are prosecuted. In the international system that we have there's no chance of the likes of Henry Kissinger, for example, the greatest living war criminal in the world today with the blood of millions of people in Vietnam and Cambodia and Laos and Chile and East Timor or in many other places on his hands. He will never appear in a court or be behind bars. That's for the tin pot tyrants, the tiny tyrants like Milosevic; they get sent there. The big tyrants never face justice.

I wish I knew the answer to your first question, why did Tony Blair join it? Certainly, it's been utterly ruinous to his political reputation. He will, he will be followed into the history books and into the grave with this mark of Cain on his forehead. He will be remembered for nothing other than that he followed George W. Bush over a cliff; took the rest of us with them, and we haven't yet reached the bottom, I'm afraid. All I can say from my own conversations with Mr. Blair, man to man, are that I think that both him and George W. Bush are possessed of a kind of messianic belief that somebody, God perhaps, gave them the job of shouldering the white man's burden, which is the world. That someone gave them the right to step outside of international law; go anywhere, do anything, pay any price in other people's blood, to reshape the world in their image; in the image that they want to see. And I think that both men will be damned in history. Both men have made their respective countries the two most hated countries in the world. They have endangered the lives and safety of our citizens. They have damaged our economic and cultural and social interests, and they should face prosecution, but never will.

http://baltimorechronicle.com/053005Galloway.shtml

[babylonsister]

1. Was this actually in the Balt. Chronicle? If so,

I'm impressed! :toast:

[Swamp Rat]

2. Shout it from the rooftops George Galloway!!!

If enough of us do it, they WILL be prosecuted! :mad:

[lovuian]

3. They are young not as old as Henry is and they someday

won't be President or Prime Minister!!!

[Doctor_J]

4. I didn't realize that Blair is insane too

I thought we were alone in be ruled by a crazy man.

[Chicago1]

5. I like Galloway but DISAGREE

Mr. Galloway,

With all do respect, there's no way that they will get away with what they've done. THEY HAVE THE BLOOD OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE INCLUDING THE 9/11 VICTIMES ON THEIR HANDS.

Here in the US there are ALOT of people who will see to it that George W. Bush and Tony Blair be tried and punished appropriately which in Bushie's case is going to be the death penalty for what he's done.

Again, I'm one of your newest fans but I nicely disagree.


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[ailsagirl]

8. I hope he's wrong. But the good thing is that the subject of

bringing B&B to trial has been opened up. Even if Galloway says it won't happen, at least the possibility is openly being discussed.

A seed has been planted.

[omega minimo]

6. Isn't that called "a dictator"

"possessed of a kind of messianic belief that somebody, God perhaps, gave them the job of shouldering the white man's burden, which is the world...gave them the right to step outside of international law; go anywhere, do anything, pay any price in other people's blood, to reshape the world in their image; in the image that they want to see."

[Bluebear]

7. "the job of shouldering the white man's burden, which is the world"

That in essence is a big part of the RW voter's mentality. No amount of our "framing" will ever overcome it. Go to 1000 Monster truck rallys if you want to try to recruit votes, the outcome will be the same. :(

[bobbieinok]

9. towrd the end of the transcript in the OP link

And that's what I think this Patriot Act is all about. It's about fooling the American people into believing that if you just arm the state with enough fly swats you'll be able to whack away all the beasts that are coming your way. But the truth is, these mosquitoes are coming out of a swamp; a very real swamp of grievance, of bitterness and hatred at our injustice and at the policies that we are following. And unless we drain that swamp by reversing the policies of injustice that have germinated this threat then it doesn't matter how many Patriot Acts you pass, it doesn't matter how many fly swats you hand out, how many mosquito nets you wrap yourself in, you're not going to be able to stop them hurting us again.