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From: paanderson2003
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 5:23 AM
Subject: [Mwananchi] Re Tony Blair thinks we are all daft : Maybe
the British are? as far as the invasion of Iraq is concerned! If you cast your mind back you will recall the British were ANTI War and marched in large numbers to demonstrate just that. They are STILL Anti War and come the general election next year, Tony Blair and the Labour party will be made very much aware of the fact! He and the party have had a taste of public opinion this week, with the results of the local and European elections showing large losses in the number of seats held. The majority of us know that Tony Blair made a grave mistake in following George Bush into Iraq. Bush had his own agenda on Iraq and why Blair could not see that remains a mystery when the rest of us had no doubt that an invasion should NOT take place. Now the Defence budget is to be cut, no wonder with all the wasted billions being poured in to the Iraq situation. I imagine that as far as Blair was concerned, he only saw how evil Saddam Hussein was, and not much further. We all concur with the fact that Saddam was evil but it was still no reason to go to war. Conclusion: The British people are NOT daft! Pat. ====================================================================== Politicians think we are all daft I have noticed that when people are given political responsibility, they tend to assume that the electorate is extremely ignorant of how to manage society. Politicians, especially those in power, have got a feeling that the electorate have no constructive ideas and are so stupid not to believe in their lies. Here are a few of the things that suggest we, the electorate, are stupid in the eyes of the politician: *Here in the United Kingdom, Prime Minister, Tony Blair, after his failure to show the weapons of mass destruction that Mr Saddam Hussein allegedly had, now informs the House of Commons that when he was presenting his case for war, the 45 minutes that he said Saddam would be able to launch weapons of mass destruction was misinterpreted by Parliament and the public. What he actually meant, Blair said, was that Saddam was capable launching battle weapons, implying that Saddam was capable of launching machine guns, tanks, rockets, name it. But which country does not have this? *Another example: Look at Ugandan ministers who are moving around trying to sell the “third term”, citing leaders like the late Mobutu Sese Seko and Col. Muammar Gadhafi who have ruled their countries for up to three decades, and wondering why not Museveni! Yet it is the same politicians who made that Constitution. Now, if they don’ t respect the Constitution they made, who will they respect? We the electorate are either narrow-minded to believe their narrow-minded selfish interests, or they are brainless to start believing that we the electorate shall just take in whatever rubbish they say. Noah Kiwanuka, United Kingdom. Mwananchi is an open forum that discusses/updates you on the latest news in Africa. It is a group that is made up of 900 members worldwide. To join it simply go to http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/mwananchi
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