Keith, I've heard that perhaps Blair will send more troops to Iraq.
Harry ******************************* Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 818 352-4141 ******************************* > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:futurework- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Hudson > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 8:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Futurework] Blair will lose the Olympic Games unless .... > > While grouting tiles in the kitchen this afternoon I've been > meditating on > Blair's new predicament. If there's another Al Qaeda attack in > London > anytime soon then questions will certainly be raised on the > International > Olympics Committee. If there's another one after this within the > next two > years -- when there's time to choose another -- then it's certain that > that > the IOC will choose another venue for the 2012 Games. > > Losing the Olympic Games would make Tony Blair even more > unpopular in this > country than he is already for supporting Bush. I think the London > attack > is now a double whammy for Blair. I think that he was probably > going to > withdraw British troops from Iraq sometime next year. I think he'll > have to > do so earlier than that now. It will be no guarantee that London > won't be > attacked again but withdrawing troops would be as near as you can > get by > way of an insurance policy. > > Perhaps this explains why Bush, if anything, seemed a great deal > more > worried than Blair at the G8 Conference. If our troops leave soon > then his > hand will be forced even more than the growing tide of American > public > opinion to end the occupation. > > Keith Hudson > Keith Hudson, Bath, England, <www.evolutionary-economics.org> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
