Blair, Berlusconi and Howard have a bad week
counterpunch: Bad Times for Bush's Buddies
This has not been a great week for some of George Bush's stoutest friends.
In Britain the first week of campaigning in the Municipal elections due throughout England (not Scotland or Wales) in the second week of May, show initial signs of a debacle which may well bring on the final chapter of the Tony Blair Story, rather earlier than its eponymous hero might like.
"New Labour" is running scared faced with a dearth of campaign workers, party funds and a wish amongst many voters on the left to punish each and every Labour candidate for the sins of Blair.
Likewise in Italy, the decline and fall of Berlusconi, a companion.of both Blair and Bush, has so far passed without public comment from either man though Blair, a regular visitor at 's Sardinian palazzo, will no doubt regret the fall of his neo-fascist, neo-con, friend and the pleasures of his great house on the sunny Costa 'Smeralda.
Another who expressed great admiration for Berlusconi on their one meeting last year in Rome, was the Australian P.M. Howard, who found Berlusconi a real soul-mate, and who invited him to pay a visit to Australia. It now seems unlikely to ever take place!
Unfortunately, Howard must have had little time to contemplate the fate of his Italian friend, as this has been a very long and difficulty week for him ...
The cause of the problems, sprang from the time of the UN Sanctions on Iraq, under Saddam.
The Howard Government was a participant in the sanctions, but rightfully fearful of losing the very substantial contract held by the the Australian Wheat Board Ltd., to the US wheat interests, managed to know nothing of the fact that the AWB was bribing Saddam with over $300 million in kickbacks.Very wise move at the time!
All this would have been fine, but the US invasion of Iraq, which Howard supported warmly, also brought to light the whole sorry story of the huge amount paid on to Saddam, as part of the deal. Read more
db: It's always a mistake to underestimate Blair; or the inability of the opposition to attack an open goal, but really, this time we must be looking at neo-labour meltdown in the coming local elections - which in turn may well be the trigger that rids the country of him. However, it's likely that Brown will then take the helm - another criminal.
This has not been a great week for some of George Bush's stoutest friends.
In Britain the first week of campaigning in the Municipal elections due throughout England (not Scotland or Wales) in the second week of May, show initial signs of a debacle which may well bring on the final chapter of the Tony Blair Story, rather earlier than its eponymous hero might like.
"New Labour" is running scared faced with a dearth of campaign workers, party funds and a wish amongst many voters on the left to punish each and every Labour candidate for the sins of Blair.
Likewise in Italy, the decline and fall of Berlusconi, a companion.of both Blair and Bush, has so far passed without public comment from either man though Blair, a regular visitor at 's Sardinian palazzo, will no doubt regret the fall of his neo-fascist, neo-con, friend and the pleasures of his great house on the sunny Costa 'Smeralda.
Another who expressed great admiration for Berlusconi on their one meeting last year in Rome, was the Australian P.M. Howard, who found Berlusconi a real soul-mate, and who invited him to pay a visit to Australia. It now seems unlikely to ever take place!
Unfortunately, Howard must have had little time to contemplate the fate of his Italian friend, as this has been a very long and difficulty week for him ...
The cause of the problems, sprang from the time of the UN Sanctions on Iraq, under Saddam.
The Howard Government was a participant in the sanctions, but rightfully fearful of losing the very substantial contract held by the the Australian Wheat Board Ltd., to the US wheat interests, managed to know nothing of the fact that the AWB was bribing Saddam with over $300 million in kickbacks.Very wise move at the time!
All this would have been fine, but the US invasion of Iraq, which Howard supported warmly, also brought to light the whole sorry story of the huge amount paid on to Saddam, as part of the deal. Read more
db: It's always a mistake to underestimate Blair; or the inability of the opposition to attack an open goal, but really, this time we must be looking at neo-labour meltdown in the coming local elections - which in turn may well be the trigger that rids the country of him. However, it's likely that Brown will then take the helm - another criminal.
posted by exoplanet at 1:11 PM
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