John Pilger in yet another attempt to show the truth as against the strange vacuum which the government has put in place of even argument around the causes of the terror... published in New Statesman and also in Morning Star http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/
t r u t h o u t - John Pilger | Blair Is Unfit to Be Prime Minister: " In all the coverage of the bombing of London, a truth has struggled to be heard. With honourable exceptions, it has been said guardedly, apologetically. Occasionally, a member of the public has broken the silence, as an east Londoner did when he walked in front of a CNN camera crew and reporter in mid-platitude. 'Iraq!' he said. 'We invaded Iraq and what did we expect? Go on, say it.'
Alex Salmond tried to say it on Today on Radio 4. He was told he was speaking 'in poor taste . . . before the bodies are even buried'. George Galloway was lectured on Newsnight (BBC2) that he was being 'crass'. The inimitable Ken Livingstone contradicted his previous statement, which was that the invasion of Iraq would come home to London. With the exception of Galloway, not one so-called anti-war MP spoke out in clear, unequivocal English. The warmongers were allowed to fix the boundaries of public debate; one of the more idiotic, in the Guardian, called Blair 'the world's leading statesman'.
And yet, like the man who interrupted CNN, people understand and know why, just as the majority of Britons oppose the war and believe Blair is a liar. This frightens the British political elite. At a large media party I attended, many of the important guests uttered 'Iraq' and 'Blair' as a kind of catharsis for that which they dared not say professionally and publicly."
Tuesday, 26 July 2005
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