Comments on: Christmas cards in Great Britain rarely contain religious images http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/12/14/christmas-card-in-great-britain-rarely-contain-religious-images/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:38:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: grumpypilgrim http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/12/14/christmas-card-in-great-britain-rarely-contain-religious-images/#comment-9112 grumpypilgrim Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:34:00 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=835#comment-9112 Erich wrote: "This makes me wonder why Mr. Bush would have choosen such an atheistic, and therefore per se immoral, group of people to be our primary ally to his so-called “War on Terror.” " Bush was desperate for allies, especially after Western European leaders rejected his ambition to invade Iraq, so he was undoubtedly happy to get whatever support he could find. He was able to purchase the support of some former Eastern Bloc countries by giving them hefty financial incentives (e.g., national debt relief), but he hit a wall with Western Europe, perhaps because those countries knew that invading Iraq would be a disaster -- probably because they had closer economic ties to Iraq than did America and, thus, better political insight. What I don't understand is why Britain and Tony Blair supported Bush's invasion. I assume they were duped by Bush's phony linking of Saddam to the 9/11 attack, the latter of which did impact Britain, but this is just a guess. Erich wrote: “This makes me wonder why Mr. Bush would have choosen such an atheistic, and therefore per se immoral, group of people to be our primary ally to his so-called “War on Terror.” ”

Bush was desperate for allies, especially after Western European leaders rejected his ambition to invade Iraq, so he was undoubtedly happy to get whatever support he could find. He was able to purchase the support of some former Eastern Bloc countries by giving them hefty financial incentives (e.g., national debt relief), but he hit a wall with Western Europe, perhaps because those countries knew that invading Iraq would be a disaster — probably because they had closer economic ties to Iraq than did America and, thus, better political insight.

What I don’t understand is why Britain and Tony Blair supported Bush’s invasion. I assume they were duped by Bush’s phony linking of Saddam to the 9/11 attack, the latter of which did impact Britain, but this is just a guess.

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