Blair tells key US panel to focus on Palestinian issue

[FernBell]

British Prime Minister Tony Blair told the United States on Tuesday that progress toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was the way to get moderate Muslim states to support any new plan for Iraq. Giving testimony via video-link to the US Iraq Study Group, Blair called for Iran and Syria to be presented with a "strategic choice." He said the Iraqi government recognized what happened outside the country was as important as developments in Iraq.

"The biggest single factor, (Blair) said, in getting moderate Muslim countries to support a new Iraq, would be if there was progress on Israel and Palestine as part of a strategy for the Middle East as a whole - a point the premier made repeatedly to the group," his spokesman said.

Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was "important in its own right, but also to take away the issue that was most exploited by extremist elements around the region," Blair said, according to the spokesman.

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"He said he believed the Iraqi government increasingly wanted to take control of its own affairs and do so in a way which brings together the country as a whole," Blair's spokesman said. "Our aim should be to support them."


http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=76909

[ECH1969]

1. Do I believe Iran really cares about the Palestinians and wants what is good for them?

Hahahahahahah

[sweetheart]

2. Do I believe the USA cares about Palestinians and wants what is good for them?

hahahahahahha

They war criminals like having a local war criminal in the ME, its good for distruption and war inc.

[ECH1969]

3. Blair stated that in order to get countries like Iran and Syria to help us

We had to solve the Palistinian issue.

There is no better distraction for governments in the region from their own problems then that conflict. The governments in that region decidedly do not want that conflict solved.

[sweetheart]

4. agreed

Nobody wants that conflict solved, least of all the israelis who've long used the failure to
settle as an excuse to steal more land.

Its all about land theft, and permanent bases for resource theft. Blair is concerned that
the north sea oil wells are running dry and that he's secured no reliable alternative with
his opium war.

[orpupilofnature57]

5. Don't Believe we'll side against Israel ,Hence Playing the same role ' Infidels ' as...

..before we invaded ,alienating ourselves even more." Strategic Choice " ? Our choice is to Cut our losses ,Rebuild a country called America ,and Apologize to the world in the way of IMPEACHMENT!

[CJCRANE]

6. Um

no the best way would be for B*sh and Blair to resign and allow honest brokers to take over.

They broke Iraq, they're hardly qualified to fix it.

[orpupilofnature57]

7. BINGO!!