"Most African-Americans didn't support the war on Iraq - with good reason. But they ended up fighting it...
Tony Blair has often taken it upon himself to placate criticism of United States military aggression abroad by pointing to its social achievements at home. And there can be few greater American accomplishments, in his mind, than race.
Quite how he came to this ill-informed conclusion, and why he would choose to share it, is not entirely clear...
In 2001 he hailed a meritocracy that could produce a black foreign secretary. "I think of a black man, born in poverty, who became chief of their armed forces and is now secretary of state, Colin Powell, and I wonder frankly whether such a thing could have happened here," he said.
Leave aside for the moment that Powell was not born into poverty; the truth is that as prime minister Blair could appoint a black person to the post of foreign secretary any time he wants...
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Fantastic, lengthy article.....it leaves you wondering what world Tony Blair is living in:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1016247,00.htmlP.