Interesting Articles - August 20, 2006

Bush's final gamble: giving Iraq a dictator?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,29449-2320091,00.html

Bush is clearly frustrated by the lack of progress in Iraq, and is considering alternatives to turn the situation around. Whatever change of direction is forthcoming, he must keep his eye on the wider issue of the global war against Islamo-fascism.

Blair "feels betrayed by Bush on Lebanon"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=401414&in_page_id=1770

If Labour thinks the war the Islamo-fascists have brought onto the West will end when the Palestinians are happy, then we in the West will lose the war. Britain is a very important part of the Western front and I fear that Britain is about to take a giant step backwards when Blair leaves office.

The Islamo-fascists war aims are quite clear; establish a Fascist Islamic base in the Middle East from which to confront the West in a true battle of civilizations. At the moment there is an internal battle in the Islamic world over who will lead the eventual battle and Iran is in the best position to win if they develop a nuclear bomb. If and when that happens, look out, because we will all be at war, like it or not.

The Palestinians are being used as pawns by all factions in the Islamo-fascist world in an effort to weaken the West by restraining the only reliable military ally in the region - Israel. Pushing the Israelis into a premature compromise, as many in Labour are advocating, plays right into the Islamo-fascists hands, and Bush is exactly right to let the road-map languish.