Sunday, July 1, 2007

Quote of the Day

From former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, speaking about Britain's struggles with its Muslim minorities:
The reason we are finding it hard to win this battle is that we're not actually fighting it properly. We're not actually standing up to these people and saying, "It's not just your methods that are wrong, your ideas are absurd. Nobody is oppressing you. Your sense of grievance isn't justified."
"Your ideas are absurd."

Sometimes I think he's the last sane man in Europe. Though there's much about his political views that I disagree with, on this one existential issue -- the only one in today's political atmosphere that gets me really riled up -- he's been an absolute rock. It will be fascinating to see what (if anything) this man can do in his new post to promote peace in the Middle East...

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