Tony Blair - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/tony_blair/?source=rss&aim=tony_blair en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST The troublesome priest By Salil Tripathi Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/25/shariah_in_britain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/25/shariah_in_britain/index.html?source=rss A furor erupts in Britain over the archbishop's accommodating stance toward Islamic sharia law. Has the cleric -- and multiculturalism -- gone too far? The French connection By Gregor Peter Schmitz Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/08/sarkozy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/08/sarkozy/index.html?source=rss Nicolas Sarkozy's cheery U.S. visit has the press howling that he's Bush's new lap dog -- maybe even if it comes to hitting Iran. Bush "at peace" waging war By Mark Danner Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/18/aznar_bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/18/aznar_bush/index.html?source=rss A new transcript reveals the president, on the brink of the Iraq invasion, full of faith, calm and unyielding optimism. Bush knew Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/06/bush_wmd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/06/bush_wmd/index.html?source=rss Salon exclusive: Two former CIA officers say the president squelched top-secret intelligence, and a briefing by George Tenet, months before invading Iraq. Bomb plot tests British again By James Geary Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/02/uk_terror/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/02/uk_terror/index.html?source=rss New Prime Minister Gordon Brown edges away from Tony Blair and the Iraq war as the U.K. braces against the rising terror threat. Tony Blair's toodle-oo By James Geary Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/2007/06/29/brown/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/2007/06/29/brown/index.html?source=rss If the British people really do want less spin and more substance from their prime minister, then Gordon Brown could be the man to deliver it. Bush's European disaster By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/06/14/bush_foreign_policy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/06/14/bush_foreign_policy/index.html?source=rss The president's trip was a pageant of disdain, delusion and provocation masquerading as a respite from his troubles at home. The George and Tony show Tim Grieve Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/17/bushblair/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/17/bushblair/index.html?source=rss "We've filled a lot of space together." Why we fight? Tim Grieve Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/16/blair/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/16/blair/index.html?source=rss Tony Blair says he doesn't know what "victory" in Iraq means. Tony Blair becomes Margaret Thatcher By Andrew Brown Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/10/tony_blair/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/10/tony_blair/index.html?source=rss Thanks to George W. Bush, the man who was supposed to reinvent the Labor Party leaves office with more friends in America than in the U.K. Bush's favorite historian By Gary Kamiya Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/05/08/alistair_horne/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/05/08/alistair_horne/index.html?source=rss British author Alistair Horne explains what Pinochet, Sharon and Bush have all taken from his work, why peace means getting rid of the priests, and why Iraq is the wrong war in the wrong place. George Tenet, spook for all seasons By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/03/george_tenet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/03/george_tenet/index.html?source=rss The former CIA chief seems strangely oblivious that his self-serving defense is shredding the remains of his reputation. How Iran played the hostage "crisis" By Hooman Majd Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/05/sailors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/05/sailors/index.html?source=rss The captured British sailors ate decent meals and were set free in business suits -- as Tehran used them to score political points on the Arab street. Iran's new hostage crisis By Juan Cole Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/03/iran/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/03/iran/index.html?source=rss By seizing 15 British sailors, the embattled Iranians aim to rally anti-Western sentiment and force the Brits from Iraq. The British retreat from Iraq brings peril for U.S. troops By Juan Cole Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/02/23/british_withdrawal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/02/23/british_withdrawal/index.html?source=rss Vice President Cheney says the British are leaving southern Iraq because things are going so well. In the real world, Basra is a mess. We're coming, they're leaving, everyone's winning Tim Grieve Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/02/22/basra/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/02/22/basra/index.html?source=rss The spin vs. the truth on Britain's Iraq troop drawdown. Blair to announce U.K.'s Iraq withdrawal timetable Alex Koppelman Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/02/20/blair_iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/02/20/blair_iraq/index.html?source=rss The BBC reports that British Prime Minister Tony Blair plans to announce tomorrow plans for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq. Behind Bush's "new way forward" By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/12/20/bush_war/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/12/20/bush_war/index.html?source=rss A battered group of neocons delivered the president his latest war plan, letting him reject the grave warnings of the Iraq Study Group and deny that we're losing the war. Labor's love lost By Andrew Brown Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/09/14/blair/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/09/14/blair/index.html?source=rss How Britons came to hate Tony Blair and America, and why the next prime minister will pay the price. Another British memo belies Bush on Iraq Mark Follman Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/08/03/civil_war/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/08/03/civil_war/index.html?source=rss A confidential memo from the outgoing British ambassador in Iraq warns that the war-torn country is likely headed for civil war. London bombing -- one year later By Sean Kenny Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/07/london_anniv/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/07/london_anniv/index.html?source=rss While it's business as usual in the tube, many Brits fear their liberties are under siege, and relations with Muslims are more strained than ever. War is swell By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/06/01/bush_war/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/06/01/bush_war/index.html?source=rss Sept. 11 offered Bush a reason for being, and nothing will get in the way of his holy "war paradigm" -- not even the Constitution. Slipping into irrelevance, the president pauses to admit a mistake Tim Grieve Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/05/25/bushblair/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/05/25/bushblair/index.html?source=rss In an otherwise sleepy press conference, Bush says he regrets saying "Bring it on." A Bush-Blair press conference we'd like to see Tim Grieve Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/05/25/bushpc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/05/25/bushpc/index.html?source=rss If there's nothing new to report on a troop withdrawal, how about addressing these questions? A phased withdrawal from Iraq? Tim Grieve Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/05/22/iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/05/22/iraq/index.html?source=rss One report has Bush and Blair making an announcement this week.