Blair and Murdoch Closer Bedfellows Than We Knew

ROGER’S NOTE: I WANT TO COMMENT ON THE PHOTO THAT ACCOMPANIES THIS ARTICLE.  EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE A PHOTOGRAPH EMERGES THAT SAYS MORE THAN A THOUSAND WORDS.  IN THIS PICTURE WE SEE FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, TONY BLAIR WITH A HUGE GRIN ON HIS FACE AS HE PHOTOGRAPHS HIMSELF IN THE FOREGROUND OF A HUGE EXPLOSION.  WHO KNOWS HOW MANY HUMAN BEINGS WERE OBLITERATED BY THAT BLAST?  WHO CARES?  CERTAINLY NOT TONY BLAIR, WHO WAS COMPLICIT IN HIS LAP DOG LIKE PARTICIPATION IN THE UNITED STATES INSPIRED DEATH AND DESTRUCTION WREAKED ON THE PEOPLES OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.  FOR HIM IT IS NO MORE THAN A CHANCE TO GET A “COOL” PHOTO ON HIS CELL PHONE.  NOTICE HOW SATISFIED HE IS WITH HIMSELF AS HE THINKS OF HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS SEEING HIM RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE HOLOCAUST HE HELPED TO CREATE.  WHAT BRAVERY, HE IS THINKING.  WHAT COWARDICE I AM THINKING.

09.05.11 – 8:53 AM, September 5, 2011

by Abby Zimet, www.truthout.org

It seems the U.K.’s former prime minister Tony Blair is godfather to Rupert Murdoch’s young daughter, a fact not made public until it slipped out in an interview with Murdoch’s wife Wendy, who herself sounds like a piece of work. Could Blair’s close ties to the Murdochs explain his reported moves to stop the investigation of the News Corp. phone hacking scandal? Could the intimacy of comparably sleazy political and corporate powers impede the working of justice? Naaah, couldn’t happen.

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