Comments on: A twenty year war against terror http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/01/14/a-20-year-war-against-terror/ Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Wokingham Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:07:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Peter Risdon http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/01/14/a-20-year-war-against-terror/#comment-191 Peter Risdon Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:51:39 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=50#comment-191 Opposition brings with it the luxury of being able to be critical without offering alternatives. What is your assessment of the problem of Islamism and its declared war against us? How would you answer your own questions? In passing, the comparison with Ireland is inexact. Dublin did not, as a government, directly facilitate action against our troops, in fact there was always some degree of cross-border cooperation. Not so on either front with Iran and Syria. Opposition brings with it the luxury of being able to be critical without offering alternatives. What is your assessment of the problem of Islamism and its declared war against us? How would you answer your own questions?

In passing, the comparison with Ireland is inexact. Dublin did not, as a government, directly facilitate action against our troops, in fact there was always some degree of cross-border cooperation. Not so on either front with Iran and Syria.

]]> By: Bill http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/01/14/a-20-year-war-against-terror/#comment-188 Bill Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:29:19 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=50#comment-188 It's no wonder the middle eastern states think it is about oil, or that having The Bomb will make a difference. The USA (and Mr. Blair) appear to have no compunction in contemplating regime change in Iran, and destabilising a country with a population of 68 million (even if only 0.1 percent are fanatical about supporting the regime, that means 68,000 potential terrorists). Yet what is happening in North Korea, how much do we want regime change there, and what are we doing about it? (notwithstanding China's influence). Am I being too simplistic? Appearance and perception are, after all, everything. It’s no wonder the middle eastern states think it is about oil, or that having The Bomb will make a difference. The USA (and Mr. Blair) appear to have no compunction in contemplating regime change in Iran, and destabilising a country with a population of 68 million (even if only 0.1 percent are fanatical about supporting the regime, that means 68,000 potential terrorists). Yet what is happening in North Korea, how much do we want regime change there, and what are we doing about it? (notwithstanding China’s influence). Am I being too simplistic? Appearance and perception are, after all, everything.

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