Os Idiotas úteis

"The last three weeks have witnessed the rise of one of the biggest and broadest political coalitions Britain has ever seen. It includes everyone from the intelligence services and Chatham House to Ken Livingstone and George Galloway, and is supported by two-thirds of the British public representing all shades of opinion in between. It is the biggest of big tents, and yet Tony Blair isn't in it. I am, of course, referring to the "useful idiots" who see a connection between western foreign policy and the rising terrorist threat." Diz David Clark no The Guardian de hoje. Assim, Blair está isolado, insistindo que a corrente estratégia para lidar com o terrorismo é de continuar, não obstante os resultados desastrosos que tem tido.

"But to argue that we must persist with our current strategy, however counterproductive and immoral it may be, on the basis that any change might be seen as a reward for terrorism, is the most foolish position of all. From Osama bin Laden's point of view, those who advocate it are useful indeed. To us, they are just idiots."