Blair Joins Bush's Hateful Rhetoric and "Rare" Idea of Freedom

I'm aghast at Blair. I truly am. If he thinks this will do anything except further polarize the world even more than our King George has already done, he's been eating too many mad cows recently.

From the UK Guardian:

Muslim organisations across the political and theological spectrum were almost united yesterday in condemning the prime minister's proposed measures, calling them "draconian" and warning that they would further radicalise and alienate the community.

Muslim leaders also reacted cautiously to Mr Blair's invocation of the issue of multiculturalism, saying that the language of yesterday morning did not necessarily help.

The main themes of condemnation were Mr Blair's refusal to acknowledge a connection between the Iraq war and militancy among British Muslims; and criticism of what groups feared to be the potential illegality of supporting "oppressed people" overseas, notably Iraqis and Palestinians.