Martin Amis talks about Tony Blair

MARTIN AMIS SAID: "It was difficult not to admire him just for physically getting thru these sessions. Where you can see & feel that his smile is kind of congealing on his face. And yet he has to do it."

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[smoocher6]

"Tiny increments of progress on dozens of fronts".This is the best, the most unbiased, human, perceptive commentary I've ever heard on Blair. On any politician, in fact. i cannot stand the heard-like, mechanical hatred that some have for politicians. It's lazy.

[smoocher6]

At last, a new Amis clip. It's been too long.

[The0Endless0Thread]

@1thousandways Too too terribly true.

[pneumaticstarsailor]

@calsurf21 That last quote actually came from Enoch Powell.

[calsurf21]

It's easy to criticize someone in the public eye, but just imagine being 'it', being pressured by outside agency to make a critical decision. Having to appear 'on' all the time, to be 'in control' or appear that way. Millions of eyes upon you, a worldwide audience if you so much as stumble, appearing energetic when exhausted. Being held to account for taking action in a complex international arena where things are not as they appear. As Churchill observed, 'all political lives end in failure.'

[magicpony9]

Really thoughtful analysis. Thanks for uploading:)

[1thousandways]

I've watched about 80 seconds of this video and I can't watch any more. Martin Amis is a very talented writer who is also extremely naive, he doesn't seem to have much of a grasp on how the human world really works. Blair is probably a sociopath who was probably responsible for many atrocities; not least of which was the murder of David Kelly. Blair did NOT 'believe' in what he was doing; well not in the way Martin Amis means anyway.

[ashburnhouse]

@inmuc What should have been the international response to Sadam's state sponsoring of Abu Nidal, who bombed airports in Vienna and Rome? Further, what should have been done about the 180,000 Kurds that were raped, gassed and shot?

[RATM4LYFE]

Absolutely fascinating clip, interesting commentary. Thanks.

[inmuc]

Amis is far too soft on him. Let's remember that Blair's a war criminal by any definition, and subsequently appointing him Envoy to the Middle East is like appointing Hitler ambassador to Moscow.

Who cares if he geunuinely believed he was doing the right thing? Any deranged killer can say that, but it doesn't exonerate him for a moment. Jackal.

[BelatedCommiseration]

The sad thing is I believe that Blair was'nt just the lapdog of america. I believe he did sincerely believe in the war in Iraq purely to depose an evil dictator. The sad thing is that this reason alone seemed not to be enough so more was needed to serve what was essentially a moral purpose, and of course we have to get into bed with unsavoury characters like Bush who want to do what daddy didn't and enrich themselves and their associates.

[UmmahTube]

War CRIMINAL, TRANSPORT HIM TO THE HAGUE.