"That island of England breeds very valiant creatures"
07.18.2003I'm not pro-Bush. But you can put me squarely in the pro-Blair camp! His speech today before Congress was powerful. A brief excerpt:
There is a myth that though we love freedom, others don't; that our attachment to freedom is a product of our culture; that freedom, democracy, human rights, the rule of law are American values or Western values; that Afghan women were content under the lash of the Taliban; that Saddam was somehow beloved by his people; that Milosevic was Serbia's savior. Members of Congress, ours are not Western values. They are the universal values of the human spirit, and anywhere -- (applause) -- anywhere, any time ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.
The spread of freedom is the best security for the free. It is our last line of defense and our first line of attack.
James Lileks and Andrew Sullivan have great analyses of Blair's speech.
Oh, for the record, I'm well aware that Tony Blair was born in Scotland, that he's the prime minister of Great Britain, not England, and that it's actually the British Isles. But the title of this post comes from Shakespeare´s Henry V. That's why it's in quotation markes.
Posted by Miguel at 10:44 PM
Comments
Yes, I'm a Blair fan too. Bush should definately let him do the talking (I do like Bush, but his public speaking skills are so-so at best). It's sad that the Brits themsevles don't like Blair, his popularity is waning pretty fast.
Posted by: Kara at July 25, 2003 11:36 AM
haha what a retard thinks england is an island. where is wales and scotland then?
Posted by: sam at August 31, 2003 06:15 PM
Um, don't display your illiteracy. "That island of England breeds very valiant creatures" is a line from The Bard's "Henry V".
Posted by: Miguel at August 31, 2003 08:41 PM