19 January 2009

Government minister talks sense!

I know! A man bites dog story!
David Milliband: "democracies must respond to terrorism by championing the rule of law, not subordinating". It is an argument he links directly with the Guantánamo Bay detention camp. "That is surely the lesson of Guantánamo and it is why we welcome president-elect Obama's clear commitment to close it."
There's more: "Terrorism is a deadly tactic, not an institution or an ideology,"
It's reported here.
The way it's reported here seems to hint that this is part of a strategic realignment with a new USAmerican administration. Plus cela change ...

1 comment:

Steve Hayes said...

Quite, terrorism is a tactic, and one as barbaric as (and related to) the use of land mines and cluster bombs.

"Spend and tax" not "tax and spend"

 I got a response from my MP which got me kind of mad. You'll see why as I reproduce it here. Apologies for the strange changes in types...