Those of you who read my postings and extracts yesterday of Tony Blair’s magnificent speech to the Commons will be aware of exactly how momemntous an occasion this was. This is how the New York Times spun it. That’s all you really need to know. Compare it with the fiercely anti-war newspaper in Britain, the paper that publishes Robert Fisk, the Independent. This is what their editorial says today:
Mr Blair has not shrunk from debate. He has taken the argument to all quarters of his restive party. He has allowed the Commons its say. And despite all the doubts about this war, Mr Blair has shown himself in the past few days to be at once the most formidable politician in the country and the right national leader for these deeply uncertain times.
Gracious; principled; smart. How different from the yuppie mewling of others.
The Dish 