We voted Blair and his chums back into power, although most of us knew we had been manipulated,lied to and made complicit in the deaths of hundreds of thousands (my figures, because my guess is a likely to be true as Teribus's).

>>The UK electorate are in fact more culpable than the Americans, as we have a better news service, more discussion in the media and in general , more brains.<<

I couldn't believe that Britain was going to help the US invade Iraq. I was really hoping they would spearhead an opposition. Then when the Downing Street Memos came out, I was flabbergasted. Britain KNEW the whole scheme was crackbrained and unworkable and STILL went along with it. I thought it was just Tony Blair and then in the elections, the British reelected him!!

>>The shocking fact is that most people preferred to vote for blood spattered criminals, knowing they were criminals, than for other parties who may have made life slightly more difficult domestically.
We should be thoroughly ashamed of ourselves....we the great cynics are in fact the great self serving cowards.<<

Americans are the same. "Oh, no, I'm not voting for a democrat or there go all my tax dollars." Let's keep cutting taxes for the rich in wartime and borrow from Red China. These same Americans who see nothing wrong with Bush doing this would be howling to high heaven if it was a democrat president.

>>Although I dislike American foreign policy and indeed the American culture/way of life, I believe the American people, because of their naivety can be the saviours of humanity.<<

I don't know what that's supposed to mean so I won't argue it with you even though my gut instinct tells me I should.

>>They, unlike us can still see the inherant good in our species....Ake<<

But only in themselves. Everyone else is a devil.