Appeasers– Tony Blair decries a “state of semi-apology” :: Islamo-Fascism Blog

Tony Blair was interviewed in the Jerusalem Post as he is functioning as a Mideast envoy.  He was asked about the causes of Islamofascist terror:

He answered brilliantly:  (excerpts follow)

…”This terrorism is not our fault,” he said. It needed to be fought through a combination of military action where necessary and “a galvanizing idea that is more powerful” than the extremists’ message. “And that idea is not simply about freedom and democracy, though it should be about that, but also about justice,” he said.

“The trouble with a large part of the Western world is that we’re in a state of semi-apology the whole time, and that’s an absolutely hopeless position from which to take this thing on… A large part of public opinion in the West is basically saying, ‘We have caused this. It’s our fault they’re like this.’ I just think that’s nonsense.”

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