My website is from right here in the UK, in fact it's a British newspaper- The Times. Novelist and former MI5 Agent John le Carré has written an article that dates back to 2003, just before the USA's occupation of Iraq.
Le Carré's opinion was the general consensus back then, as it is now- George W. Bush was doing a bad job as President and that America has gone mad. Quite an outlandish statement- but do we trust his opinions? Le Carré writes mostly about the backlash from 9/11 and the consequential fall out all over the world. In a time where people had lost faith in both President Bush and PM Tony Blair, I can't help but think that maybe he is just fuelling the already blazing fire and just feeding the public what they want- a good Government bashing. What interests me the most though is the following quote from the article:
"Those who are not with Mr Bush are against him. Worse, they are with the enemy. Which is odd, because I’m dead against Bush, but I would love to see Saddam’s downfall — just not on Bush’s terms and not by his methods. And not under the banner of such outrageous hypocrisy."
This seemed to be the opinion of the majority of the population- I know I certainly felt like that, even at 12 years old I was interested in what was happening in American Politics and certainly George Bush's new found "War on Terror". The article is opinionated and aimed at the Average Joe in order to feed the hatred for Bush and the growing concerns about America's seeming constant need to dominate the rest of the world- the bully boy making his voice heard. In some respects I agree with le Carré, he seems a sensible fellow and able to back up his article with some interesting facts and figures, and as a former employee of MI5, you would assume that his writings are credible.
I hope you enjoy the article and I'm looking forward to your opinions!
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