Hypocrisy, hypocrisy, hypocrisy!

George W. Bush and Tony Blair went to war in Iraq to try and bring democracy to that country, and to try and spread democracy in the Middle East. There is an irony in this, though: Bush and Blair have no respect for democratic values at home! Yesterday's farce in the EU showed this to be so.

By far the vast majority of Europeans DO NOT WANT TURKEY IN EUROPE. But did George Bush listen to them? No! Did Tony Blair listen to them? No! Did any of the Western governments listen to their people? No! None of them did, with the possible exception of Austria, which was torpedoed by the US in its efforts to stop Turkey coming into Europe as a full member. The US threatened Austria with "consequences"; so Austria, being a small country, had to back down.

This was a disgrace! An utter disgrace! So George and Tony: Don't ever have the brass to talk in public about democracy to us again, will you, please? You have shown yourselves in your true colours! You have behaved like the despots you truly are! I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but you don't know the first thing about democracy. You are drunk with your own power!

I long for the day when we shall have strong and noble leaders in the US and the UK again. Leaders who will listen to the will of the people. Democracy needs to be restored.

©Mark Alexander