Gentlefolk,

I’m uncertain if anyone else might find this interesting, but Tony Blair recently gave a rather extended speech, if not precisely on this topic, then on one rather close to it. Well worth the time to listen to it.

The text of the speech can be found Foreign Policy Speech I

For a video of this speech on Britain's foreign policy (21 March 2006)

While not everyone will agree with him, I do find most of his points consistent with my experience in the Middle East of a few years ago.

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