The war on terror can't be won...time to move on -London Guardian

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The greatest obstacle to reducing the global threat from terrorism is nothing short of the power of the neo-conservatives in the present US administration

By Richard Norton-Taylor
THE GUARDIAN , LONDON
Tuesday, Sep 14, 2004,Page 9

"...It is hard not to conclude that one of the greatest obstacles to the kind of better world Blair says he wants -- one with less cause for terrorism, even if terrorists will always be around -- is the Bush administration, and notably the likes of Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. They have consistently dismissed British interests and embarrassed a prime minister who has attached himself so closely to the president with such little reward.

What did Blair think when delegates at the Republican convention booed speakers who mentioned the UN? How much longer can Blair, or his ministers, accept to be led by a US administration that denigrates everything they say they stand for?

...There is absolutely no sign he is succeeding..., not least because his closest ally, the US president, is simply not interested."

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