“The British Labour Party has always had a very strong "Atlanticist component," with an obsequiousness to American policies, and Blair represents this wing. He's clearly obsessed with Iraq. He has to be because the overwhelming majority of the people of Britain oppose a military action.” PeopleActionStrongPartyMilitaryPolicyMajorityWingsIraqBritishObsessedBritainLabourOverwhelmingVery StrongComponentsBlairLabour PartyMilitary ActionObsequiousness Author:John Pilger
“Using the passive voice is always very helpful. Mind you, a lot of that propaganda English emanates from here. The British establishment has always used the passive voice. It's been a weapon of discourse so those who committed terrible acts in the old empire could not be identified.” MindUsedVoiceTerribleWeaponsCommittedBritishPropagandaEmpiresHelpfulEstablishmentPassiveDiscourseEmanatePassive Voice Author:John Pilger
“British establishment uses "the royal we," as in, "We think this." You hear a lot of that these days. It erroneously suggests that those who are making the decisions to bomb countries, to devastate economies, to take part in acts of international piracy involve all of us.” ThinkingCountryUseDecisionEconomyInternationalBritishThese DaysBombsEstablishmentRoyalPiracy Author:John Pilger
“Classic nineteenth century European imperialists believed they were literally on a mission. I don't believe that the imperialists these days have that same sense of public service. They are simply pirates. Yes, there are fundamentalists, Christian fundamentalists, who appear to be in charge of the White House at the moment, but they are very different from the Christian gentlemen who ran the British Empire and believed they were doing good works around the world. These days it's about naked power.” WorldBelieveDifferentMomentsChristianHouseWhiteCenturyDon't BelieveMissionsBritishNakedAround The WorldThese DaysRanGentlemanClassicEmpiresWhite HouseGood WorkDoing GoodPublic ServicePirateNineteenth CenturyBritish Empire Author:John Pilger
“The British Labour Party has always had a very strong "Atlanticist component," with an obsequiousness to American policies, and Blair represents this wing. He's clearly obsessed with Iraq. He has to be because the overwhelming majority of the people of Britain oppose a military action. I've never known a situation like it.” PeopleActionStrongPartySituationKnownMilitaryPolicyMajorityWingsIraqBritishObsessedBritainLabourOverwhelmingVery StrongComponentsBlairLabour PartyMilitary ActionObsequiousness Author:John Pilger
“When the invasion began, the British public was called upon to 'support' troops sent illegally and undemocratically to kill people with whom we had no quarrel. 'The ultimate test of our professionalism' is how Commander McKendrick describes an unprovoked attack on a nation with no submarines, no navy and no air force, and now with no clean water and no electricity and, in many hospitals, no anaesthetic with which to amputate small limbs shredded by shrapnel. I have seen elsewhere how this is done, with a gag in the patient's mouth.” PeopleDoneForceNationsWaterSupportAirMouthsTestsUltimateCleanPatientIraqBritishUsaHospitalsElsewhereTroopsElectricityLimbsNavyQuarrelsInvasionCommandersProfessionalismAir ForceClean WaterSubmarinesGagsSupport The Troops Author:John Pilger
