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Originally Posted by Beestie

But on the other hand, Margaret Thatcher would have taken W behind the smokehouse and given him the switching of his life and, perhaps, taught that little Napolean wannabe a lesson that could have saved all of us considerable loss.

Never forget what Maggie T did for us. When Cheney, Rumsfeld, etc were crying that we could not do anything to rescue Kuwait, then it was Lady Thatcher who said to George Sr in Denver, "George, this will not stand."

Maggie put into George Sr the backbone he needed. Scowcroft then cemented that bone in place. By Sunday, George Sr stepped off a helicopter on the White House lawn saying, "This will not stand".

Without Lady Thatcher, then we may have never gone to Kuwait’s rescue. Never forget the negativity from Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al back then and the Iron Lady who said what was really obvious.

When it came to making a most ruthless decision - telling George Jr what reality really was - Tony Blair loses massive credibility for taking a coward's way out. And what did he get for it? Nothing. So much potential wasted because he could not confront lies.