Ya Bass

Despite Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's recent comments on Israel:

There is no doubt that the new wave (of attacks) in Palestine will soon wipe off this disgraceful blot (Israel) from the face of the Islamic world. As the Imam (Khomeini) said, Israel must be wiped off the map.

There are still many who think Iran should have an inalienable right to develop nuclear weapons, because it would be hypocritical for them to be told otherwise what to do by a Security Council made up of nuclear powers like the US/UK/France/etc. What they seem to forget is that the world can live and function with this hypocrisy, but living with nuclear armed theocratic states intent on wiping out a people is another matter entirely.

At least Tony Blair understands what is at stake;

These sentiments are completely and totally unacceptable, I have never come across a situation of the president of a country saying they want to wipe out - not that they have got a problem with or an issue with - but want to wipe out another country.

This is unacceptable and their attitude towards Israel, their attitude towards terrorism, their attitude on the nuclear weapons issue isn't acceptable.

If they continue down this path then people are going to believe they are a real threat to our world security and stability.

There are more and more issues I diverge from Blair on domestic policy (his support of faith schools for example) but on the most important and fundamental issue of foreign policy, through which nearly every other issue is mere footnotes, then Blair gets it spot on.