[TheOtherOne]

Tough to win taking two steps forward and one step backwards.

Oh yea, and Tony, don't forget even when you got all those 'root causes' solved...they still want you dead.

[Tax Government]

The problem is that a whole culture, islam, thinks is destined to rule the world. Either they repent and reconstruct, or they should die.

[advance_copy]

Poverty does not cause terrorism. Poor people exist all over the world, even here in the U.S. The "root causes" of terrorism are twofold. One is oppressive regimes like the Taliban, Saddam Hussein's Iraq, Syria's dictators, and the Mullahs of Iran. The other is fanatic Islamism that preaches hatred for "the infidels". These two combined caused the current terrorist threat, which is why Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom are such critical parts of our effort against terrorism.

[k2blader]

Wrong, wrong, wrong, Mr. Blair!

Gah.........

[Thinkin' Gal]

"I think this type of terrorism has very deep roots," Blair said. "As well as dealing with the consequences of this - trying to protect ourselves as much as any civil society can - you have to try to pull it up by its roots," he said.

[crazycat]

He just can't admit the truth. He is so wrapped up in PC think, that baldly saying we have a bunch of religous lunatics trying to kill us, can't be done.

It's pathetic.

It would also be nice to hear from our Muslim leaders a solemn promise to find the culprits....for that I am still waiting.

[jayhorn]

That meant boosting understanding between people of difference religions, helping people in the Middle East see a path to democracy and easing the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, he said.

A) Islam does not understand people with different religions. To Muslims, you're either a dhimmi or a soon-to-be dhimmi.

B) Helping people in the ME "see a path to democracy" means knocking down the theocracies and/or monarchies that currently reside there. Tony, are you with us or agin' us?

C) The Israeli/Palestinian conflict will end when either the Israelis get pushed into the sea or the Palestinians get pushed back into Jordan. All this talking just serves as a time-out for each side to reload.

[jayhorn]

PS: It's just easier to kill all the noisy Muslims until the rest figure out they're better off being Christians. Or athiests. Or whatever.

[eccl1212]

"for us or against us."

those who insist that islam is peace, are manifestly against us.

For Islam means death every where it is allowed to propagate.

In the world of globalism, minutemen protecting their homeland from foreign invasion, are 'vigilantes'.
And practitioners of the religion of sharia, death and murder; AKA Islam, are deemed peaceful.

But Islam is NOT peace.
Minutemen protecting the border are not vigilantes.

Americans in particular, are sick of lying leaders who keep trying to placate us with their phony baloney appeasing words regarding both issues.

Tony Blair.
Get a clue.
Islam is the problem.

[goldstategop]

Terrorists are not motivated by poverty or by a desire to create a free society. Their sworn objective is precisely to destroy the West. The only "root cause" of terrorism are the terrorists themselves. It may be a circular argument but its also a true one. Eliminate the terrorists and terrorism disappears. It couldn't be simpler. Now if only Prime Minister Tony Blair and Europe's elites would grasp this simple truism, we would be a lot closer to solving the problem.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[leadhead]

identified as deprivation, lack of democracy and ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

= Islam

[Beckwith]

One word, Islam.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

"... deprivation, lack of democracy and ongoing conflict in the Middle East... boosting understanding between people of difference religions, helping people in the Middle East ... easing the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians..."

The best way to end war and ensure peace is to kill the enemy.

[neutrino]

you have to try to pull it up by its roots," he said.

With a weed, you must kill the root.

And the root of terrorism is is-slime.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Terrorism's "root causes":

[FreePaul]

Tough to win taking two steps forward...

I must have missed that. It would have been nice to see.

[MagnoliaB]

"Thursday's bomb attacks on London demonstrate the pressing need for world leaders to tackle problems like poverty"

Hellllloooooo......earth to Tony....these people CHOOSE to live in caves yet their goal is to dominate the world and shove Islamfacism down everyones throats.

I recall the Talliban did not allow music, radios, TV's, communication with the outside etc. and it wasn't because of poverty. If the truth be known I would venture to bet that SOMEONE is getting quite rich off of terrorist activities. I would also venture to bet that there is more money changing hands and to be made off of illegal weapons than drug trafficking.

[gridlock]

The root cause of terrorism is Islam. If we are willing to tear this out, root and branch, we could solve the problem. The cure would be worse than the disease, however.

Since we can't really deal with the root cause, we just have to eliminate the terrorists where they are.

[PAMadMax]

Blair has it all wrong. Poverty does not cause terrorism, idealogy does. And in this case, it is the poison of hatred that spews from the Q'uran. The muslim "faith" itself is the issue here. Follow the link below to a great website that rips apart the Q'uran and analyzes it.

http://www.prophetofdoom.net

[astudent]

The root of the terrorism is that the moslem majority remains quite.

[funkywbr]

Lack of democracy?

Yet the WORLD for the most part will NOT help US in Iraq.

THanks alot world and BTW how much debt do you want US to relieve you of?

And how much $ do you want next time you have a problem?

I guess the world should just rename US to SUCKERS.