{"id":65949,"date":"2004-04-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-04-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2004\/04\/27\/la-destructuration-a-la-blair-adieu-right-or-wrong-my-country\/"},"modified":"2004-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2004-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"la-destructuration-a-la-blair-adieu-right-or-wrong-my-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2004\/04\/27\/la-destructuration-a-la-blair-adieu-right-or-wrong-my-country\/","title":{"rendered":"La d\u00e9structuration \u00e0 la Blair: adieu, \u201cright or wrong, my country\u201d<\/em><\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

La d\u00e9structuration \u00e0 la Blair: adieu, right or wrong, my country<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

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\t27 avril 2004 C’est une crise de confiance pour Tony Blair, selon The Independent d’aujourd’hui<\/a>. On parle de la lettre de 52 anciens diplomates britanniques<\/a> adress\u00e9e au Premier ministre : \u00ab Tony Blair was facing a severe crisis of confidence in his foreign policy yesterday after an unprecedented attack from dozens of the most senior figures in the British diplomatic service.<\/em> \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tIl ne fait aucun doute que cette initiative est sans pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent au Royaume-Uni. Elle est \u00e0 la limite de la rupture du devoir de r\u00e9serve, surtout venue de milieux aussi stricts que ceux du Foreign Office. Justement, ce point, confront\u00e9 aux r\u00e9actions qui ont accueilli cette initiative, mesure la profondeur de la crise de l\u00e9gitimit\u00e9 de Tony Blair. Le porte-parole du Premier ministre a simplement observ\u00e9 que \u00ab The [government’s] position on the issues raised in this letter are well-known. The authors of the letter are entitled to express their views.<\/em> \u00bb Du c\u00f4t\u00e9 de divers milieux et hommes politiques hors du gouvernement, les r\u00e9actions sont unanimement favorables.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\t\u00ab Doug Henderson, the former defence minister, said: \u00a0\u00bbThese are the guys on the ground with a lot of experience of dealing with critical issues. We would be well advised to listen to their views very carefully. Tam Dalyell, the Father of the Commons, added: I fully support the 52 diplomats. This is unprecedented. In my 41 years as an MP I have never seen such a move. They can’t be dismissed as ex-diplomats, it’s a great deal more serious than that.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bb Malcolm Savidge, the Labour MP for Aberdeen North, said: It’s very important that we distinguish between being a close ally of the US and appearing uncritically to support George Bush’s administration.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bb The Conservatives declined to comment, but Sir Menzies Campbell, the Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman, said: This is a remarkable intervention in the debate about the Middle East from a group of people who are almost certainly the most expert in Britain on the issue. The Prime Minister would be well advised to take account of their criticisms.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bb When the House of Commons was persuaded to endorse military action against Iraq it was, among other things, on the footing that the road-map would be implemented, and that the two-state solution would have priority.<\/em> \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\tTony Blair est trop faible pour r\u00e9agir autrement que de la fa\u00e7on anodine de la reconnaissance du fait accompli, assortie du commentaire un peu surprenant dans un pays habitu\u00e9 au devoir de r\u00e9serve des hauts fonctionnaires, m\u00eame \u00e0 la retraite, que les auteurs de la lettre sont \u00ab entitled to express their views<\/em> \u00bb. Formellement c’est vrai ; quant \u00e0 l’esprit de la chose c’est bien diff\u00e9rent, et cela mesure le cr\u00e9dit actuel de Tony Blair. De m\u00eame, du c\u00f4t\u00e9 diplomatique, on a la mesure de la fureur qui, aujourd’hui, caract\u00e9rise le jugement de nombre de diplomates britanniques sur la politique Blair.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tBien entendu, l’essentiel du point de vue politique dans cette lettre est une logique d\u00e9j\u00e0 vue dans le cas britannique. A force de refuser le moindre am\u00e9nagement \u00e0 son complet alignement sur les Am\u00e9ricains, ce n’est plus une politique que le comportement de Blair d\u00e9signe \u00e0 la vindicte de tel ou tel corps de fonctionnaires (apr\u00e8s les militaires<\/a>, les diplomates), mais bien l’ensemble du concept de special relationships<\/em>).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\t\u00ab In a damning verdict on Mr Blair’s special relationship with President George Bush, they called for a fundamental reassessment of British policy towards the White House and the Middle East, urging Mr Blair to exert real influence over American policy as a matter of the highest urgency.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bb They added: If that is unacceptable or unwelcome there is no case for supporting policies which are doomed to failure.<\/em> \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\tLe travail de Tony Blair peut \u00eatre suivi \u00e0 la trace et identifi\u00e9 depuis deux bonnes ann\u00e9es, travail involontaire certes, mais diablement efficace. Il s’agit de la d\u00e9structuration de l’\u00e9difice politique de l’establishment<\/em> britannique, notamment appuy\u00e9 sur des principes de r\u00e9serve et d’ob\u00e9issance d’une extr\u00eame fermet\u00e9 et sur la politique des special relationships<\/em>. Il y a un \u00e9trange instinct dans la d\u00e9marche de Blair, qu’on retrouve d’ailleurs dans les g\u00e9n\u00e9rations politiques n\u00e9es \u00e0 l’heure de la communication (ou spin<\/em>) ; une fa\u00e7on de fournir un contre-argument, un contre-poison, etc, \u00e0 tout acte d\u00e9structurant pos\u00e9, en m\u00eame temps que cet acte est en train d’\u00eatre pos\u00e9. Le r\u00e9sultat, c’est que le fameux adage (o\u00f9 le Premier ministre repr\u00e9sente le pays) : right or wrong, my country<\/em>, n’est plus fond\u00e9 aujourd’hui \u00e0 Londres. C’est une r\u00e9volution.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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