Question Time
So far I haven't seen any news coverage that appropriately plays out the extent of the fierceness and intelligent aggression from the questioning members of the audience in this past Thursday's BBC 1 Program Question Time, where Tony Blair had to face, directly and unfiltered, the questions of his constituents. [In fact, I can't even find the program on C-Span's webpage yet. Will update]
The format was very simple: Blair faced direct questions from the audience. And one by one, I saw them sit forward and accuse him of misleading the country, dangerous exaggeration, cowing to US interests, failing to take responsibility, making incorrect choices. Time and again. It was astonishing.
It made me think: why is the problem of Iraq pestering every country that the US has involved in it? Australia, Italy, Spain, the UK. Everybody has persistent problems with the war.
Except us in the States. Why is that? Why have we had so much trouble even recognizing that the problems are significant enough to seriously question the leadership of the country? Why is it so ingrained in the culture to resist that?
The format was very simple: Blair faced direct questions from the audience. And one by one, I saw them sit forward and accuse him of misleading the country, dangerous exaggeration, cowing to US interests, failing to take responsibility, making incorrect choices. Time and again. It was astonishing.
It made me think: why is the problem of Iraq pestering every country that the US has involved in it? Australia, Italy, Spain, the UK. Everybody has persistent problems with the war.
Except us in the States. Why is that? Why have we had so much trouble even recognizing that the problems are significant enough to seriously question the leadership of the country? Why is it so ingrained in the culture to resist that?
posted by General Stan at 9:07 PM
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