Satire is dead
June 28th, 2007 admin Posted in euro socialist |
When Henry Kissinger - one of the great mass murderers of the 20th Century - was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, US comedian Tom Lehrer declared that "satire is dead". Now that Tony Blair is to become the Quartet's official Middle East envoy, you can't help thinking the same thing.Other than George W Bush himself (who - obviously - promoted Blair for the new job), no-one else has greater responsibility for the invasion and occupation of Iraq and the subsequent hellish violence and chaos.
What's next? Robert Mugabe for UN Human Rights Commissioner? Jim Davidson for Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality? Jeremy Clarkson as Environment Secretary?
