Being British

Partly in response to the London bombings last summer, the British government is reviewing how teenagers can be given a stronger set of British values through citizenship classes. A sensible response was that of one 16-year old girl:

"Our citizenship classes are all right. I know how to be a good citizen. After finishing school I want to become a social worker to help old people. But the government should do its bit. If they didn't bomb other countries like Iraq, maybe there wouldn't be so much anger."

The young woman has a better perspective than her prime minister. Tony Blair, disingenuously claiming the London bombings had nothing to do with Iraq, refuses to accept the possibility that if you invade a Muslim country on the basis of lies, you just might inflame some of your own country's Muslims. Perhaps Mr. Blair should be taking the citizenship classes.