Just move on from ongoing historical grievances, no biggie.
A lovely gentleman
It was announced on 14 October 2022 in Boris Johnsonâs 2022 Political Honours that Roberts would be raised to the peerage as a life baron. On 1 November 2022, he was created Baron Roberts of Belgravia, of Belgravia in the City of Westminster.
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Support for the Iraq War and military intervention
Roberts supports a strong American military and has generally argued in favour of close relations between the Anglosphere nations. As an advocate for the general principle of democratic pluralism, he has argued that â[s]neered at for being âsimplisticâ in his reaction to 9/11, Bushâs visceral responses to the attacks of a fascistic, totalitarian death cult will be seen as having been substantially the right onesâ in the long run. In many writings, he has come out in support of neo-conservative influenced socio-political viewpoints.
During the buildup to the Iraq War, Roberts supported the proposed invasion, arguing that anything less would be tantamount to appeasement, comparing Tony Blair to Winston Churchill in his âastonishing leadershipâ. He additionally argued that acting against Saddam Hussein was in line with the âPax Americana realpolitik that has kept the Great Powers at peace since the Second World War, despite the collapse of Communismâ.
In 2003, Roberts wrote: âFor Churchill, apotheosis came in 1940; for Tony Blair, it will come when Iraq is successfully invaded and hundreds of weapons of mass destruction are unearthed from where they have been hidden by Saddamâs henchmen.â When such weapons were not found, Roberts still defended the invasion for larger strategic reasons, while arguing that his past views were based on credible assessments from intelligence services as well as other sources.
Yeah I figured he was a piece of work but he really exceeded expectations when I did the smallest possible amount of research
His Twitter account has a lot of recent tweets about his interview (interviews?) with natsec guy and ex-general David Petraeus. When Petraeus was head of the CIA under Obama - Petraeus basically committed espionage. He was married but he gave his sidepiece super top secret stuff. It was no accident or oversight. He intentionally gave her lots of documents to have a look at. Why? I guess to show off and be a total alpha idiot. She was writing a biography about him called All In. The case went to trial but it went away after he paid a fine. You canât make this stuff up.
Since Trumpâs 2016 win - I get constant reminders of how incurious most people are. The talking heads discussing the Gaza war on MSNBC and CNN are perfect examples. I started googling them and I quickly learned itâs easiest to first check their Twitter account. On tv they might make all the right noises âAfter the war there needs to be a negotiated truce.â But sometimes by just the third most recent tweet I can plainly see they are full of shit. They are acting not just like a pro-Israel account but a pro-IDF one.
And it doesnât matter at all. It was a reminder to me that the average American (and people in many other countries too - Hello, Argentina) - look at politics like sports. The minor players on the field donât matter. Who cares what their names are? Who cares what the details are? All that matters is the score and that that their team is winning.
