Of course Tony Blair is the right man for the job. For ALL sorts of reasons, not the least of which is that with him in that position Britain will AT LAST take its rightful place as a full-hearted member of the EU. After more than half a century of prevaricating it is about time! I don't accept the anti-war/anti-Blair argument that Iraq is Blair's weakness. I believe the opposite. It is and was his strength. Difficult to prove, of course, but since Saddam HAD used WMDs on his own people and on Iran, and since he DID have plans to continue that development, the outlook if he had been left in place would not have been good. Israel was in his sights. And with any ongoing Iran/Iraq/Israel confrontations and the present "government" in Iran who knows where it would all have led? As it is Iraq is a far, far better place than it was before the invasion. If you are only concerned about body counts, and I realise some are, even though most of the bodies were produced by insurgents, I realise this will never satisfy you. But Blair made the right decision with the wider political picture clear in his mind, imho. The EU presidency will NOT be decided by the leaders of the 27 on Iraq. They KNOW that Blair and Bush were probably right, and most of them, over 20 of the 24 then EU members went into Iraq with Blair & Bush. The decision for President may well be made for other political reasons, many and varied. But Merkel needs to remember that if she fancies the job herself when she leaves office, it might only be worth having if Blair shapes it into the powerful role in the world it needs to be. We do not need a mousy unknown character as EU, while a superstar waits in the wings. Thanks for the video, btw. I have linked to this page at my blog: http://keeptonyblairforpm.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/eu-president-meet-the-candidates-tony-blair/  View

Yo it's crazy! Every one knows Iran has nuclear capabilities. And that it's main mission in life is to blow israel off the face of the earrh. It may be Israel's only defense to strike first. They r delaying larger sanctions. And the UN is getting on my frigging nerves...acting all clueless someone needs to invade Iran and make those Shiite Muslims disappear before they do something really stupid like start WWIII  View

Do we really know enough about this to conclude whether Iran is just buying time, or will actually be inspected? Iran is comply which seems promising, but it doesn't seem enough. However, the UN can't just bust in wherever they want to inspect. That could be even worse for the international community.  View

Are you all kidding? According to the IAEA not only has Iran stepped up cooperation with the organization , they voluntarily set a limit on their enrichment to 5%. Weaponized uranium must be over 97% pure. Furthermore, they have also made it government policy to make enriched uranium directly into fuel rods which cannot be further refined or easily weaponized for dirty bombs. They have also set official limits on their refining capacity. As such, they currently have 0 capacity to make a bomb, and no interest based on their policy and the word of the US/UN backed IAEA. As for their president, learn a bit about their country please, he isn't the top executive power he's 3 steps down. He serves as the day to day executive and chief ambassador, not as the ultimate policy maker.  View

If only Bush invaded Iran instead of Iraq, he could have exploited them economically, disrupted their way of life, AND have actually found the makings for WMDs.  View

Iranian leader = INSANE. We need sanctions quickly, hopefully the Iranian people will be powerful enough to overthrow him. Ideally the government should fear its people, not the other way around.  View

Iran's starting to behave like N. Korea. It test-fired two missiles on Monday. As much as I feel that Iran can say whatever they want at the UN assembly, the show of force takes the antagonism it has with the west to a whole new level.  View

It's true, there was a lot of "ideological posturing" as pointed out by one analyst not just from Iran, but from most, if not all, the leaders in this video. Obama included. Just as people find action should be taken against Iranian's president, something should be done against the Canadians who walked out. I loved and agree most with the Al Jazeera kicker - that at the end of it all, all the talk was mere hot air. Has the UN lost its relevance and its purpose?  View

'Bigger fish to fry' as in the US? Alright so the imperialism title, we deserve. We should really be the last ones to fault the man for doing what we do best (defense building), albeit on a smaller budget. But his visits to Iran and ties with Russia are a little scary. Can anyone say coalition?  View

Not really sure this is such a good idea. Disarming is a noble goal and not escalating arms seems like progress. But both Russia and Iran have proven to be unstable. No one should mis-interpret Russia being happy with this decision to mean it's good for all parties.  View