Tony Blair: Islamism is the greatest threat to the West, there may be biological terrorism

The former British prime minister, who played a key role in the decision to military intervention in Kosovo, also urged US President Joe Biden to push democratic governments so that they would not hesitate to use military force and export their values.

In a speech to the think tank Russia marking the 20th anniversary of September 11th, Blair, who was Britain's prime minister at the time, and who supported military interventions in Afghanistan and Iran, insisted that terrorism remained the number one priority, says Guardian, translation Periscopi.

He said he was too concerned to hear in the West the opinion that “we were fools when we believed that Western notions of liberal democracy and freedom are exported or will be rooted in the decadent terrain of Western society. ”

Blair insisted that “despite the collapse of terrorist attacks, Islamism, even ideology, was the greatest security threat; and if it is not monitored, it will come to us. David-19 taught us about deadly pathogens. The possibilities of biological terrorism may seem like the realm of science fiction; but it would be wise to prepare for their use by non-state actors. ” /Periscope