Yes.... of course our French friend could or would not. Blair has been very quiet, though.
He can't be seen as too close to Bush. The press in the UK does as much distortion of the President as the MSM in the US.
But the German press is just unbelievable (in a very bad way)
Middle East dominates Harper, Blair meeting
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=8cfddeb7-f64d-46c6-ab54-2be8199b9406
Blair flies in for G8 Summit
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/07/15/ublair.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/07/15/ixnews.html
And let's not forget the scandal:
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1968362,00.html