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DON'T LET U.S. PUSH US INTO WAR ON IRAQ (Euro-gag)
The Mirror (U.K.) ^ | 04/08/2002 | The editors

Posted on 04/08/2002 1:02:53 PM PDT by Pokey78

Tony Blair went to see George Bush in Texas and did what we at The Mirror feared he would do.

He rolled over like a rather docile poodle, wagged his tail dutifully, and agreed to everything the war-hungry American President wanted.

Mr Blair's speech last night could have been written by the White House.

It could be boiled down to this: 'America is big, America is strong, America is wonderful - and we in Britain are proud to sit by its side in whatever it does."

In particular, we are apparently delighted to support a new war on Iraq to get rid of Saddam Hussein.

Well, sorry Tony but some of us aren't quite as embarrassingly enamoured with your US buddies.

We don't believe your extraordinary inference that Europe is virtually impotent unless we're shoulder to shoulder with America.

And we certainly don't share your blood-lust to go bombing again. Particularly in Iraq.

George Bush's interview with Trevor McDonald confirmed many things about the president.

He's not very bright, he smirks a lot when discussing very serious matters, and he's hell bent on avenging what happened to his country on September 11.

Mr Blair IS very bright, and should see through this intellectually-limited Texan warrior's vision with ease.

Let's be real here: America does not give a damn whether we support them or not. They'll just do what they've always done - and that's precisely what suits them.

That's fine, so long as we don't get dragged along for the inevitable very bloody ride.

Tragically, Mr Blair seems so keen to ingratiate himself with the President that he can't find it in him to say NO.

The Prime Minister knows that many of his own MPs are totally opposed to any Iraq offensive.

Not because they're appeasers or anti-war.

But because they know it will result in massive and possibly irreparable instability to the whole region.Which is why hardly anyone else in the world agrees with it.

It will also be a massive drain on our own military resources when we least need it.

This trip to Texas was Mr Blair's chance to bare his fangs and prove he's not a tame Bush poodle.

He went, he saw, he wagged.

Americans cheered. Many Britons will not. We've just wasted our last chance to prevent a reckless new war.

And that is bad news for us and very bad news for Great Britain.


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
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1 posted on 04/08/2002 1:02:53 PM PDT by Pokey78
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POODLE: Our mock-up of what many believe to be descriptive
of Tony Blair's relationship with US President George W Bush

2 posted on 04/08/2002 1:05:11 PM PDT by Pokey78
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To: Pokey78
Eventually, the oil to Europe will be cut off by the Arabs. Then -- self-interest having reared its ugly head -- Europe will go to war. If logic doesn't work, if justice doesn't work, if respect for allies doesn't work, we can always count on unvarnished self-interest.

Even the French are selfish. Or should I say, especially the French are selfish?

Congressman Billybob

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3 posted on 04/08/2002 1:10:03 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob
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To: Pokey78
I have to wonder whether Tony Blair lines the toilet bowl with the Mirror before...well, you know:

"Poodle, am I?...[gurgle, gurgle, plop, plop]...ahhhhh.

"Woof, woof, you sods."

4 posted on 04/08/2002 1:10:49 PM PDT by RichInOC
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To: Pokey78
"America does not give a damn whether we support them or not. They'll just do what they've always done - and that's precisely what suits them. That's fine."

At it's heart, this is true. However; it will take fortitude.

It takes no courage to be like the French.

5 posted on 04/08/2002 1:11:15 PM PDT by laotzu
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To: Pokey78
Remind me again why we threw their tea in the water and kicked their butts at Yorktown....
6 posted on 04/08/2002 1:13:05 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Pokey78
Oh no the EURO'S will wait until it to late, then they will come crying that it's the duty of the U.S.A. to once again bail them out.

Stinking, whining cowards.

7 posted on 04/08/2002 1:13:23 PM PDT by chiefqc
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To: Congressman Billybob
Actually, the editorial makes one wonder about Blair's chances for re-election.....
8 posted on 04/08/2002 1:13:55 PM PDT by ken5050
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To: Congressman Billybob
It's even more than selfishness. This is not going to stop with 9/11. The muslinatics will hit Europe also...mainly because they show weakness.
9 posted on 04/08/2002 1:14:09 PM PDT by arkfreepdom
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To: Pokey78
He rolled over like a rather docile poodle, wagged his tail dutifully, and agreed to everything the war-hungry American President wanted.

They’re so used to Blair rolling over and agreeing to everything the leftist press wants.

We don't believe your extraordinary inference that Europe is virtually impotent unless we're shoulder to shoulder with America.

Believe it.

He's not very bright, he smirks a lot when discussing very serious matters, and he's hell bent on avenging what happened to his country on September 11.

If he only tried a little harder in school, he might have become a pusillanimous, hand-wringing, surrender-monkey, writing snarky, petulant editorials for the effete toothless British press.

Let's be real here: America does not give a damn whether we support them or not.

Finally, some truth, though Blair's unexpected support since 911 has been heartwarming.

That's fine, so long as we don't get dragged along for the inevitable very bloody ride.

Speaking of “inevitable very bloody rides”, where’s that “brutal Afghan winter” we’ve been waiting for? You know, the one that the British press promised would bog down our forces and lead to a slaughter of our troops by the well-conditioned fighting god-men of the Taliban.

It will also be a massive drain on our own military resources when we least need it.

Oh yeah, who knows when some shepherds might try to reclaim the Falklands?

10 posted on 04/08/2002 1:16:05 PM PDT by dead
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I thought Neville Chamberlain was dead. Perhaps he is one of "The editors" of The Mirror.

Dead or alive, appeasement is as good a policy today as it was in Hitler's time, and this article supports it. I guess some people are too stupid to learn from history -- even press pundits who think a journalism degree makes them smarter than everyone else on the planet.

It will be interesting to see what these puerile hacks have to write when they find themselves facing attacks from Arabs instead of the IRA. Should be good for a few laughs.

Will they roll over like a docile poodle, then?

Imal

11 posted on 04/08/2002 1:21:53 PM PDT by Imal
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he's hell bent on avenging what happened to his country on September 11.

You bet your scaly Limey @ss he is! Churchill spins in his grave...
12 posted on 04/08/2002 1:25:18 PM PDT by GodBlessRonaldReagan
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To: Pokey78
The Brits are starting to sound like the French. Ingrates! I suppose it was only a matter of time after they joined the EU, but the transition seems to be occuring rather fast.
13 posted on 04/08/2002 1:25:21 PM PDT by PsyOp
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To: Congressman Billybob; ken5050
This article in the Mirror is even more caustic:

It was Embarrassing. Bush Treated Blair like a wimpering poodle

14 posted on 04/08/2002 1:28:58 PM PDT by rohry
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To: arkfreepdom
The muslinatics will hit Europe also...mainly because they show weakness.

Unfortunately, it may need to happen before the European states fully realize that the War on Terror is not only an American war.

15 posted on 04/08/2002 1:29:09 PM PDT by SunStar
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To: Pokey78
Didn't these clowns lose the what became the US this way? Slow learners but big whiners. You don't speak for all the Brit's, a lot of them are plenty tough minded.
16 posted on 04/08/2002 1:29:56 PM PDT by MannMade
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To: Pokey78
"Leadership is the ability to get people to do things they did not want to do, and make them happy they did them."

Winston Churchill

Leadership, therefore, often requires the ability to get things done, despite resistance.

The Mirror has foolishly called President Bush "not very bright", but the facts speak for themselves. President Bush is a strong American leader and most European leaders have appeared inept since September 11th.

17 posted on 04/08/2002 1:30:18 PM PDT by Tai_Chung
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To: Pokey78
The Daily Mirror - Providing the mirror image of reality
18 posted on 04/08/2002 1:30:56 PM PDT by SunStar
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To: Pokey78
Let's be real here: America does not give a damn whether we support them or not. They'll just do what they've always done - and that's precisely what suits them.

Wow, some sense finally spoken in The Mirror.

19 posted on 04/08/2002 1:33:48 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot
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To: Pokey78
"He rolled over like a rather docile poodle, wagged his tail dutifully..."

Poodles are French dogs. The French Euroweenies don't roll over, they bend over...

20 posted on 04/08/2002 1:35:42 PM PDT by etcetera
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