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.
This is different from how they looked before September 11th in what way?
...oh, the blue fumes coming from their diapers.
Either we do it or So-dam Insane gets to do it, it could happen if Iraq is allowed to survive in its current situation.
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