But...but...how can you criticize Tony Blair, the faithful friend and ally of our Great War President? Don't you know that all that matters is that the British government blindly support the US in whatever it does? Who cares that Blair has practically destroyed the British constitution, undermined the monarchy, kicked the hereditary peers out of the Lords, promoted multiculturalism and uncontrolled immigration, diminished Britain's national sovereignty, advocated abandoning the Pound, appeased IRA terrorists, shown more sympathy for criminals than their victims who try to defend themselves, ignored rural concerns, and trampled on individual liberty? He supported the War, so he must be a conservative, right? Because that's what conservatism is really all about. War, War, War.
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(from a paleoconservative Anglophile disgusted with the blindness of most American "conservatives" regarding that despicable creep in 10 Downing Street)
"He supported the War, so he must be a conservative, right?"
Here I think you have hit the nail on the head as to why there is so much naivety about Blair in the U.S..
Morally and socially the man is on the same level as JFK - somewhere between an amoeba and a cockroach.
I love Tony, and I won't hear a word said against him. So there!