"On Wednesday, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett announced she had frozen bilateral talks with Iran on all other issues until Tehran returned the 15 British sailors and marines...[snip]
The British clearly want to keep the focus on their sailors and marines and avoid any suggestion that they could be swapped for Iranians held by the U.S. in Iraq."
In no way whatsoever is Tony Blair a wimp.
Oh geeeze....I sense a firestorm of outraged freepers gathering together flamethrowers. Okay, I unilaterally and categorically APOLOGIZE to all who might be offended by my rather flip post regarding Mr. Blair!!!! He rocks.
How does he stack up against the Iron Lady Thatcher or John Major? In your informed opinions?