You are right! Bush, in his statements about the UN and FRANCE tells the story. What Blair had to say, was political cover. Bush is Blair's underpinning.
If the ability to speak well in public was the sole measure of the man, I'd want Blair as POTUS. Since it's not and the measure of a man is what's in his mind, gut and heart, I tahnk the Lord that President Bush is the POTUS and CIC.