The Poodle yelps: Blair attacks "Mad anti-Americans"

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

Poor, poor, wittle Tony picked the wrong lap to sit in.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060913/ts_nm/security_blair_dc_1

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister
Tony Blair launched a withering attack on Thursday on what he called "mad anti-Americanism" among European politicians.

Blair, U.S. President George W. Bush's closest ally in the so-called war on terror, said the world urgently needs the United States to help tackle the globe's most pressing problems. "The danger is if they decide to pull up the drawbridge and disengage. We need them involved," Blair said, spelling out his political vision in a pamphlet published by The Foreign Policy Center think-tank. "The strain of, frankly, anti-American feeling in parts of European politics is madness when set against the long-term interests of the world we believe in," he said.

Blair, accused by critics of being Bush's poodle who slavishly follows Washington's line, sought to stifle a revolt in his ruling Labour Party last week by promising to quit within a year after almost 10 years in office.

His popularity has tumbled in opinion polls after government scandals over sleaze and mismanagement were compounded by controversy over the wars in Iraq and Lebanon. As he did during the Iraq War, he sided squarely with Washington over the conflict between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas, angering Arab nations and European allies by refusing to call for an immediate ceasefire.

"He is not as instrumental as he needs to be, or would like to believe he is," said Rosemary Hollis, a Middle East expert at British think-tank Chatham House.

[Kutjara]

1. Ooh, the poodle is bareing his teeth.

Remind me to be afraid.

This fool's day is done. Too bad he doesn't have the class to step down and let someone with ideas have a go at the job. Nobody's impressed with Bush's Echo Chamber any more. Get lost, Phony Tony, your time is up.

[Greeby]

2. No Tony, you're the real anti-American

All us British people who oppose the Shrub are, by definition, more pro-American than you'll ever be

[razors edge]

3. why is that anyone

in Briton who doesn't like american actions is the problem, and anyone in america who doesn't like Israeli actions is the problem? what foreign nation do Israelis have to like in order to not be considered a traitor?