As George W. Bush Gives Tony Blair a Medal, Britain Winces

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What could be more hurtful than a close friend's ingratitude? His gratitude — at least if you're Tony Blair and the buddy in question is George W. Bush. Later today in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Bush is set to dole out a Presidential Medal of Freedom to Britain's former Prime Minister. Blair has earned the bauble — previous recipients include Nelson Mandela and Doris Day — "for efforts to promote democracy, human rights and peace abroad," according to the White House. Blair's spokesman seems tacitly to acknowledge that Blair is being feted as much for the exercise of hard power as soft, describing the medal as "a great honor" which "reflects the true courage of the men and women of the British armed forces."

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Winces?

That's putting it mildly.

Kinda ironic that the worst Israel/Gaza atrocities have all been perpetrated while Blair has been the Quartet (US/UK/EU/Russia) Middle East envoy...