Spurned Blair in Plea to Bush*

[kskiska]

Tony Blair will today attempt to restore British influence in Washington when he warns President George Bush that the Middle East "road map" remains the only viable option for achieving a lasting political settlement.

Less than 48 hours after Mr Bush spurned his plea for an "even-handed" approach to the Middle East, the prime minister will make clear in private that Britain cannot sign up to Ariel Sharon's unilateral plan which was all but endorsed by the president.

As Blairites admitted that the president's declaration marked a personal setback for the prime minister, foreign secretary Jack Straw last night underlined Britain's unease. He said: "President Bush ... has to make his own judgments. We make our own."

The prime minister, who began his two-day visit to the US last night with a meeting in New York with UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, will today put on a brave face when he says that key elements of the Sharon plan, such as the pledge to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, can be reconciled with the road map.

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http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,11538,1193134,00.html

[Fenris]

1. Good luck, Tony Baloney! We warned you not to ally with them.

[Zeke]

2. Blair's An Idiot...

He hitched his wagon to *, and now he's feeling the heat, starting to back away, wished he'd never met the *.

They deserve each other.

[IndianaGreen]

3. I don't know who I find more repulsive, Bush or Blair?

I think it is Blair because he doesn't have Bush's excuse of frying his brain with booze and coke.

[whistle]

4. That's easy....

...they are both more repulsive!!!:puke: :hurts: :spank: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :kick:

[JohnyCanuck]

5. Hi Tony,

I think Dubya just told you to take your congressional medal of honor and shove it up your ass.

[0007]

6. Maybe Tony will slap junior silly?

...naw, he'll act just like a poodle, he'll sneak into the bathroom and eat junior's poop.

I don't know why dogs like to eat cat shit!!

[orwell]

7. Surprise! (Not)

Well we would all like to act like we are surprised but most of us would rather just scream:

I TOLD YOU SO!

and now back to our regularly scheduled programming...

O

[Blue_Roses]

8. Sad, because there are no

"winners" in this deal,and the Palestenians and Iraqis are STILL being screwed.

Blair will have to answer to his own conscious aftet trusting Bush...something that seems to be coming full circle.

[Rex]

9. I hate it when poodles yap!

Such irritating creatures!

[daleo]

10. Spurned Blair in Plea to Bush

Arf, Arf, Arf, Arf...(licks hand)...(wags tail).

[Philestine]

11. Spurned Blair in Plea to Bush

Ever see Monty Python and the Holy Grail? That scene where the knight is hacked to only a head and continues fighting with the challenge

"Come on, it's only a flesh wound. I'll bite your legs off"

Persistence in the face of abject humiliation. Makes you proud to be British. Keep smiling Tony, mummy loves you

[Chicago Democrat]

12. Mummy, look! there's an airplane up in the sky....

Goodbye Blue Sky
Goodbye Blue Sky
Goodbye

[jarab]

13. Welcome to DU, Philestine!

jarab - DU moderator

[Philestine]

14. "Welcome to DU, Philestine!"

Why thankyou. Quite a flutter.

On the subject of my PM, reckon he must be seeing the light just about now.

"I don't care if you don't like him, he's my mate and bugger to you all"

Looks like mini Bush just pooped in the afternoon tea. How unfortunate.

[Arugula Latte]

19. Bush to Blair:

"Bring me a shrubbery!"

[Philestine]

20. The knights that say Neee

We are no longer the knights that say "WOP"
We are now the knights that say "Regime Change"
and perhaps latterly "Ooops"

[newyawker99]

22. Hi Philestine!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[MrPrax]

15. Poor Tony...

Too bad he can't do anything to change his 'committment'--the forceful and timely missive from our Man in Afghanistan OBL has suggested that any change would be seen as 'caving' into AQ terror threats...

Should be a lesson for any of the ally partners(Italy, Poland, Japan, etc) that might want to 'withdraw' troops or question Bush policy/sanity on Israel or a full assault on Najaf?

'In for a penny, in for a pound' as the Brits would say...

[daleo]

17. Yes, very timely

One wonders if Fat Ossama has found his voice, once more.

[Philestine]

21. What the British say

Indeed, we do say "in for a penny, in for a pound"

We also say "One man's meat is another man's poison"

and "Don't put all your eggs in one basket"

Perhaps we ought to update our archaic phrases.

"Never trust a man with carpet burns on his knuckles and a Dick at his right hand"

would work quite well

[cal04]

16. Blair Turns Blind Eye to Differences with Bush

British Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites) publicly turned a blind eye to policy differences with President Bush (news - web sites) over Iraq (news - web sites) and the Middle East ahead of Friday talks with the U.S. leader in Washington.

Their meeting falls during a surge in casualties, killings and kidnappings of foreigners in Iraq and days after Bush unveiled a major policy shift in the Middle East that Blair has opposed in the past. But the British leader said the two close allies shared a common goal in Iraq, and he hoped Bush's Middle East initiative would help unblock the long-stalled peace process.

In Iraq, "obviously the common aim and purpose is what is crucial," Blair told reporters in New York after talks with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan (news - web sites).

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=3&u=/nm/20040416/ts_nm/bush_blair_dc

[burrowowl]

18. OMG

Don't post things like this. The tea went up my nose, I started rolling on the floor laaughing, then had to go to the bathroom fast so as not to pee in my pants.
Boo$h is a 'moran', but Bair is an IDIOT! (What a waste of IQ)