Blair refuses to back Iran strike
BRIAN BRADY WESTMINSTER EDITOR
TONY Blair has told George Bush that Britain cannot offer military support to any strike on Iran, regardless of whether the move wins the backing of the international community, government sources claimed yesterday.
Amid increasing tension over Tehran's attempts to develop a military nuclear capacity, the Prime Minister has laid bare the limits of his support for President Bush, who is believed to be considering an assault on Iran, Foreign Office sources revealed. ...
According to the The Scotsman
This is the best news I've heard all week. Thank God for Tony. He finally stands up to dumbya and does something right.
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Steve Soto adds:
So much for that rhetoric from the Mighty Wurlitzer about the "weak" French, Germans, Russians, and Chinese. Without the Brits aboard for another trip down Suicide Lane, the Bush Administration is now totally isolated, and in light of the Hersh article, looking like a collection of crazy loons. Worse yet, an influential think tank in Britain, one that has Blair's ear, advises that Iran should be treated like Libya, and not Iraq, through a carefully crafted carrots-and-sticks approach.
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Note that the Blair Administration is seemingly ignoring the rhetoric from Condi Rice, and this speaks volumes about how we are viewed across the pond. There is no joined-at-the-hip symmetry between Bush and the Poodle this time, and if Blair isn't with him, then the remaining European players and the Chinese will at best give lip service publicly to Bush on Iran, if that.
This runaway train might be stopped yet! ihopehopeihopeipray