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You are here: Home / Foreign Affairs / British Still Waiting For Reciprocity

British Still Waiting For Reciprocity

by Tim F|  June 6, 20077:11 am| 15 Comments

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Tony Blair makes one last run at the football . Having whiffed every time so far, this may be the British PM’s last chance for even the tiniest American concession to justify his unwavering loyalty over Iraq. If and when he fails that poodle image will find itself indelibly etched on Blair’s gravestone.

For context, see my posts here and here.

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  1. 1.

    norbizness

    June 6, 2007 at 7:33 am

    “Sorry, Tony, accordin’ ta mah intelligence, Jesus is comin’ back in about 3 years, so let’s live it up!”

  2. 2.

    Punchy

    June 6, 2007 at 8:20 am

    Reuters is reporting this morn that Bush will give Blair the finger one more time over this.

    We really are “led” by a petchulant 4th grader.

  3. 3.

    Wilfred

    June 6, 2007 at 8:24 am

    Hell hath no fury like a well-bred poodle that gets an electric toothbrush rammed up… oops! I’m getting confused with the Scooter Libby and torture threads. Maybe Tony will bite back.

  4. 4.

    srv

    June 6, 2007 at 8:29 am

    Tony really is in LaLa Land. I can’t figure out if I should be embarrassed for the Brits or just hostile to them for their enablement.

    Perhaps GW is holding out for a Knighthood?

  5. 5.

    dslak

    June 6, 2007 at 9:03 am

    Perhaps GW is holding out for a Knighthood?

    He wouldn’t be the only person to have bargained for one.

  6. 6.

    Jake

    June 6, 2007 at 9:54 am

    Tony Blair will make a final appeal to George Bush to repay his loyal support over Iraq by signing up to a firm global target to cut carbon emissions at the G8 summit in Germany starting today.

    Boy Wonder must be thinking of some other George Bush. With this Bush the reward for loyalty is knowing you’ve been loyal even as the ship goes down and the flames rise up. And a shiny medal.

    Thank you for playing “Who wants to be a lap dog to an idiot?” Prime Minister. Please collect the few remaining scraps of your dignity on the way out.

  7. 7.

    Rome Again

    June 6, 2007 at 9:55 am

    We really are “led” by a petchulant 4th grader.

    Yes, we really are. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

    Hell hath no fury like a well-bred poodle that gets an electric toothbrush rammed up… oops!

    QQ – you DID just say that?

  8. 8.

    Rome Again

    June 6, 2007 at 9:57 am

    Boy Wonder must be thinking of some other George Bush. With this Bush the reward for loyalty is knowing you’ve been loyal even as the ship goes down and the flames rise up. And a shiny medal.

    Yeah, just ask Scooter Libby!

  9. 9.

    Tax Analyst

    June 6, 2007 at 10:41 am

    Boy Wonder must be thinking of some other George Bush. With this Bush the reward for loyalty is knowing you’ve been loyal even as the ship goes down and the flames rise up. And a shiny medal.

    Well, I don’t understand all the commotion…Y’all are SUPPOSED to fall on your sword for the KING. In fact, I just checked, you’re also supposed to fall on HIS sword if that’s what he needs to keep his diapers fresh.

  10. 10.

    Dave

    June 6, 2007 at 10:48 am

    It’s less taking a run at the football Charlie Brown style, and more battered wife syndrome.

  11. 11.

    tBone

    June 6, 2007 at 11:05 am

    Please collect the few remaining scraps of your dignity on the way out.

    Not possible. Cheney went through his pockets before he was allowed to leave.

  12. 12.

    Badtux

    June 6, 2007 at 11:19 am

    Sorry, no can do. Tony Blair’s gravestone is going to have one single word on it:

    ARF!

    Bush’s Poodle just found out what the First Dog Barney did — that Dear Leader has no problem with dropping his dogs like rocks… and in Blair’s case, he doesn’t even get to look at cute softball chicks while being dropped. Poor poodle!

    – Badtux the Snarky Penguin

  13. 13.

    Jake

    June 6, 2007 at 11:36 am

    In fact, I just checked, you’re also supposed to fall on HIS sword if that’s what he needs to keep his diapers fresh.

    Why does this mental image fill me with the urge to wash my hands?

  14. 14.

    Tony J

    June 6, 2007 at 11:55 am

    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Tony Blair doesn’t deserve a shred of sympathy. He sold British foreign policy to the Bush Regime for the same reason that he sold peerages to his big money friends and crippled the Labour Party as a progressive force.

    Personal profit in the form of post-Premiership lecture tours and cushy directorships.

    That’s the beginning, middle and end of his story.

  15. 15.

    Tax Analyst

    June 6, 2007 at 2:04 pm

    In fact, I just checked, you’re also supposed to fall on HIS sword if that’s what he needs to keep his diapers fresh.

    Why does this mental image fill me with the urge to wash my hands?

    That’s a GOOD sign, Jake. It means you couldn’t possibly work for this spoiled, petulant schmuck. Mr. “Bring ’em on”, who will fight this War to YOUR(or somebody like you – it really doesn’t matter if it’s actually you, ya’ know) last ounce of blood.

    The sooner EVERYONE washes their hands of this prick the better off the whole world will be.

    Tony Blair though, he’s gonna have to do some heavy duty scrubbing…probably on his tongue & lips, too

    Oh, and that “water” that Rush Limbaugh thought he was carrying for Dubyah? Uh-huh…you guessed it…

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