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Time for the Dissed to Push Back
When the Bush administration disrespects U.S. allies, eventually they stop being diplomatic about it. I wouldn’t be surprised to know that the Bush administration had little confidence in the Iraqi Prime Minister. What surprises me is the leak of a classified memo from the national security adviser saying,
the reality on the streets of Baghdad suggests Maliki is either ignorant of what is going on, misrepresenting his intentions, or that his capabilities are not yet sufficient to turn his good intentions into action.
That isn’t even the worst leak of the week. Everyone knew that Margaret Thatcher made Britain Ronald Reagan’s dog. Tony Blair would have learned that lesson, right? In an oops-did-I-say-that-out-loud, a State Department analyst said this week that he was “a little ashamed” of the one-sided relationship between the US and the UK.
[W]e typically ignore them and take no notice — it’s a sad business.
Blair really needs his moment giving a speak like UK Prime Minister Hugh Grant in Love Actually, when he stood up to the menacing US President Billy Bob Thornton.
Prime Minister [Hugh Grant]: I love that word “relationship”. Covers all manner of sins, doesn’t it? I fear that this has become a bad relationship. A relationship based on the President taking exactly what he wants and casually ignoring all those things that really matter to, erm… Britain. We may be a small country but we’re a great one, too. . . . a friend who is a bully is no longer a friend. . . . since bullies only respond to strength, from now onward, I will be prepared to be much stronger. And the President should be prepared for that.
At some point, standing up and calling George Bush a devil is going to be the rule rather than the exception.
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