Blair issues clarion call against US isolation

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Source: AFP

Prime Minister Tony Blair began his last trip here as British leader Wednesday, armed with a parting shot to global opinion that US isolation would make a restive world far more dangerous.

President George W. Bush greeted his closest foreign ally warmly before the two headed into a private dinner that aides said would be dominated by talks about the US-led "war on terror."

Blair looked startled by a barrage of flashes from photographers chronicling his last White House meetings with Bush before he steps down on June 27, after a decade in power. "You're a famous person," his host quipped.

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"The biggest danger is if America disengages, if it decides to pull up the drawbridge and say to the rest of the world, 'Well you go and sort it out.' We need America engaged."

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[Greeby]

1. Look, Broon is leader now, so why don't you piss off?

:eyes:

[T_i_B]

5. Blair doesn't leave No. 10 til June 27th

The timetable for the Labour leadership contest did not take into account the fact that a certain Chancellor of the Exchequer is running unopposed. Hence he stays for a few weeks yet.

[Maccagirl]

2. Hey Tony, how about we need an administration

that doesn't fuck everything up.

[uppityperson]

3. the problem, Tony, is not the rest of the world disengaging from the USA

The problem is the madmen running this country not giving a rat's ass about the rest of the world.

"Obviously my relationship with President Bush has been of a different order and a different nature, because it's September 11-governed."

See, Tony, that's another problem. The rest of the world's relationship with Mrbush is not just dependent upon 1 day, not just governed by 1 day of 1 year.

[saigon68]

4. Bye Bye Poodle