Diplomats start to panic over Britain's support for Bush

[Moloch]

British diplomats were said to be in "a panic" last night about the damage being done to Britain's reputation abroad because of Tony Blair's support for President George Bush on Iraq.

In an echo of the letter last month by 52 former diplomats protesting at support for US policy in the Middle East, some senior diplomats have privately urged the Foreign Office to distance the British Government from the Bush administration over the abuse of prisoners by US soldiers in Iraq.

A senior Foreign Office official said: "There are telegrams coming in. The diplomats are panicking a bit. Downing Street is determined to hold the line. We can't afford to panic now. To capitulate now would be disaster."

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=520734

[Say_What]

1. Oh my, more trouble for the Bush cabal...

...Last month, 52 former diplomats took the unprecedented step of writing a joint letter of protest, calling on Mr Blair to abandon his support for the Bush policy on the Middle East, warning him that it was "doomed''.

[FlemingsGhost]

2. When Blair goes down, it will seal BushCo.'s demise.

It's only a matter of time...

[gratuitous]

3. NOW they're starting to panic?

Wow, after watching all those James Bond movies, I rather thought of British leaders and politicians as a tuned-in bunch, sending Bond off to world trouble spots before a crisis got too big so he could resolve it. The diplomatic corps is only now waking up to the fact that Stupidhead and the Poodle have picked a fight with about a billion people, and there are a couple billion more who aren't going to side with the dopes?

Time to start writing your memoirs, boys. Set self-justification mode to 11.

[DoktorGreg]

4. Great plot for next Bond movie!

An evil band of occultists take over US government and Britan sends James Bond and saves the day.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. I write fiction for a living

I could not sell this plot even if I begged... it is THAT SIMPLE

[AP]

7. The RW are starting to panic because the more it looks like Kerry will win

the more they worry that Blair will get breathing room for complete redemption they'll never win the PM'ship again (without having to radically realign their platform).

[neverforget]

6. Even rats know when to leave a sinking ship.

[LiberalFighter]

9. More like lemmings... take a while before they become rats

[TrogL]

8. May I remind everybody...

Britain works on the Parliamentary system. All it takes is a Vote of Non-confidence to bring the whole government crashing down.

The sharks are circling.