Dems, you better prepare for the next Blair betrayal...

[Capt_Nemo]

I think it is highly probable that tomorrow in his speech to the Congress
Tony the Phoney Bliar will attack the democrats that criticize the
Iraq conquest and occupation.
Democrats will not be able to defend themselves because that would
mean breaching the protocol of welcoming foreign leaders.
Something must be done if he stabs the Democrats in the back.

If things play out as I believe they will, tomorrow Blair will prove
beyond any doubt that he is a crook, a liar and a warmonger.

[T_i_B]

1. No he won't

Blair still claims to be a friend of the democrats and I doubt he would be so blatant. He will just give his usual We toppled an evil dictator blah blah blah platitudes. To do what you say he would do I think he would have to start off a civil war in the labour party first.

Trouble is he is a freind of the GOP now too and he does seem to be doing more than any other foreign leader to get Bush re-elected. Given how much the war is part of GOp election strategy he might as well have parachuted UK soldiers into key marginal areas of the US to leaflet for the GOP and terminate all Nader voters with extreme prejudice! :eyes:

[lcordero]

2. Blair has already exposed himself

And the Democrats owe him the exact courtesy that is owed to Bush and that means no courtesy whatsoever and certainly not the courtesy of civility.

[Peachhead22]

3. If that happened...

Blair would be far more guilty of a breach in protocol and diplomatic etiquette than any Dems who reponded in kind.

It's bad enough to critize one's own countymen and MPs for not agreeing with them. It's another thing altogether to go to another country's capitol and chastise that country's citizens and congressmen for that same thing.

On edit: spelling and grammar

[MUAD_DIB]

11. True.

If the poodle ever did anything like that it would be O V E R for him in England. His own party members would eat him for afternoon tea.

[Lexingtonian]

4. That's what the press is for

Expect some BBC coverage :D

[ewagner]

5. Hope Blair answers questions

I hope there is an opportunity for the American Press Corps to question Tony Blair.

Especially since CNN made mention a few minutes ago that Blair is now saying that his "independent intelligence" on Iraq trying to buy uranium from Africa is "probably true". I can't wait to hear him defend that!!!!!

[xxqqqzme]

8. along w/ all that OVERWHELMING

evidence Blair was going 2 produce..........soon......someday, real soon.........anyday now........will B produced......soon!

What-f*cking-ever! Tony Baloney!

[Lexingtonian]

6. That's what the press is for

Expect some BBC coverage of Democrats :D

[Exultant Democracy]

7. who knows what is going to happen

In the ridiculously optimistic world of my dreams I pretend that Clinton talked some sense into the guy last week. Then he would cut bait, sacrifice himself and take Bush with him, saving his own labor party in the process. That will never happen, but since fact and fiction have merged anyway there is no longer any reasonable way to predict how anyone will act, and how much the public will care.

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

9. Blair is "New Labor" - the DLC of Britain - the "Third Way"

Just like the DLC Republican-Lites here at home, Blair is a pro-corporate Tory-Lite version of the Labor party. Democrats shouldn't trust him at all.

[cspiguy]

10. it is breathtaking to see

how the leader of the UK could first be a Clinton buttboy and then become a Bush buttboy all in the same lifetime. Amazing.

[EAMcClure]

13. The clue is in the oath

The Prime Minister of Britain is sworn to uphold the best interests of the commonwealth and empire. Best interest is one of the subjective terms that these days usually boils down to "money." Britain stands to make a lot of money by standing with the premier wealth-generating nation through thick and thin. Plus, British government has an historically unhealthy fascination with Sumer and Mesopotamia. See Crusades.

Stand by your man, Tony.

[rman]

12. so there's no protocol of not offending the host?

.

[Cocoa]

14. there are plenty of war critics in the U.K.

including in his own party.

and he has to face them on a regular basis.

How does he handle his own critics, he doesn't attack them, does he?

[damnraddem]

15. Having Tony Blair attack one is a hell of an endorsement.

If he truly wanted to stab Dem politicos in the back, he'd praise them for supporting the Iraq Resolution last fall.

[damnraddem]

16. Having Tony Blair attack one is a hell of an endorsement.

If he truly wanted to stab Dem politicos in the back, he'd praise them for supporting the Iraq Resolution last fall.

[damnraddem]

17. Having Tony Blair attack one is a hell of an endorsement.

If he truly wanted to stab Dem politicos in the back, he'd praise them for supporting the Iraq Resolution last fall.