Keep to the law, Blair tells Bush

[DUreader]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,995082,00.html


Tony Blair gave George Bush a strong warning
yesterday that he must follow proper legal
procedures in the military trial of two Britons held
at Guantanamo Bay who face the prospect of a
death sentence.

As 163 MPs signed a motion calling for the men to
be repatriated, the prime minister made his
unease clear when he demanded that the US
should observe the "proper canons of law".

"I quite agree that any commission or tribunal that
tries these men must be one conducted in
accordance with proper canons of law so that a
fair trial is both taking place and seen to take
place," he said as he faced intense questions in
the Commons.

The prime minister issued his rare rebuke to Mr
Bush in response to the president's formal ruling
last week that Moazzam Begg and Feroz Abbasi
should face a military trial at Guantanamo Bay in
Cuba.

[MaineDem]

1. Now Tony knows how we feel

Keep pressuring him, please, Tony!

[tonyblurr]

2. Her eally meant ....Keep to the Lawn

[tonyblurr]

3. Tony Blairhead

Tony Blairhead : He's So MACHO isnt she?

[sonias]

4. Oh you'll do what Tony?

I wish that I could believe that blair actually had some control or could move the bu$h boy to do something, but it's just rhetoric to save his political skin in the UK. blair is the lap dog; he will eventually sit down and wait for his next command from the regime.

"kangaroo court presided over by the Pentagon" True but laws don't apply to this regime tony. They are above the law, or will bend, break, stretch or even change the laws to suit their needs. Who's gonna stop them?

Sonia

[indepat]

5. My, my, is the kettle calling the pot

black? Keep the law? What a farcical comment!

[IndianaGreen]

6. From one war criminal to the other

This is like Mussolini lecturing Hitler on human rights!

The only reason Blair said anything at all is because he is finding himself increasingly isolated, surrounded by hostile backbenchers, Tories, and Liberal Democrats.

We are seeing the beginning of the end of Blair.

BTW, Bush is not going to listen to Blair.

[goforit]

7. Well well well,...Who's calling the kettle black? They deserve each other

LOL!!!!!!!!

[JoFerret]

8. They do deserve each other

but I like to believe that Blair began with some decent principles, intelligence and vision. AWOL? None I can discern.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

9. Blair WAS Principled

Blair was once a highly principled idealistic progressive, then he met Dubya!!!

[tinnypriv]

14. Thats a joke

He was always a New Labour fiscal centerist and liberal hawk, and he still is. Your president has nothing to do with it.

[AntiCoup2K4]

10. Even poodles can bite, if they get pissed off

If Blair turns on Junior he won't have any friends left at all.

[Nambe]

11. Look out for that choke chain poodle.

Your master has no morals.

[austinboy]

12. Poor Poor Tony

This is such a lame attempt at getting back into the good graces of the Brits. Tony is really reaching...bush isn't going to do what he asks and he knows that. What phoney posturing!! :eyes:

[grytpype]

13. Maybe Britain can use this as an excuse to withdraw from Iraq.

I've been waiting for Brits to start clamoring for an exit from Iraq, maybe this will give them the cover they need.

[tinnypriv]

15. Eh?

This is the same guy who has a bunch of people locked up without trial, and withdrew from the EU convention on Human Rights so he could do just that?

Nice one Bliar - more bare-faced cheek.