Blair is aware it would be easier for him if Bush were removed - Alterman

[dArKeR]

From the Communist Financial Times (I think):

It is hard to overstate the contempt with which Bush is viewed in some circles in Europe," reports Business Day. "He is regularly portrayed as irrationally belligerent, disdainful of allies, in thrall to special interests and rather stupid.
French President Jacques Chirac knows relations with Washington will not really improve until there is a new administration in the White House.  Meantime, Bush's chumminess with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder last week seemed rather strained. Even Britain's Tony Blair is aware it would be easier for him if Bush were removed by the US electorate before Blair's own voters punish him for being too close.
They may hope a demonstration of the US's functioning democracy will counter the simplistic anti-Americanism prevalent in Europe.  While it may not have functioned perfectly in 2000, it now has a chance to rectify the error.
(The author is Lawrence Freedman is professor of war studies and vice-principal (research) at King's College in London.)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3449870/

[Melodybe]

1. I'm loving it!! I knew the rest of the world would help us out!

First I find out the the Canadians are reading Chomsky, now this! Even Blair is about to turn on Bush. Ha Ha