Bush 'brainwashed' Blair on Iraq pullout - Iraq VP

[babylonsister]

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=8700

December 19th, 2006 5:28 pm
Bush 'brainwashed' Blair on Iraq pullout - Iraq VP

By Michelle Nichols / Reuters

NEW YORK - British Prime Minister Tony Blair was in favor of announcing a timetable to pull troops out of Iraq, but was "brainwashed" out of it by President George W. Bush, Iraq's vice president said on Tuesday.

Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi told New York's Council on Foreign Relations that when he spoke with Blair about three months ago, the British leader was supportive of his appeal for the United States and Britain to say when they would withdraw.

"I had just convinced him," Hashemi said. "He promised he was going to discuss the subject with President Bush, but at the end of the day, it's quite unfortunate, that your president (made) some sort of brainwashing of Mr. Blair."

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[tanyev]

1. Brainwashed or blackmailed?

The second one seems more likely.