Bush and Blair - just threw up a little in my mouth

[mr blur]

For a brief moment in the ornate East Room of the White House yesterday lunchtime, it was just like the old days: the leaders of the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, all chummy and shoulder-to-shoulder again. Except that two of them were leaders no longer, having hitched their fortunes to the third. And the third, with one week remaining in power, had decided it was time to repay them.

In a furtively short ceremony, overshadowed by Hillary Clinton's confirmation hearings, George Bush awarded Tony Blair and John Howard the presidential medal of freedom, America's highest civilian honour, praising them as "the sort of guys who look you in the eye, keep their word, and tell the truth".

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So, the (still) leader of your country gives the ex-leader of mine your highest civilian honour for helping him in an obscene and illegal war.

Nice.

May they both be despised for ever.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jan/14/tony-blair-george-bush

[LeftishBrit]

1. Ugh

The American Mad King George rewards the British Benedict Arnold.

They will indeed be despised forever.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Steve Bell is suffering Bush/Blair withdrawal symptoms

He doesn't want it to end - he dated that cartoon '08', rather than '09'.

Good cartoon, though. We won't see many more of them. Sniff.

[ColbertWatcher]

3. Love the cartoon! n/t

[donnaming]

4. bliar

Blair looked a little squirmish there.
Deserved it

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

5. From the article~ "Blair beamed and said nothing, which was probably wise"

LOL. Too funny.