Just a little different angle with which to look at the whole Blair news conference. It seems that yesterday Al Gore made a speech in CA where he denounced the entire war on Iraq, saying that we should focus on our unfinished business in Afghanistan. Now for those of you who don't know, by votes alone, Gore should have been president rather than Bush, and is still Bush's biggest problem, politically speaking, in the US. Gore's comments had the White House up in arms, calling him a "hack" who is "out of touch" with the rest of American sentiment, which is at best a huge exageration. This move into Iraq is NOT unilaterally supported in the US, and Gore was speaking for a very large number of Americans when he made his speech. It just seems ironic that Blair suddenly has all of this proof now to support Bush. We have seen before the "hand in hand" behaviour of the US and Britain. I just wonder if a well placed phone call from Mr. Bush didn't push Blair into making his sudden announcement. I would like to see some proof of what they are trying to shove down American and British throats right now.


Deb