I completely agree with your post ntsa,and have nothing but respect for Bush and Blair alike.I do not believe that Blair is Bush's lapdog,because unlike every other country in the world,Britain backs the US and has for a long time.It isn't a new occurence.Britain and the US have similar interests.The thing I find amazing,is it is the one country that the US doesn't feed and give constant medical aid is the one who always backs the US.If I recall correctly,if it wasn't for the huge amount of US and British lives given during WWII along with a small French resistance.Half of Europe would be one big Nazi state where unless you are of Aryan descent and of sound mental health by their standards you would be executed and/or experimented on.OK now lets say nothing happens and Iraq is allowed to continue researching and creating WMD.When Saddam starts launching nukes and bioweapons all over the Middle East and Europe,what two countries are going to take the blame for not acting fast enough?The same two countries that are always held too the worlds double standard.It's bullying if we act,and selfishness if we don't.I'd like to see what kind of shape the world would be in if the US and Britain cut off all trade except with each other,cut off the world from their military protection,quit sending billions of dollars of food all over the world,stop sending red cross volunteers and missionarys to give medical aid to impoverished and war torn countries.I think people should learn to respect the countries that do so much for them,and the people that live in those countries should learn to appreciate how easy they have it compared to some other nations,and exactly how well their governments are actually run.I think people in the US and Britain are actually a little too spoiled.It doesn't matter what kind of government you have,your life isn't going to be perfect,so start looking at your problems and figure out how you can fix it,rather than blaming it on your government and waiting around for them to solve it for you.I am proud to be a citizen of the US and if I was British would be equally proud to be a British citizen.For those of you who aren't,perhaps one day you'll have your wish and both governments will be overthrown,I just hope I'm not around when it happens.