[Animal]

This guy is quite fascinating.

Ever since the initial attack on the US, Blair has been catering to the US, even at the possible cost of his career. This in itself is unusual for a British Prime Minister, but my initial impression of Blair was that he was a stout supporter of the European Union which makes this even stranger given Europe's general feelings towards the current conflict.

So what does Blair have to gain from this? In all likelyhood Britain will see little if anything at all, from supporting Bush so what drives him to continue supporting a decision that will most likely end up costing him his career?

Perhaps future considerations from the US, but for what? It can't be said that the UK and the US were ever considered close friends, and most likely if the UK where to call for a favour from the US in the future, it certainly wouldn't be "no strings attatched."

It seems as though since WW II, the relationship between the two, although civil, has certainly been stretched quite thin, with the UK usually getting the worse end of most deals, so again, what does Blair stand to gain from his strong support of Bush?

[ 03-18-2003, 08:52 PM: Message edited by: Animal ]