In an interview with the BBC, former president Jimmy Carter criticizes soon-to-be former prime minister Tony Blair for his subservience to George Bush and the disastrous Bush invasion and occupation of Iraq.
"Mr Carter told the BBC Mr Blair's backing for US President George W Bush had been "apparently subservient". He said the UK's "almost undeviating" support for "the ill-advised policies of President Bush in Iraq had been a major tragedy for the world". "
See my post on May 18, 2007, on the embarrassing adoration apparent in the eyes of Tony Blair for George Bush. No wonder British newspapers refer to Blair as "bush's poodle."
The BBC reports:
"Mr Carter said that if Mr Blair had distanced himself from the Bush administration's policy during the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq it might have made a crucial difference to American political and public opinion . . . . "So I think the combination of Bush and Blair giving their support to this tragedy in Iraq has strengthened the effort and has made the opposition less effective and prolonged the war and increased the tragedy that has resulted." "
