Mark Steyn on Blair, Bush and the State of the Allies

The brilliant Mark Steyne captures the feelings and the consequences of the moment in a wonderful article posted in The Australian Opinion. Among the points he makes is that Britain will distance itself from the United States, at least for a while in the near future. An interesting article from a hell of a mind.

Mark Steyn: Blair is right on troops

Eighty per cent of the violence in Iraq takes place within 50km of Baghdad
February 23, 2007

ACCORDING to my dictionary, the word "ally" comes from the Old French. Very Old French, I'd say. For the New French, the word has a largely postmodern definition of "duplicitous charmer who undermines you at every opportunity".

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21269819-7583,00.html