Brits Backing Out?

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[medscribe]

Hmmm...looks like Rummy and W are giving Tony Blair political cover.

[ewing]

And he deserves some after all the water that he has carried for us in the International Community during this process.

Unlike the Frenc we don't leave Allies twisting in the wind..

[dinok]

So much for Tony's Churchillian stature.

The longer we wait...the more support we will loose.

[Bulldogs22]

Too many liberal grandmothers in Parliment.

[OldFriend]

Blair appears to have aged 20 yrs practically overnight.

What a shameless bunch of wusses the Brits have become. We should have known from their hysterical carrying on when Diana died that they had lost all their courage and backbone.

[TLBSHOW]

Blair still losing support over Iraq
By Peter Riddell and Philip Webster

Times poll shows Prime Minister is failing to make the case for war


Under pressure: Tony Blair shows the strain of the past few weeks facing questions by an audience at the Foreign Office yesterday

TONY BLAIR’s campaign to win public backing for a war on Iraq appeared to be faltering last night. The latest Populus poll for The Times showed that despite an intense campaign to drum up support, backing for the conflict was falling among Labour supporters, women and the professional middle classes.
The survey, undertaken between Friday and Sunday, underlines the huge task facing Mr Blair in winning over the public and suggests that he could not do so without a second United Nations resolution.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-606746,00.html

[choicenotecho]

Will there always be a Britain...stay tuned.

[Churchillspirit]

The only person in this crisis with Churchillian stature is George W Bush.

[Anti-Bubba182]

"(CBS) Sources tell CBS News that Great Britain – America's closest ally – may find it politically impossible to commit its military to a U.S.-led attack on Saddam Hussein. And that could force the United States to go it alone in Iraq..."

Since when do we trust anything out of CBS news.

[ellery]

I'm suddenly feeling quite nauseous.

[ewing]

What are these armnament benchmarks that they want?

Saddam is already building more Al Samoud missiles and exchanging old engine parts on the ones he is detroying..

[MadIvan]

The data is more complex than what you're making it out to be - from that article:

About a half the public (52 per cent) agrees that Britain should join military action only if there is a new UN resolution. This compares with 62 per cent a month ago. This decline is largely because of a rise from 11 to 19 per cent in the number saying that Britain should join military action against Iraq regardless of whether there is a new UN resolution.

And:

However, Mr Blair’s leader rating has improved over the past month and he is now ahead of both the other main party leaders. This reflects increased support both from Labour and, particularly, from Tory voters.

Blair is being set up by the pollsters. And this outfit is left wing. Don't help them.

Regards, Ivan

[Robert_Paulson2]

We all appear to be backing off rather quickly as well...

[Russell Scott]

Great point!

[TLBSHOW]

what paper there is alright if any?

[Mo1]

So much for Tony's Churchillian stature.

Don't give up on Tony yet, he has done a good job standing by our side

[Neets]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

I for one am SICK AND TIRED of all this hysterical hand wringing over EVERY SINGLE LITTLE report that passes the newswire...

...this will happen, it will be successful..and EVERYONE Iraqi's, Americans, and the BRITS will all be the better for it.

[CathyRyan]

Ivan,

Thank you!

[MEG33]

I hope if there is no 18th UN resolution Great Britain is with us when we go to war.