Under the headline "Wielders of mass deception?" on the cover of this week's Economist, President Bush sits, stroking his chin, mouth covered by his right hand, his brow furrowed, with an atrabilious, melancholy look that seems to say, "Now what?" Seated next to him is a chapfallen British Prime Minister Tony Blair, weary head propped up by his left hand, whose unspoken thought could easily be, "I'm not his poodle, but no one believes me."