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July 24, 2005
The Paradox of Teflon Tony
British columnist Andrew Rawnsley made the following observation in a July 24, 2005 article in The Observer of London: Here is the paradox: they blame his war, but they rate him more. Pollsters are reporting that a majority of people think there is a connection between the war in Iraq and terror in London, however stridently and insistently Tony Blair and his ministers refuse to acknowledge a link.
"And yet the Prime Minister who took Britain into Iraq is also enjoying the best approval ratings he has had since before the war," Mr. Rawnsley noted. "They judge him to be good in a crisis even when they think he bears some responsibility for that crisis."
Maybe that's why his Don, U.S. President George W. Bush, liked him as a partner in the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
See "Whatever you do, do mention the war" for more of Mr. Rawnsley's analysis.
Posted by Munir Umrani at July 24, 2005 05:53 PM
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