Jimmy Carter almost calls Blair 'Bush's poodle'

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2007/05/jimmy_carter_cl.html

President Jimmy Carter didn't exactly call departing Prime Minister Tony Blair "Bush's poodle" during a BBC interview, but came about as close as you can without doing so.


Former US President Jimmy Carter has criticised outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair for his "blind" support of the war in 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".

His comments came as Mr Blair paid what is likely to be his last visit to Iraq.


It was during Blair's trip that insurgent mortar shells dropped on the Green Zone, causing one injury to someone inside the protected area.