>>>According to the BBC Tony Blair is expected to announce on Wednesday that the last British troops in Iraq will be phased out. 1500 of the remaining 7000 UK troops in Iraq will be called home soon and the rest on a schedule to be defined.
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>>Nuts you beat me to this. Ironic that he told the US Prez before telling his own parilment. But maybe that's what lapdogs are trained to do.
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>Supposedly one of Blair's speechwriters joked that they should all start, "My fellow Americans...."
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>>>It never really was an international coalition like the first Gulf War. IMO this seals it that the U.S. is going this alone. We're the last to figure out what a bad idea this was.
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>>>Tony Blair can't be announcing this for political reasons because his career has already been wrecked by his steadfastness with the U.S. in Iraq. He is an even lamer duck than President Bush. In the end he is doing what he thinks is right. Good for him.
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>>I wonder if he is doing this to cleanse Iraq from his legacy?
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>Too late for that.

Yep. A poodle is a poodle is a poodle.