Bush 'brainwashed' Blair over Iraq

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair was in favour of announcing a timetable to pull troops out of Iraq, but was "brainwashed" out of it by US President George W. Bush, Iraq's Vice President said in a speech in New York today.

Tareq al-Hashemi told New York's Council on Foreign Relations that when he spoke to Mr Blair about three months ago, the British leader was supportive of his appeal for the US and Britain to say when they would withdraw.

"I had just convinced him," Mr Hashemi said. "He promised he was going to discuss the subject with President Bush, but at the end of the day, it's quite unfortunate, that your president (made) some sort of brainwashing of Mr Blair."

But Mr Hashemi also said any withdrawal of troops should be conditional on US training of Iraq's security forces.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20956638-1702,00.html

Brainwashing takes some skill & credibility on the part of the 'washer. Bush's diplomatic & persuasive skills stop at intimidation.

Now he's brainwashed him, to keep him from getting out.

Sounds to me like there's an island nation lacking in sound leadership.

soul...then the "charm" is upon you.

Give me a break! Blair is a grown man...it was his choice to become "Bush's Poodle." BLECH!!!

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Shouldn't the "brainwasher" be smarter than the "brainwashee"??

isn't any brain matter between the two of them.

Blair has a much bigger vocabulary than Bush, but I'm more and more convinced that his actual brainpower is pretty negligable. This is a guy who continually gets outwitted by a retarded chimpanzee.