Blair Must Speak Out to End the Bloodshed ; As the Us Secretary of State Arrives in the Middle East, Our Prime Minister Remains One of the Few Warning Voices to Whom President Bush Might Listen

Evening Standard - London › July 24, 2006

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THERE is something grotesque about George Bush as he watches Lebanon bleed.

But at least his paralysis is predictable. We know from the leaked G8 conversation that Tony Blair wanted to intervene. But he could not without Bush. Now he dare not even speak his mind. His paralysis is pitiable.

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Blair Must Speak Out to End the Bloodshed ; As the Us Secretary of State Arrives in the Middle East, Our Prime Minister Remains One of the Few Warning Voices to Whom President Bush Might Listen

At the weekend, Foreign Office minister Kim Howells condemned Israel's targeting of "the entire Lebanese nation". Downing Street has tacitly endorsed this view - yet is still powerless.

We are told Condoleezza Rice's arrival in the region means our great superpower has a plan. But Rice's ...

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