Blair, ever Bush’s lapdog, is essentially complaining abut media coverage of the US government’s shortcomings in the aftermath of Katrina while at a conference on peace and development convened by Bill Clinton. Ever the diplomat, Clinton agreed, wishing the media had counterbalanced the no-holds-barred reportage on Bush’s failures with coverage of acts of individual heroism in the disaster response. No surprises. The only real bit of new news appears to be this conjecture:
“Blair’s remarks, as reported by Murdoch, are sure to aggravate the already difficult relations between the prime minister’s government and the BBC.
A government weapons expert, David Kelly, killed himself in 2003 after he was revealed as the source for BBC allegations that intelligence on the Iraqi threat was exaggerated to secure public support for the US-led war.” (Yahoo! News)
