[theapportioner]

I wonder how Blair will come out of this. For now, he's starting to resemble a handpuppet.

I have heard speculated that it was largely the doings of Powell and Blair that led to the multilateral push by the US (albeit ceremonial). If this is the case, then Blair is more than just the dog that he is suggested to be.

Could Blair buckle under pressure? Perhaps if the pressure is unrelenting. The US and UK have toned down the rhetoric in response to the protests but I don't think the Brits would fall for that one.