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...great subplot in the Iraq drama is the fate of Tony Blair. Blair represents precisely the alternative vision - Churchillian vs. Gaullist - of accepting and working with American leadership in the world. Chirac's U.N. stand has caused Blair huge political difficulties at home, where much of his own Labour Party opposes him on Iraq. If Blair can be politically destroyed, France will have demonstrated to the world the price of going with America - and defying France. Other players - such as the East Europeans, whom Chirac has already rudely threatened for supporting the U.S. - will have to think twice when deciding...
...great subplot in the Iraq drama is the fate of Tony Blair. Blair represents precisely the alternative vision--Churchillian vs. Gaullist--of accepting and working with American leadership in the world. Chirac's U.N. stand has caused Blair huge political difficulties at home, where much of his own Labour Party opposes him on Iraq. If Blair can be politically destroyed, France will have demonstrated to the world the price of going with America--and defying France. Other players--such as the East Europeans, whom Chirac has already rudely threatened for supporting the U.S.--will have to think twice when deciding...
...vision. Its walls are decaying from damp and it needs a new roof - which means that if London's famously inclement weather sets in, some members of the Old Vic audience are as likely to experience an indoor drizzle as a memorable performance. Spacey will be looking to the Labour government to pitch in with funds that it has previously denied the theater. As ever, he chooses his words carefully, and his message is straightforward: "We're putting together a company, we have an artistic director, we have a vision. Now help us fix the roof...
...long-term goals--that Britain should be at the heart of an attempt to make the European Union a dependable, strategic global partner for the U.S. Domestically, the threat comes not from the pitiful opposition Conservative Party but from the fact that many of his own Labour Party members are implacably opposed to a war without U.N. sanction--and even with it would support one only reluctantly. Historically, British Prime Ministers--think Margaret Thatcher--are just as likely to be tossed from office for splitting their parties as they are for losing elections. Blair has never been much loved...
...million people around the world are unemployed, according to the International Labour Organization...