Tony, Tony, Tony

Blair, much like Bush, is incapable of accepting his own role in his demise. That the press played such a huge part in his initial rise in and subsequent domination of the British political scene is paid but short shrift in Tony's tirade.

Blair was one of the first political practitioners in the modern multi-media wonkiverse. His playing of the press made politics hip again, fun for all the family, a cool diversion from the gray Major days.

Now he plays the victim card, brought down by a feral pack of sensation chasing bile mongers.

Tony... not for nothing but, everyone with an ounce of intelligence knows you were played for a fool by some of the most dangerously idiotic sociopaths on the planet. Like a lot of Bush acquaintances you were dragged into a failure of epic proportions and rather than extracating yourself and your people from it, you continued right along even after it became painfully evident that the Iraq fiasco and your righteous sounding justifications for it were fraudulant.

The press was his ally right up until the time the search for WMD in Iraq proved fruitless. There, for the first time, a compliant, one could argue a glorifying and jingoistic, press questioned Britains association with this venture and he was found wanting. When a nation needed an explanation, he gave them Bush administration talking points, that may work over here in the US where the establishment media has pretty much lost all credibility but over there the fourth estate was still a functioning and vital part of the national dialogue and they weren't convinced.

Since 2001 the political roadside has become littered with victims, discards and schills from this malicious administration, I think Tony is just bitter that his legacy, which may have been great, will be forever tarnished by his support for Bush's War but, much like Bush, rather than blame himself, he's out looking for targets.