Bush doctrine revised: "You’re either with us or against us; though just pretending you’re with us is OK too…"

This week in Washington, President George W. Bush hosted his two ostensibly strongest allies in the war on terror. And, where British Prime Minister Tony Blair remained unyielding and unerring in his support – much to the chagrin of almost all Europeans, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki struck many as more foe than friend – much to the delight of almost all Arabs (and Persians).

NOTE: Where Bush may have regretted that his careless whispers were caught on an open microphone during the recent G8 summit in Russian, no one thinks Maliki harbored any such regret over his “faux pas” during his visit to Washington.

Tony Blair, Nouri al-Maliki, George Bush