(h/t Michelle Malkin)

Thank you Tony Blair. Now when will Bush step up and lash out at the haters. No, not those who "disagree" with his policies. I'm talking about the Dems and people around the world who call him a liar and elected Democrats who seem to exist for no purpose but to bash the president and obstruct anything and everything so that nothing ever gets done, and never suggest a plan or idea of their own. I know, defending himself can make it appear that he has something to be defensive of, and sinking to their level isn't usually the best idea. But we've had years of hate out of the left and the media gets an assist, and it's just been too much (look at the polls). Enough is enough, Bush needs to stop sitting back and taking it and hit back.

Anyway, his is what Blair had to say:

British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched a withering attack on Thursday on what he called "mad anti-Americanism" among European politicians.

Blair, U.S. President George W. Bush's closest ally in the so-called war on terror, said the world urgently needs the United States to help tackle the globe's most pressing problems.

"The danger is if they decide to pull up the drawbridge and disengage. We need them involved," Blair said, spelling out his political vision in a pamphlet published by The Foreign Policy Center think-tank.

"The strain of, frankly, anti-American feeling in parts of European politics is madness when set against the long-term interests of the world we believe in," he said...

...Responding to those who have criticized the White House, Blair said in his pamphlet: "The danger with America today is not that they are too much involved."

"We want them engaged. The reality is that none of the problems that press in on us can be resolved or even contemplated without them," he added.

He seems to be speaking to anti-Americanism in Europe in general, not just the UK. Sadly you won't have the leader of France talk like this for a couple more decades, once they've begun being fitted for their prayer mats and their women trying on Burkas, and they realize how screwed they are. Many other European nations aren't far behind either.