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Viewing cable 07SAOPAULO404, MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: UK, TONY BLAIR STEPS DOWN; SAO

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07SAOPAULO404 2007-05-16 09:39 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo 
VZCZCXYZ0001
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSO #0404 1360939
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 160939Z MAY 07
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6916
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 8049
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 8055
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC 2781
 
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000404 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD 
 
DEPT PASS USTR 
 
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: UK, TONY BLAIR STEPS DOWN; SAO 
PAULO 
 
 
"Tony Blair's Debacle" 
 
Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo 
editorialized (5/12): "Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that he 
will not conclude his third term at a moment when only 22% of Brits 
declare trust in him. This has nothing to do with the unsteadiness 
of popular sentiment.  Blair can only blame himself for his debacle, 
more exactly of deserving the nickname of Bush's poodle. Not only as 
a result of his amazing and as of yet unexplained explained 
subservience to the worst of what the US has ever produced in terms 
of presidents and foreign policy, but also because he involved the 
UK in the insane war in Iraq and his government imitated his ally on 
the other side of the Atlantic in disseminating untruths about the 
danger represented by Saddam Hussein's imaginary arsenal of mass 
destruction and links with Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda." 
McMullen