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Americans have taken to lavishing extravagant praise on Tony Blair. Britain's prime minister remains popular at home, helped a good deal by the crazy suicidal tendencies of the enemy (the Tory party, not Al Qaeda), but this is nothing compared to the applause he gets in the United States. Lately, Americans have actually been phoning to thank me, and Britain in general, for our fine leader. Well, don't mention it. Really--do me a favor, and please don't keep mentioning it.
Are we all talking about the same Tony Blair, I wonder? Confusion does arise on this point, because there are so many Tony Blairs in circulation: deep moral thinker, man of action, `umble servant ...