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| January 27, 2003 | McGuire, Stryker; Wolffe, Richard; Flynn, Emily; Theil, Stefan; McNicoll, Tracy | COPYRIGHT 2003 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

"This is no time to go wobbly, George." so said Margaret Thatcher, famously, when Iraqi tanks rolled into Kuwait in 1990 and Washington's initial response struck her as too tame. As the United States and Britain again prepare for war, some people think they see the tables turning. Is Tony Blair going wobbly on the elder Bush's son? Many hope so. Just a few weeks ago, war in Iraq looked imminent, perhaps no more than a few weeks away. Today the mood has oddly shifted, as though key players were having second thoughts. Nowhere has this been more noticed than in the seemingly unbreakable alliance between Britain and the United States. For the longest time, Britain's prime ...

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