An Open Letter to Tony Blair
Dear Tony,
You’ve just been re-elected to a history-making third term as Prime Minister of Britain and you really don’t have to lick George Bush’s boots any longer. Although it’s too late to redefine your position supporting the U.S. on Iraq, it’s a watershed moment in the world’s approach to warming.
You are the Chairman of next month’s annual G-8 meeting in Scotland. Seven of the eight member countries are agreed on the wording of environmental standards. The lone holdout is America and George Bush’s unreasonable behavior toward Kyoto and the world environmental crisis.
Tell him to take a hike. There is absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain, including a lasting place in history as the man who would not back away when principle opposed financial greed and finally succeeded.
Juliet Eilperin’s shocking article, U.S. Pressure Weakens G-8 Climate Plan, in Friday’s Washington Post hammers away at the same old issue . . . that the Bush administration just doesn’t get it. We’re…