We don't mind and Australia doesn't matter

Sir Christopher Meyer, former British ambassador in Washington, blames Prime Minister Tony Blair for not slowing the Bush administration's rush to war in 2003. Meyer implies that he could see that the Bush team was poorly prepared for the aftermath, and says that a delay of a month or several months would have allowed this problem to be addressed.

Tidbits: Irving Lewis Libby, Cheney's then chief of staff, told Meyer that Britain is "the only ally that matters."
This is Neocon doctrine, which holds that the US, Britain, and Turkey are the only permanent partners in war, whereas other allies can be brought in or cycled out at will. Berlusconi must feel badly used. (And the Turks rather let Libby down . . . )

Karl Rove, Bush's political adviser, told Meyer that an Iraq War could be delayed until September of 2003, and that the delay would have no impact on the presidential campaign. JUAN COLE.

See defeat remains an orphan...unless they are an un-indicted co-conspiratoral turd.