From: John Cuccia 

On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:15:03 +0100, "Phil Payne"
 wrote:

>http://reuters.myway.com/article/20060913/2006-09-13T230611Z_01_L1341215_RTRID
ST_0_NEWS-SECURITY-BLAIR-DC.html
>
>"Blair, U.S. President George W. Bush's closest ally in the so-called war on
>terror, said the world urgently needs the United States to help tackle the
>globe's most pressing problems."
>
>
>Well, fine.  But the most interesting bit comes later:
>
>"'The strain of, frankly, anti-American feeling in parts of European
>politics is madness when set against the long-term interests of the world we
>believe in,' he said."
>
>I'd like to pick out "the world we believe in".
>
>It's about this "god" idea.

Where did you get that?  I didn't see a single mention of god or religion
in the piece.  It is much more likely that he was referring to Western
faith in liberal democracy rather than to religious faith.

I think that  Blair's real problem is a gross overestimation of the limits
of superpower-dom in today's world.

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