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# Time for U.S. to follow Europeans
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/time-for-u-s-to-follow-europeans-editor/
- Published: 2007-07-05T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:13:29.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By John O. Legreid Santa Monica*

Of the major European countries, France, Germany and Russia, wised up to the Blair-Bush war in Iraq before it started. Spain and Italy backed out when they realized they could be hurt for backing such an ill-conceived ploy. Now, even the Labor Party in England has wised up and told Tony Blair to take a walk. Canada would not even support Blair from the start.

Is there any hope for the Republican party to see a Bush liability as they did with Nixon? Or should this fraction called party loyalty drag the Republican Party and the whole country into a mess we will not recover from?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 5, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/070507.pdf?ref=smdp.com)