British PM Tony Blair has taken some major political risks in the UK with his support for war with Iraq. Regardless of your opinion of the war, we should be thanking Blair for keeping the extremist hawks like Wolfowitz and Rumsfeld at bay after 9/11.

The big question on everyone's mind is what happens when the war is over and Iraq needs to be rebuilt. The early signs of a rift between Bush and Blair over the role of the United Nations are already being revealed. If Blair draws the line in the sand and the coalition fractures, will Bush give in and go along with the UN or will he defer to his Vice President and the imperialist faction over at the Defense Department? To Be Determined...