Tony Blair: Anti-Americanism "Madness"

In addressing the Australian Parliament, British PM Tony Blair said that the growing anti-American sentiment around the world is "madness" in the face of global security problems.

"The danger with America today is not that they are too much involved, the danger is that they decide to pull up the drawbridge and disengage. We need them involved. We want them engaged," he said.

Blair is right. I really don't think it would take too much for an American pullback around the world. I'm not convinced that Democrats would pull out of Iraq immediately even if they should somehow come to power, but they certainly would not take the lead in any future engagement (and certainly not without UN approval).