In order to keep a thread which should be devoted to dispassionate sharing of information and compassion for the victims of a terrible incident from descending into nothing but another political flamewar let's move those ideas to THIS thread and avoid cross-posting.

I might as well get the ball rolling by suggesting one thing: Blair had a very set agenda for the G8 this year. It included African Debt Relief and Climate Change Policy. With one exception the entire G8 was pretty much behind him. By distracting Blair at the OPENING of the G8 summit it could potentially derail these proceedings. Make of this what you will.

Feel free to open fire.