Know Your Enemy

"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient".

Former US president Jimmy Carter's view of Tony Blair's relationship with George Dubya.

Having been subsequently labelled "increasingly irrelevant" by a White House spokesman, Carter has since claimed his comments were "careless or misinterpreted". Hard to see the latter, Jim - in which case, long may you continue to say "careless" things, just stop apologising for them afterwards.