We have met the Fockers and they are us

This revelation, in a new book about how Britain's Tony Blair was "seduced" by President Bush into supporting the Iraq War, speaks volumes about how we got so far off course.

Their first meeting in Febuary 2001, soon after President Bush took office, was expected to be tense. Blair had a close relationship with President Bill Clinton and many insiders in Blair's office had hoped Al Gore would succeed him.

But, author Christopher Meyer wrote that Blair and Bush seemed to hit if off immediately. And then, the leaders of the Free World relaxed:

That night, the Blairs watched the film "Meet the Parents" with the Bushes. Meyer wrote that Bush "split his sides" laughing when he heard that the character played by actor Ben Stiller was named "Gay Focker."

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