Blair to Push Bush on Middle East

So Mr. Bush's Brit poodle will jump in his master's lap today, begging not for Liv-a-snaps but for someone better at diplomacy than Condi-kins. Here:

British Prime Minister Tony Blair will seek a U.N. Security Council resolution to resolve the fighting in the Middle East when he arrives in the United States to meet with President Bush on Friday, his spokesman said.

Blair will attempt to “increase the urgency” of diplomacy to end the violence between Israel and Hezbollah when he meets Bush in Washington, his spokesman told reporters on board Blair’s plane. He spoke on customary condition of anonymity.

Bush and Blair come together at the White House as consultations continue on a possible international peacekeeping force to stabilize the more than 2-week-old situation and supplement the Lebanese army. State Department counselor Philip Zelikow is working in Brussels with European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana and there were plans for meetings at the United Nations.

Will it work?

Nyah. Not unless Israel wants an exit, which they may although probably not quite yet, not if they've called up 30,000 reservists. But Bush isn't going to back down.