Quitters never win - but they don't lose, either

Dear Tony,

We were all really sad to hear about you deciding not to continue in your current occuption of leading your country of origin. But, really, we totally understand that you've been in an increasingly untenable situation - like the equivalent of keeping the Spice Girls together, were it that Posh et all were world leaders as well as pop divas; destroying lives with bombs, but saving souls with song.

Really now, the good folks at home who initially put you into power just won't stand for anymore blood on their hands; as it is, the English are right up there with the French and Spanish (with the US hot on everyone's heels) as colonial powers who've been at the root of unquantifiable destruction and misery. Of course, no one expects the madness to end with your leaving (though it's hard to believe that there are tools that think everything will be fine once GWB is out of office), but that's not really the point, is it?

Look, we all know that we're pretty well at the mercy of the US, and you personally can't be faulted for tagging along like an obnoxious little brother. So maybe it's best that it ends like this.

Respectfully,
The rest of the world, C/O Shirty