Harder to distance themselves?
Bush looked like he was doing a good job of it in that joint announcement just before. The whole time he looked like he was about to fart but thinking "Mustn't fart on TV, mustn't fart on TV" rather than "Remember - look stern yet appropriately sorrowful."
(Tetsuo, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 13:34, archived)

pffft
I meant it'd be harder for the other nations to distance themselves enough to not be dragged into the "war on terror" or say securing Iraq so Coallition toops are free to sack Iran.
( hanke murphy, I'm a mess, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 13:38, archived)