British Prime Minister Tony Blair blasted his fellow European politicians on Thursday for their anti-American "madness" in dangerous times as he urged a complete strategy rethink to defeat extremism.None of the world's most pressing problems could be fixed "or even contemplated" without US involvement, he wrote in a 37-page document spelling out the challenges facing the world and his answers for dealing with them. He urged the international community to unite around a shared set of values, tackling climate change and trade justice as well as extremist terrorism in the pamphlet "A Global Alliance For Global Values" for the Foreign Policy Centre, a Blairite think tank. "The strain of, frankly, anti-American feeling in parts of European politics is madness when set against the long-term interests of the world we believe in," Blair wrote.
"The danger with America today is not that they are too much involved. The danger is if they decide to pull up the drawbridge and disengage. We need them involved. We want them engaged. The reality is that none of the problems that press in on us can be resolved or even contemplated without them."