Sir,
The illiberals are so predictable, just wanting lots killing. I suppose it could be just that most of us, that is non beneficiaries of the Manifest Destiny military-industrial complex or jingoistic militarists, do not get some satiation of primitive vicarious blood lust & spoils. Brown is just a more subtle neo-colonialist of the Kipling school.

SC, London, United Kingdom

Donald from New York, I'm right there with you!! I once admired Tony Blair, much as I used to admire John McCain and Colin Powell. My respect for Mr. Blair peaked immediately after 9/11 but it soon fell adrift when it became apparent that he was towing the GOP line just like McCain and Powell did for so long. I do hope that Mr Brown will not fall into that same rut but will stand up for the British people and show some real leadership, something Mr Bush is incapable of. As to my fellow Tucsonan, T, yes there are people who want to kill us. There alwasy will be acores of them now that we target the WRONG people! We started out true and focused on Afghanistan but for reasons based purely on profit, oil, and personal religiosity Bush targeted Iraq. In case you haven't heard the US is building a 100 acre embassy in Baghdad! And this project is ahead of schedule at the cost of over $100 BILLION while innocent Iraqis are still without water, sewage, hospitals, and electricity!

Leah, Tucson, Az, USA

Thank Allah for PM Brown!

Those who love truths and freedom from religion-inspired tyranny should warmly welcome PM Gordon Brown's understanding and strong support for President Bush's difficult war against Islamic Terrorism. Muslims must thank Allah, as the Iraqi sheiks are belatedly realizing, who are the Iraqis' real friends. If they still do not know, they should ask those who have celebrated in Iraqi cities the great fairy-tale victory of the Iraqi football team in the Asian Football Cup final! Allahu Akbar!!
Submitted by Mr Oh Tham Eng, Jul 31, 2007 (Singapore)

Oh Tham Eng, Singapore, Singapore

Gordon you are doing your nation proud by, finally, striking a diplomatic balance between the US and morality.

Adam, London, UK

You liberals are so predictive. You just dont get that people want to kill you! Gordon is not Bushs puppet nor was Blair. They share a common goal to rid the middle east and the world of extremists. Maybe if you had friends die in the massacre on Sept, 11 you would feel the sorrow that we do. I hope all is well in your countries and you dont face the grim reality of thousands dying in the name of a bogus religious view.

T, Tucson, USA

Thank Allah for PM Brown!

Those who love truths and freedom from religion-inspired tyranny should warmly welcome PM Gordon Brown's understanding and strong support for President Bush's difficult war against Islamic Terrorism. Muslims must thank Allah, as the Iraqi sheiks are belatedly realizing, who are the Iraqis' real friends. If they still do not know, they should ask those who have celebrated in Iraqi cities the great fairy-tale victory of the Iraqi football team in the Asian Football Cup final! Allahu Akbar!!

Oh Tham Eng, Singapore, Singapore

Bush's war in Iraq has nothing to do with any war on terror - it is to do first with protecting America's oil resources, and second finishing the job that Bush senior failed to do. Why on earth is the UK in our name supporting this illegal action?
Al Qaeda wasn't even in Iraq before 2003 - the desperate tyrant Saddam Hussein made sure of that.

Adam Ninian, Glasgow, UK

Mr Bush is digging himself a very deep hole, i hope Mr Brown doesn't fall into it.

Mohammed, London, UK

"Why the hell do either of them bother with a news conference?"

News conferences for George Bush are just another photo-op.

He probably has hundreds of thousands of photos of him where he has used wounded soldiers (but not those who are severly wounded), people who lost eveything in Hurricane Katrina, old people, captive audiences at military academies, soldiers, young people, black inner city school children, the old fools from the American Legion who would step on their grandchildren for the opportunity for a photo-op with him, the hole at the WTC in NY, etc. Nothing is sacred when there is a chance to get that photo.

The thing is, none of these people who are used as props get anything in return. Just look at New Orleans.

The UK does not need another poodle. Make sure that Brown know that the people in the UK will not tolerate him kow towing to Bush.

Sammy, Detroit, MI, USA

Thank you Mr. Prime Minister. Stating your acknowledgement of the existence of a war on terror in Iraq, yet taking a slightly modified approach on dealing with it. May it prove to be a model for dealing with the military situation in Iraq, the Iraqi Parliament and its citizens. Avoiding or ignoring the enemy will not solve the attacks from terrorist on the global platform. Recognizing the assistance required to help a young nation to organize and develop its democratic government allows one to set correct expectations. Our microwave society expects things to occur on an instance or to just add water. We think everything should be simple to solve, yet in our own communities there are issues with health, education, crime, economy and yes even our own politics. After centuries we still have problems all deciding direction, issues to address and who is best qualified to be in charge. Anyone have a pill we can give them and we can all go back to sleep?

Manny, Dallas,

We don't want another airborne, charasmatic, world problem solving soothsayer. Brown needs to stick closer to home as we have quite enough internal problems for him to solve - including being led by the nose by our so-called European colleagues, particularly France and Germany. We don't want furher immigration until the present problem of overstayers and illegals is solved. We don't even want to stay in the EU and that's why we're not being given a chance to vote on the rehashed constitution. Brown doesn't ask the question because he wants to avoid the unanimous answer - NO.

trevorjd, Torbay, Devon

The body language at their press conference was interesting, as was the content of what both men said. I'm cautiously hopeful that Brown might just turn out to be a better statesman than either Blair was or Bush will ever be. Time will tell.

jo adam, wales,

As an American I hope that there will not be any new enablers of the fool that is our current President. It was disappointing to view the press conference of Bush-Brown and to see the smiling seemingly acquiescent Brown. How much longer can this travesty go on?
RR, Princeton, USA

RR, Princeton/NJ, USA

Frankly, this American would have liked to hear Gordon Brown tell Bush to go to hell by pointing out to W that the invasion had nothing to do with the so-called "War on Terror"; that Bush went into Iraq with no understanding of -or desire to understand apparently - the history or culture of the region (surely Blair tried to give George a quick history of the British experience there?); that Bush deliberately used trumped-up intelligence, deliberate lies and much obfuscation as his reason for going in; that the US military under Rumsfeld had no viable plans for the war, occupation or aftermath of the conflict; that if al-Qa'ida is, in fact, now operating in Iraq it's Bush's own fault they're there because Bush removed a strong-willed dictator who was at odds with that terrorist organization. And, finally, if Bush had expended half his energies on settling the Israeli/Palestinian State problem, he'd have made a real contribution toward eliminating radical Islamic terrorism in the West.

Donald, New York,

The writer of this article " Brown walks a tightrope on Terror" seems to have fallen for Bush's ploy, that if he keeps throwing round buzz words, "terror" being his favourite, then Gordon Brown and everybody else will eventually forget that terrorism had absolutely nothing to do with the invasion of Iraq, and follow on in his "whacking a wasp nest with a stick" approach to international affairs.

Would be nice to see Brown differentiate himself from Blair and not jump straight into Bush's lap over international affairs and a misguided war that everyone seems to have forgotten the justifications behind.

Sam, London,

So Brown is finally saying one thing whilst his advisors say another...who said that Labour Spin was over?

We're beginning to see a trend here...Tony has passed the batton to Gordon..

daverichards, Ealing,

Why the hell do either of them bother with a news conference.

If they both keep their big traps shut then they reduce the possibility of misunderstanding and the rest of the rubbish published in the news.

I would really understand a press release saying "We chatted, we understood what each other said, we don't totally see eye-to-eye on everything, but we can both live with that and get on with lives".

David, Dubai, UAE

The Prime Minister tells us that the world owes a debt to the USA for it's fight against terrorism.

As it was US foreign Policy that created todays brand of terrorism - what exactly are we thanking the US for? The loss of our troops in Iraq - surely we thank Blair for that. Friendly Fire? 7/7 ?

Would it not be nice if we in the UK could vote for a party that would not support the war, and importantly, move the UK away from the US.

Chris, Norwich, UK

Nice to have a dignified Prime Minister to represent Britain after so long.

The silence from Blair and his cowboy rustlers is just heaven.

K. Urban, London, UK

The problem with people who write spin for politicians is that they are stuck in a rut - they seem to have run out completely of new ways of spinning the words - as is evident from the reported statements made above. It's becoming overwhelmingly tedious. Are there no new spinners out there to lighten our mornings in future?

john problem, harpenden,