"BUSH ADMINISTRATION officials telephoned Downing Street repeatedly during 2002 to encourage then prime minister Tony Blair to dissuade George Bush from invading Iraq, Mr Blair's chief of staff told the Iraq inquiry yesterday." “We had calls even from people in the White House saying, ‘Get the prime minister on the phone to the president: there's a danger of him going ahead',†Jonathan Powell told the five-member inquiry team. Blair asked to deter Bush from war, inquiry told - The Irish Times - Tue, Jan 19, 2010 Wow... Someone in the White House could see the madness...