Iran isolating itself by mistreating seized sailors: Blair

British Prime Minister Blair is unflinching in this classic showdown with a deliberatively provocative rogue regime in Tehran.

"I really don't know why the Iranian regime does this [show captives on TV]," because it just arouses disgust, he told reporters Friday.

However, when will the ultra-sophisticates in the West rear up to douse British patriotism in a flood of guilt-ridden angst, quivering over possible 'resentment'?