Bush rejects ‘poodle’ talk

“I’ve heard he’s been called ‘Bush’s poodle’. He’s bigger than that,” he said. “We’re working together to achieve global peace in the face of enormous danger. This kind of thing is just silly ridicule”.

“Somehow our relationship has been seen as Bush saying to Blair, ‘jump’ and Blair saying, ‘how high?’ But that’s just not the way it works. It’s a relationship where we say we’re both going to jump together.” Daily Times

Re: Bush rejects ‘poodle’ talk

Except they have parachuets so at the end of the day they aren't the ones who'll be crashing into the jagged rocks below, just their fellow country men.