Just go home, George

What could be more hurtful than a close friend's ingratitude? His gratitude — at least if you're Tony Blair and the buddy in question is George W. Bush. Later today in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Bush is set to dole out a Presidential Medal of Freedom to Britain's former Prime Minister....

"It is for services rendered," former Secretary of State for Development Clare Short told the Times of London. This is not meant as a compliment.

[From As George Bush Gives Tony Blair a Medal, Britain Winces - TIME]