Yo, Blair Yo, Blair "Yo, Blair, what are you doing?" was an informal greeting reportedly made by United States President George W. Bush to British Prime Minister Tony Blair during the summit of the Group of Eight industrialized nations (G8) in St Petersburg, Russia, on 17 July 2006. The quote gained wide popularity across the media. Although the greeting was popularized as "Yo, Blair", American media outlets such as "The New York Times" and "The Washington Post" transcribed it as "Yeah, Blair", while several British journalists, including Simon Hoggart and John Rentoul, have characterised the "Yo, Blair" transcript as a "myth": In
International reactions to the 2006 Lebanon War Tony Snow. Bush also told UK PM Tony Blair that “We’re not blaming Israel and we’re not blaming the Lebanese government” in a conversation that was intended to be private, but was picked up by the G8 television network. On 15 July President Bush called upon Syria to exert its influence over Hezbollah militants to get them to “lay down their arms”. US President George W. Bush rejected calls for a ceasefire stating only that Israel should try to limit civilian casualties as it steps up attacks on its neighbor. On 15 July the United States sent a security team