Blast from the Past

Today at our class, we were talking about the EU Institutions, specifically the European Council, and the teacher told us about some news about the election of president of the European Council, and the best candidate for it was Tony Blair, ex prime minister of the United Kingdom.
I found this interesting picture in the London Times that really shows what we saw in class, im going to explain this cartoon:
The United Kingdom (Tony Blair) has been viewed as a pro-americanist nation rather than a pro-european member, a clear example of this has been the support of the UK to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, sending thousands of troops along with the US army.
This cartoon tells us how the UK, in particular Tony Blair will the lead the European Union into an armed conflict even though the bast mayority of the european members are against war.

• The hat represents the one Napoleon used in war
• The horse represents the 4 horses of Apocalypsis, said by the Bible, meaning destruction or an end.

What this cartoon is telling us too is that thanks to the firm Ireland confirmed of the Lisbon Treaty, now all member states will probably choose Blair as the president of the EU.
What an irony, because Blair being pro-americanist, how can he rule the EU being all members of the EU agains the US and war?