More blitz spin . . . by Bush

President Bush has jumped on the British stiff upper lip/beat the blitz bandwagon. As USA Today notes today ("Britain places blame on Islamic extremists", by Noelle Knox), Bush made his comments on Monday at the FBI Training Academy in Quantico, Va., where he "praised Britons' response to the bombings. 'This week there's great suffering in the city of London. But Londoners are resilient. They have faced brutal enemies before. The city that survived the Nazi blitz will not yield in the face of thugs and assassins.'"

Meanwhile, here's the latest from the UK press's own coverage pushing the "national unity" and spirit of the blitz angles (wrapped around the national commemoration of Sunday's VE/VJ Day anniversary celebrations), as well as BBC's latest take on Londoners' blitz spirit: fact or myth?