Tony Blair’s legacy is the Iraq war. That must be disappointing for a self proclaimed socialist who entered into our political consciousness as a fresh faced do gooder with a ‘New’ political agenda. He sounds old, defeated and stubborn these days.
Tony’s heels are firmly dug in. I’m sure he just wants people to stop asking tricky questions and to be left to his retirement.
The Iraq War inquiry is in progress in London.
His defence is that he believed that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was the ‘right thing to do’ – a point I can accept in isolation. What I can’t accept is that manipulating evidence about the existence of weapons of mass destruction and ignoring legal advice was the right thing to do, particularly from an individual who has traded in part on his religious ideals.
Worse still, this man is aggravating for further conflict in the Middle East. The West must be prepared to face down the ‘looming challenge’ of dictator Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran, he said.
According to Mr. Blair, Europe and the US need to drop their “wretched posture of apology” and get on the front foot. He is yet to apologise and apparently the inquiry will make no recommendation.
How did it come to this? What happened to Tony Blair?
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