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Tony Blair admits daily doubts about the war in Iraq

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Mr Blair, now an international envoy to the Middle East, spoke of his “sense of responsibility” over the deaths of soldiers and civilians since the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

Asked if he suffered from doubt over Iraq, Mr Blair replied: “Of course you ask that question the whole time. You’d be weird if you didn’t ask that question.”

Mr Blair spoke in an interview with The Times, which is due to be published tomorrow.

In some of his frankest comments on the Iraq war, he spoke of his daily reflections on the decision and its consequences.

He said: “The most difficult thing in any set of circumstances is the sense of responsibility for people who have given their lives and fallen – the soldiers and the civilians. If I did not feel that, there really would be something wrong with me, and there is not a single day of my life when I do not reflect upon it . . . many times. And that’s as it should be.”

Yet Mr Blair still stands by his decision to back the US invasion of Iraq, suggesting it could actually have saved lives.

He said: “On the other hand you have to take the decision and I look at the Middle East now and I think, well, if Saddam and his two sons were still running Iraq how many other people would have died and would the region be more stable?”

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One Response to “Tony Blair admits daily doubts about the war in Iraq”

Ashley
Posted: Jan 30th, 2009 at 6:56 pm

Sounds to me like someone trying to look human because he realises that the minutes of the cabinet meetings about the war are coming out.

I’m no apologist for Saddam Hussein but I doubt he would have been able to carry out the carnage and devastation the UK and US have! In answer to his question on how many other people would have died, probably nowhere near as many as you’ve managed Tony. Top marks you twat.

I find it an insult to my intelligence to hear this idiot telling us how much more stable the ME is since our meddling. Who is he trying to kid? Even just reading mainstream news you can see this is preposterous. If you actually start digging about it gets even more surreal.

I still see the picture of Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam around the time he was gassing Kurds with chemicals he bought from the US, but that was back when he was an ‘ally’ (i.e. let us have cheap oil and did pretty much as he was told). Then one of the justifications for attacking the sovereign state of Iraq (along with falsified reports and ridiculous Powerpoint presentations) was that he even gassed his own people.

It was an illegal act of war and all of those pricks should be held accountable. Then they should answer charges for committing and aiding torture!

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