Not Blair’s War, but Britain’s
The Iraq War has damned the former British Prime Minister in the eyes of many. But his support for regime change was widely shared at the time.
In 2003 Britain joined a US-led coalition to invade Iraq. In folk memory, it has become ‘Blair’s War’, driven by his delusions, his bad faith and his close alignment with a US president. But it was not just Blair’s War. It was Britain’s. The will to war was wider than many like to recall. As long as Blair is the scapegoat, Britons will fail to confront questions of security and power. It could all happen again.
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