Iraq: Blair seduced by Bush glamour
"Blair's litany of failures on Iraq - ambassador's damning verdict
Meyer says PM failed to exert any leverage on Bush and was seduced by US power
Tony Blair repeatedly passed up opportunities to put a brake on the rush to war in Iraq, a failure that may have contributed to the country's present anarchy, according to Sir Christopher Meyer, Britain's ambassador to Washington at the time, in his book DC Confidential, serialised in the Guardian from today.
Sir Christopher, highly critical of Mr Blair's performance in the run-up to the war, argues the prime minister and his team were "seduced" by the proximity and glamour of US power and reluctant to negotiate conditions with George Bush for Britain's support for the war..." Guardian
Meyer says PM failed to exert any leverage on Bush and was seduced by US power
Tony Blair repeatedly passed up opportunities to put a brake on the rush to war in Iraq, a failure that may have contributed to the country's present anarchy, according to Sir Christopher Meyer, Britain's ambassador to Washington at the time, in his book DC Confidential, serialised in the Guardian from today.
Sir Christopher, highly critical of Mr Blair's performance in the run-up to the war, argues the prime minister and his team were "seduced" by the proximity and glamour of US power and reluctant to negotiate conditions with George Bush for Britain's support for the war..." Guardian
posted by J.UL1R4 at 5:10 AM
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I also remember the Bliar stating that in return for taking part in the coalition of the conning, Bush had promised to get the Israeli/Palestine "roadmap" back on track.
Nothing at all has been done...
Exactly and why should they Gert, is peace their goal ? I'm not convinced anything good is their objective in anything anymore. I'm coming to the view that these people are so far gone with arrogance and power that they don't even know or care about anything they should be doing.
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