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Unbowed on Iraq, Blair Argues for Targeting Iran
By
Catherine Mayer / London
Friday, Jan. 29, 2010
Anyone who attended the Jan. 29 session of Britain's Iraq inquiry to
watch Tony Blair crumble went home disappointed. When the nation's
former Prime Minister returns to center stage, he seldom fails to
remind even his sharpest critics of his prodigious political skills —
the very same skills that had enabled him to cajole dubious colleagues
and a skeptical Parliament into reluctantly supporting the 2003
invasion of Iraq. An inquiry panel of career diplomats and academics
was never likely to dent his composure. ("They're sitting there like
chickens," squawked an exasperated audience member during a break from
proceedings.) Yet Blair's light grilling still produced a major eye
opener: as opponents of the Iraq conflict waited in vain for an apology
or some gratifying symptom of inner regret, Blair instead used the
platform to argue for opening a new battlefront — against Iran.
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