Considering how both France and Germany were quick to rule out invading, Blair certainly had an out he could have taken And this is the issue with Blair: he's always had this pathological need to force his name into the history books which is why he was quick to rush to Dubyuh's side and enable his invasion of Iraq, because in his mind it's just the same as the routine bids to host major sporting events that were a regular feature of his time as PM
I suspect he did it for the wrong reason but letting the idiot Bush do it without us would have been very dangerous.
Don't know....as I said I can't be sure of the counterfactual. But I wouldn't have put a tactical nuclear strike beyond an unconstrained Bush.
I was due to meet up with a bunch of old friends today, always 1st Sunday of the year, out of th 7 5 have Covid (all 3x jabbed) old gits and one not coming as his farmers are playing up, I'm starting to feel like Omega man
Sat and watched Outlaw Josey Wales last night ,knew every word and loved every minute, I do love a Clint Easward film
In principle I don't agree with modifying foreign policy to not upset terrorists. And I don't think that IS would have needed much of an excuse. More a question of "when" with the rise of IS.
More specifically : When/where could a Sunni ideology collective exploit political/military chaos to amass the numbers/tech necessary to attempt their "grand plan" ?? Since 1980, I contend that the sh*t show of Iraq 2003 is to date the first and best opportunity.
