Stephen Walt thinks Tony Blair’s appearance at the Chilcot inquiry vindicates the basis of the book he co-authored with John Mearsheimer, The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy.
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johnpi
Blair plays the ‘9/11, get out of jail free card’ that has worked so well for criminals formerly in government on this side of the Atlantic.
An unrepentant Tony Blair defended his decision to join the United States in attacking Iraq, arguing Friday before a panel investigating the war that the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks made the threat of weapons of mass destruction impossible to ignore.
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thabet
Wanted war criminal Tony Blair will attend the Iraq Inquiry on Friday. I don’t expect much in the way of hard questions, although the inquiry has revealed (or more accurately recycled) various views and facts on the legality of the invasion.
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thabet
Why was Iraq so important to the UK?
And are Shell and BP paying rent to the state?