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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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 Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:31 pm Post subject: Iraq decision 'was 51-49' - Cherie Blair |
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Cherie Blair has raised questions about her husband's passionate advocacy of the Iraq war, branding the invasion a "51-49" decision.
The former Prime Minister's wife made the controversial comments during an appearance at the Cheltenham Literary Festival.
They came just a day after Tony Blair was berated for having "blood on his hands" by a father who lost his son at the start of the military campaign.
Mrs Blair reportedly told the audience that Mr Blair had been far from sure he should authorise British participation in the war in 2003.
But the ex-premier was adept at seeming certain of a decision, even when he knew the arguments were finely balanced, she said.
"A lot of the time these choices are not clear cut," Mrs Blair said.
"They are not black and white. Instead of being 80-20, many of them are actually more like 51-49.
"When taking those decisions, Tony is able to step back, absorb all the information and then choose.
"He is also very good at then convincing everybody else that it was a 70-30 decision all along.
"I think it [the Iraq war] was one of those 51-49 questions."
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I've always thought that Blair threw his support behind the invasion because he wanted to be seen as the next great leader ie: Churchill. |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:24 am Post subject: |
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| "'I have done that,' says my memory. 'I cannot have done that,' says my pride, and remains adamant. At last -- memory yields.'" |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:02 am Post subject: |
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| Gopher wrote: |
| "'I have done that,' says my memory. 'I cannot have done that,' says my pride, and remains adamant. At last -- memory yields.'" |
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Reggie
Joined: 21 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:19 am Post subject: |
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This isn't just a UK thing.
Back in 2003, the invasion of Iraq had extremely widespread support in the southeastern USA. People were saying the war would be won in a few weeks and could be overheard in the beer section of the Super Wal*Mart buying drinks and snacks to enjoy while watching Shock & Awe on TV. Anyone who thought the invasion was a bad idea or that it would take two or three years instead of two or three weeks/months to win in Iraq were called "al Qaeda" and such.
Fast forward to 2009. Now, it seems like only about 1/3 of the people are still for the war and some people who were definitely for the invasion now deny that they ever were.  |
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