Had Bush and Blair been punished for Iraq war crimes, Iran might have been spared
It has been 23 years since the fall of Baghdad - and the parallels with the latest US-Israeli madness are chilling
Twenty-three years ago, I sat beside Hamid Karzai in his presidential office in Kabul, watching US bombers pound Saddam Hussein’s Iraq live on Al Jazeera.
It was clear the Afghan leader hated what he saw, concluding that the American-led war was mad and bad.
We both grimaced – and we were right. By invading Iraq, former US President George W Bush and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair incited a catastrophe. It led to civil war, hundreds of thousands of deaths, the trashing of international law, and trillions of dollars down the drain.
Today marks the 23rd anniversary of the fall of Baghdad, and the world is witnessing the same madness, bloodshed and horror – this time courtesy of another US president, Donald Trump.
In his Iran adventure, Trump naturally enjoys the support of Blair, who has criticised Prime Minister Keir Starmer for not showing stronger support for Britain’s allies in Washington.
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Twenty-three years ago, Netanyahu (then an opposition politician) was one of the strongest advocates for the assault on Iraq.
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“Blair’s latest deceit-riddled column vilifies the UK left to justify genocide”
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Domani: Pavidità o tattica? Starmer svicola tra Trump e Blair
Il primo ministro ha annunciato che il Regno Unito convocherà un incontro aperto a 35 paesi disposti a svolgere un ruolo nel mantenere aperto lo stretto di Hormuz; una sorta di coalizione dei volenterosi 2.0. Ciò pare segnalare che Londra conservi ancora una certa capacità di iniziativa diplomatica, ma è davvero arduo vedere come l’iniziativa possa tradursi nella pratica e produrre effetti decisivi nel breve periodo
Fear or tactic? Starmer dodges between Trump and Blair.
The prime minister announced that the United Kingdom will convene an open meeting with 35 countries willing to play a role in keeping the Strait of Hormuz open; a kind of coalition of the willing 2.0. This appears to signal that London still retains a certain capacity for diplomatic initiative, but it is exceedingly difficult to see how this initiative can translate into practice and produce decisive effects in the short term.

The former PM has no valid response when progressives raise a voice over war crimes, so he seeks to mute them. But we’ll take no moral lectures from him, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
Blair and dodgy dossiers, who could thunk it?

El presidente del Gobierno, Pedro Sánchez, ha comenzado este miércoles su intervención ante el Pleno del Congreso en el que está compareciendo para rendir cuentas sobre la posición de España ante la guerra de Irán recordando otro conflicto, el de Irak en 2003, en el que España participó junto a EEUU y Reino Unido.