Ex-Diplomat: Blair “Seduced” By US Power, Failed To Delay Iraq War Or Plan For Aftermath…

Ex-Diplomat: Blair “Seduced” By US Power, Failed To Delay Iraq War Or Plan For Aftermath…

Tony Blair repeatedly passed up opportunities to put a brake on the rush to war in Iraq, a failure that may have contributed to the country's present anarchy, according to Sir Christopher Meyer, Britain's ambassador to Washington at the time, in his book DC Confidential, serialised in the Guardian from today.

Sir Christopher, highly critical of Mr Blair's performance in the run-up to the war, argues the prime minister and his team were "seduced" by the proximity and glamour of US power and reluctant to negotiate conditions with George Bush for Britain's support for the war.

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