Iraq Inquiry: Tony Blair Had Always Planned To Support US An Any Military Action -- The Telegraph
Tony Blair said that he had always been clear that he would join the Americans if it came to military action to overthrow Saddam Hussein.
Making his long-awaited appearance before the Iraq Inquiry, the former prime minister denied he struck a private deal with President George Bush 11 months before the invasion to go to war.
He said he had always been clear publicly that the Iraqi dictator had to be confronted over his supposed weapons of mass destruction (WMD) but he insisted that he had left open how it should be done.
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Tony Blair is said to have told George Bush ''We are going to be with you' before Britain joined the war in Iraq. Photo from the Daily MailMore News On Tony Blair And The Iraq Inquiry
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