Analysis: The former UK prime minister used to claim the 2003 invasion would undermine jihadis. The 12 years since have proved how incorrect he wasOnly one of Tony Blair’s mea culpas in his CNN interview stands out as truly meaningful: his partial acknowledgment that without the Iraq war there would be no Islamic State (Isis).
Until now,Blair had refused to link the two, insisting instead in the lead-up to the war that sending western troops would deny jihadis an arena and prevent Saddam Hussein from using them as proxies in his standoff with the west. Related: Tony Blair makes qualified apology for Iraq war ahead of Chilcot report Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com