Advisers urged Tony Blair to rein in George W Bush over Iraq war ‘mission from God’
A snapshot of a (decades old) disastrous Middle Eastern policy that still screams today (there are few echoes). Weak 'leaders' with their eyes on short term, mainly domestic political gains and serving the interests only of arms companies and those wishng to asset strip.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/31/advisers-urged-tony-blair-to-rein-in-george-w-bush-over-iraq-war-mission-from-god
#Politics #UkPolitics #Blair #Bush #MiddleEast #GodBotherers
A snapshot of a (decades old) disastrous Middle Eastern policy that still screams today (there are few echoes). Weak 'leaders' with their eyes on short term, mainly domestic political gains and serving the interests only of arms companies and those wishng to asset strip.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/31/advisers-urged-tony-blair-to-rein-in-george-w-bush-over-iraq-war-mission-from-god
#Politics #UkPolitics #Blair #Bush #MiddleEast #GodBotherers
