Tony Blair's Legacy: George Bush's Iraq Trump Card

Tony Blair was exactly what George Bush needed to sell his fraudulent and immoral war in Iraq to the American public: a seemingly reasonable and non-partisan stamp of international approval (after all, he'd been bosom buddies with Bill Clinton, hadn't he?). And more than being just Bush and Cheney's cheery wingman, Blair was one of their top salesmen, pitching sexed up dossiers, Nigeran yellowcake, and the specter of chemical weapons "ready within 45 minutes" raining down on Europe. The impact of his unwavering support was enormous. Iraq is Bush's war, but Blair's legacy will be forever tainted by the part of it he claimed for his own.
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