Two questions on Tony Blair... / myLot

September 1, 2010 3:21am CST

Two questions. If Tony knew Gordon would be a disaster why did he let him succeed him? Did he really believe that we could topple Saddam, dissolve the Iraqi police and military, and expect the country to magically rebuild itself? From the Guardian newspaper: Tony Blair: I knew Gordon Brown would be a disaster World exclusive: As he publishes memoir, ex-PM urges party not to shift to the left • 'I've got something to say' – exclusive Tony Blair interview • Blair on Brown: 'Emotional intelligence: zero' • I didn't see Iraq nightmare coming, says Blair Tony Blair came to the view that Gordon Brown would be a disaster as prime minister and that Labour could not win the 2010 general election, he reveals in his long awaited memoirs. Guardian link- http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/aug/31/ton... My own opinion is that he wasn't too bothered what happened after he left No 10. He left Gordon in a mess and went off to pursue his own agenda: the UK was no longer his problem and he was now sitting pretty. On Iraq he was advised by British Intelligence that his claims (45 minute attack warning and WMD) were all flaky, and that an invasion would . He sent troops into Iraq to divert public interest from domestic matters, and because he wanted to be seen as a 'world leader'. I might be too cynical, but I'd like to know what others think.

3 responses

jb78000

@jb78000 (15139)

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1 Sep 10

blair didn't care. i don't think brown was leadership material, although he could have been competant in less high profile positions, and he really struggled. thing is incompetant as brown might have been i still would take him over blair any day. blair was sneaky and scheming imo

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Memnon

@Memnon (2170)

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21 Sep 10

Apologies in being late in my reply. I must say I could not agree with you more!

saphrina

@saphrina (31551)

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1 Sep 10

Will i get into trouble if i said that he is an idiot. He cannot seem to grasp the concept of thinking for himself, for some reason. See, i did ask first? TATA.

oldchem1

@oldchem1 (8132)

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1 Sep 10

I doubt that there will be many of us Brits who would objsct to you calling him an idiot Saphm, apart from the fact that the word isn't really bad enough

saphrina

@saphrina (31551)

• South Africa

1 Sep 10

Well sweetie, i have a very long list of words you can choose from.

Let me know and i will gladly send them to you.

oldchem1

@oldchem1 (8132)

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1 Sep 10

I have never had any time for Blair,I always found his 'sincerity' false and patronising, but since he's left office and all this stuff has come out he has proved to be exactly the prat I always thought that he was!!