In May 1997 Tony Blair was swept into power on an enormous wave of optimism. Britain's youngest prime minister since 1812, his approval ratings were the highest of any postwar British leader. He won three elections, two of which, prior to the Iraq (...)
A family in Kosovo has just named their new born son Tonibler, after - I kid you not - the United Kingdom s outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair, whom the family credit for saving them from Serbian tyranny and violence. Somehow I doubt that Blair, who (...)
"What all of this means is not that Basra is how we want it to be. But it does mean that the next chapter in Basra's history can be written by the Iraqis.
With these words British Prime Minister Tony Blair formally announced the start of the (...)
Let's start with the obvious. The report of the Iraq Study Group wasn't much about Britain. Fair enough. But unfortunately, it wasn't about Iraq either. It was simply, top to bottom, about America. Its principal conclusion, as far I could see from (...)
