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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/15/tony-blair-the-west-must-intervene-in-iraq/Ex-PM says allies should consider military options short of sending troops after denying 2003 invasion led to Isis crisis
Tony Blair: The West must intervene in Iraq
By Patrick Wintour, The Guardian
Sunday, June 15, 2014 7:47 EDT
Tony Blair has urged western governments to recognise that it needs to take an active role in the Middle East, saying the west should consider military options short of sending ground troops.
The former prime minister said there was a huge range of options available, including air strikes and drones as used in Libya.
Blair was speaking on UK morning TV shows after writing a lengthy essay setting out how to respond to the Iraq crisis, including his belief that the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was not the cause of the countrys implosion.
He said: It is in our interests for this jihadist extremist group to be stopped in its tracks. I understand entirely why people say it is nothing to do with us and I dont want to hear about it.
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Go for it Tony. I'm sure the British people want to 'win' Afghanistan, round 4.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)The UK will not intervene militarily to help Iraq fight Islamist insurgents, William Hague has insisted.
Asked whether the UK could participate in air strikes, the foreign secretary told the BBC that he "could not be clearer" that this would not happen.
It was up to the Iraqi authorities to stabilise the situation and then try to reconcile different factions.
The US was "more likely to have the assets and capability than the UK" to get involved, he added.
Mr Hague is to make a statement to Parliament later on Monday on events in Iraq after recent territorial advances by Sunni militants
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27865849
liberal N proud
(60,435 posts)It is their shit hole, let them sit in it.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)should get their friggen stupid asses over there to protect their own reputations and oil income. Asshats, all of them!
GeorgeGist
(25,330 posts)Tony Blair should be in prison as a war criminal.