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delisen

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9. Maybe Europeans leaned from Tony Blair's Dilemma

Reply to Beachnutt (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 11:14 AM

17 hrs ago

Blair absolutely knew that George Bush lied about Iraq in order to start a war against Iraq. But he told Parliament that the UK would have to join the war anyway and “pay the blood price.” Thus sacrificing their soldiers for the lies of the American politicians ad I suppose oil profiteers.

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