Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blairis a British politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and the Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. Together with then-US President George W. Bush, he initiated the Iraq War with the invasion of Iraq, an act which remains highly controversial...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth6 May 1953
CityEdinburgh, Scotland
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The results of these two days is to cement a new modern relationship between India and the United Kingdom for the 21st century.
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both because of the sheer magnitude of what has happened, and its implications, and also because this was an attack not just on a number of buildings in the United States of America, but on the very notion of democracy.
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a very strong and clear declaration of our support and solidarity for the United States and secondly a series of specific measures we will take -- both European and national.
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I totally understand the concerns that people have, the worries that they have about precipitate military action. But the United Nations has taken a very clear position on this... We are going down the U.N. route but the U.N. route has to be the way of dealing with it, not avoiding it.
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Whether they were hidden or removed or destroyed even, the plain fact is that he was in breach of United Nations resolutions,
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I know Iraq has been a divisive issue in this country, but I hope now that we can unite again and look to the future there and here,
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The fact is we have an Iraqi government, supported by the United Nations, trying desperately to bring stability and hope and democracy to Iraq, ... Our job has got to be helping them.
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I know there's a lot of disagreement in the country about the wisdom of my decision to order the action,
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I know that there will be many British families who will have lost friends and relatives and we all express our deep sadness and condolences at this loss. There will be others living with dreadful uncertainty.
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I just want to tell you why I am so passionate about this bid,
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the best chance for peace we will have in this generation.
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The attacks bear all the hallmarks of bin Laden
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That is not something that can have any hiding place in respectable opinion and I think that is a necessary thing for us to say.
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I want to see the British troops to thank them for their magnificent performance during the Gulf conflict,