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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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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Where radical Islamism is going to be a factor, it's going to be very, very tough.
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It's obviously early to say this but from what we have gathered they have been successful, ... And I'm pleased to say there have been no casualties at all on the NATO side not just in respect to British forces but NATO forces as a whole and that's obviously good news.
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On behalf of my generation, the younger one, I thank you,
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It is also perhaps fitting that here in Northern Ireland a good part of our discussions focused on the Middle East,
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The intelligence material now leaves no doubt whatever of the guilt of bin Laden and his associates,
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I think it's entirely reasonable to talk about the possibility of withdrawal of troops next year but it's got to be always conditioned by the fact that we withdraw when the job is done,
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That's for them. But it's for us to say the consequences of electing people who aren't serious negotiating partners is that we can't move this forward,
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Milosevic is responsible for the welfare of those people, ... When we go into Kosovo finally, he will be held responsible for what we find.
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Having read in the papers that apparently I was warned of the chaos that was going to ensue in Iraq, I actually got the minute Jack sent me. It didn't do anything of the sort,
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I think it should be given a reasonable burial,
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an important staging post on the journey of the people of Iraq toward a new future, one in which democracy replaces dictatorship, in which freedom replaces repression, and in which all the people of Iraq can look forward to the possibility and the hope of an Iraq that genuinely guarantees a future for people from whatever part of Iraq they come.
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the chaos and violence in Iraq is worse than he ever expected.
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He has a great background and he knows what to do. He's new, refreshing and definitely isn't Tony Blair.