In a BBC Newsnight Special, broadcast last night on BBC Two, Presenter Kirsty Wark interviewed Former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, on his views of life in Iraq ten years on from the US-led invasion. Despite the situation of daily life for many Iraqis not meeting Mr Blair’s expectations, he has insisted that the outlook is far more positive than it had been under Saddam Hussein’s regime.
Having long “given up trying to persuade people that it was the right decision”, Mr Blair echoed the importance of understanding the challenges he faced in making a “complex” and “difficult decision”.
“Sometimes you come to a decision where whichever choice you take the consequences are difficult and the choice is ugly” says Mr Blair.
The Newsnight Special, ‘Iraq: 10 Years On’, which marks the upcoming 10th anniversary of the invasion, is now available on BBC iPlayer.
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