Quotation for Today, Saturday January 30

“This isn’t about a lie, or a conspiracy, or a deceit, or a deception, this is a decision,” said Blair, who initially looked nervous but grew more confident as the hearing went on.

“And the decision I had to take was, given Saddam’s history, given his use of chemical weapons, given the over 1 million people whose deaths he caused, given 10 years of breaking UN resolutions, could we take the risk of this man reconstituting his weapons programme?

“I believed … that we were right not to run that risk,” added Blair

Tony Blair – former UK Prime Minister, at the Iraq inquiry in London

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