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NorthernGent -> RE: Bill Clinton opposed war in Iraq from the beginning? (12/23/2007 3:13:36 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Sanity
Is that why you think that Tony Blair went along for the liberation of Iraq, just to uphold the almighty dollar?
There are two main forces driving Tony Blair:
1) Liberalism.
2) A belief in god and the Christian religion.
Consequently, he is a liberal interventionist, in opposition to the vast majority of British liberals, who are non-interventionist.
He made a speech prior to the invasion of Iraq which went something like...."to the mountains of x, to the poverty of y, to the tyranny of z, these people are our cause, too"; moreover, he wrote a letter to Isaiah Berlin while Berlin was lying on his deathbed, he was seeking answers to his dilemma - is there a compromise position between Positive and Negative Liberty.
Add these events to his background, and it's clear that he believes himself to be a missionary converting people to Western Liberal Democracy.
Edited to add: speaking of Clinton, Blair persuaded Clinton to intervene in Bosnia - this suggests Blair is more of an interventionist than Clinton.
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