Blair, currently a Middle East envoy and highly-paid consultant to various authoritarian governments, made the comments during an in-depth interview published by Vanity Fair. In what may have been a cloaked attempt to distract from the legacy of his government’s impact on crisis-ridden Iraq and Afghanistan, Blair staunchly defended his decisions while in government. Adopting somewhat tortuous logic, Blair “the reason it was tough in Iraq and tough in Afghanistan is the reason it is tough today.” “At some point, people will understand that it’s not because of something we’ve done … It’s tough because the terrorism is deep-rooted...
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