What else is he really going to say, but it's still disgusting to hear. During his testimony he stuck to his same old points, though did update the argument to blame Iran for many problems. As if Iran should somehow not been part of the equation in the first place. Maybe his deep discussions with Bush failed to ever kick around the idea of a power vacuum. Obviously because the world has never, ever experienced such a situation before.
A few protesters called him a "liar and a murderer" at the end and thankfully, Blair was no longer able to have the British police arrest them and charge them with a violation of the anti-terror laws as we witnessed a few years ago.
Tony Blair ended an epic six-hour inquisition by the Chilcot inquiry last night by insisting he had "no regrets" over toppling Saddam Hussein, arguing that the world was more secure and that Iraq has replaced "the certainty of suppression" with "the uncertainty of democratic politics".
The former prime minister blamed "the very near failure of the Iraqi occupation" on Iranian interference, misplaced assumptions and a lack of US troops.
During the long-awaited cross-examination, he gave no substantial ground over why he sent 40,000 UK troops to war to disarm Saddam of weapons he did not possess, arguing that if the west had backed off Saddam would have reassembled them, as he had the intent and ability to do so. "I had to take this decision as prime minister. It was a huge responsibility then and there is not a single day that passes by that I do not think about that responsibility, and so I should," Blair said.
