Tony Blair's Gaza 'Role': From Iraqi Invasion to Perpetual Conflict
The New Arab asks an important but rhetorical question: what do Iraqis think of Tony Blair's potential role in Gaza? The answer, surely, involves a deep, cynical sigh. This is the same Tony Blair who, as UK Prime Minister, passionately advocated for the 2003 invasion of Iraq based on since-debunked claims of Weapons of Mass Destruction, leading to widespread chaos and hundreds of thousands of
deaths. His 'New Middle East' vision paved the way for instability that haunts the region to this day. To now suggest Blair as a 'peace envoy' or 'stabilizing force' for Gaza (or anything) demonstrates a staggering lack of self-awareness, or perhaps, a deliberate amnesia concerning Western 'interventions.' The pattern is clear: invade, destabilize, then offer the architects of ruin as solutions.
One might wonder if the next step is proposing George W. Bush mediate the US debt ceiling.