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Introducing: The Fault Line: Bush, Blair & Iraq

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
Episode • Sep 29, 2020 • 12s

Why did we go to war in Iraq in 2003? What happened in the 18 months between 9/11 and March 2003 that drove that decision? What was it about George Bush and Tony Blair that meant war was in the cards? And what motivated these two men at the peak of their powers – with the world on their side – to pursue a war that would prove to be historically unpopular