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Tony Blair: A 10-Year Retrospective - On May 10, 2007-almost exactly 10 years after he became Britain's youngest prime minister since the Napoleonic wars-Tony Blair announced that he would officially tender his resignation in June. Blair's long-anticipated departure triggered deliberation over his place in British history after a decade in power.
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Blair represents the linchpin for the United States' hopes of building an international coalition for war. Even with Blair onboard, the U.S. so far has not mustered much of a coalition. The Security Council -- including permanent members Russia and China -- appears overwhelmingly opposed to military action at this time, based on the current evidence against Saddam. Turkey, usually a reliable U.S. ally, is balking, and most governments in the Arab world have warned that hasty action could have dire repercussions. If Britain bails, the White House cannot even pretend to have the backing of an international alliance.
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Tony Blair, are you becoming a Catholic in order that you could confess to your sins? No God will redeem you for your evil war which has killed thousands and maimed a few more thousands and a couple of millions have become refugugees
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In the context of the Crusade against Terror being confused with a War on Islam, Tony may have been right to keep his religious views secret. He didn't do God. (But they are great friends) . Tony Blair avoided talking about his religious views while in office for fear of being labelled "a nutter", the former prime minister has revealed. In an interview for BBC One's The Blair Years, he said that his faith had been "hugely important" to his premiership. His ex-spokesman Alastair Campbell once told reporters:
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On 27th July 2007, just a few hours after Blair stood down as Prime Minister, it was announced that he had accepted an appointment as a special Middle East envoy[1]. Blair's experience as a Prime Minister might have made him an uncontroversial choice for a Middle East envoy, were he not ... one of the main architects of the Iraq War. His appointment by the 'Quartet' of the USA, the United Nations, Russia and the European Union was welcomed by Israel and broadly by the Palestinian Authority, but opposed by the militant Islamic fundamentalist Hamas organisation which currently controls the Gaza Strip.[2] Blair's official role is to work with the Palestinian people to develop the infrastructure and the economy, with the goal of creating a Palestinian state; his initial brief does not include the wider conflict between Israel and Palestinians.[3]
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One of the most controversial aspects of Blair's premiership was been his commitment to and support of the Iraq war, which strongly divided opinion, both in the House and among the British people. His strong support of America and President George W. Bush in particular have set him apart from most European leaders, especially with the parties of the left (including his own Labour Party). This came at considerable political cost with his own popularity suffering greatly, and the Government may have lost considerable support in the 2005 general election as a result.
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