Advisers urged Tony Blair to rein in George W Bush over Iraq war ‘mission from God’
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/31/advisers-urged-tony-blair-to-rein-in-george-w-bush-over-iraq-war-mission-from-god
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AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
They should have asked someone who wasn't also deluded. Blair prayed to god over Iraq, and said that god made the decision to go to war as well as him.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4772142.stm
Streetlights@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Lesson learned, surely the Americans won't elect a complete nutjob ever again after this?
Hamartia@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
And us, can we with any certainty claim the same?
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 1y
A bit late on the advice, don't you think?