Tony Blair Is Resigning In June

Tony Blair is ready to call it quits after a tumultous decade in office. Blair plans on calling it quits on June 27th.. His tenure was marked by war, particularily the long-running engagements in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

Blair is going out with his head held high. "Hand on heart, I did what I thought was right," he said.

"And so Afghanistan, and then Iraq — the latter bitterly controversial. "And removing Saddam and his sons from power, as with removing the Taliban, was over with relative ease. But the blowback since, with global terrorism and those elements that support it, has been fierce and unrelenting and costly. "And for many it simply isn't and can't be worth it. For me, I think we must see it through." In a short, almost apologetic speech, Blair added: "I may have been wrong. That's your call."

Now it's up to History to judge the man's time in office. What do you think of the legacy of Tony Blair?

Times of the Internet, now in Spanish


Published: Thursday 10th of May 2007 08:40:13 AM
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