Unfortunately, the Bush administration did not foresee that Saddam’s removal would precipitate a multi-sided insurgency and civil war. These dangers were predictable, and the world now knows that the war has proved a terrible failure of American strategy, and may yet have even more catastrophic consequences.
那么，布莱尔为何支持这一战争呢？部分原因要上溯到布莱尔第一次的外交政策大冒险，也就是北约在1999年干预科索。