Former British PM Tony Blair, whose reputation when it comes to foreign interventions has been permanently tainted by the 2003 invasion of Iraq, has now spoken out what Britain should do in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria's Douma. It's support of military action and the parliament's approval is “not strictly necessary.”
The authorities in Syria, accused by NATO members of using chemical weapons on April 7, have rejected the reports and have reportedly invited the OPCW experts to probe the alleged attack.
UK PM Calls Alleged Chemical Attack in Syria Barbaric
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today program, Mr. Blair discussed Britain's involvement in Syria. When asked whether Prime Minister Theresa May would need to ask Parliament before supporting the US in its military action against Syria, Mr. Blair “it is not strictly necessary.”
“I think in circumstances when military action would be a form of air action rather than ground force action. I don't think, strictly, it is necessary.”
Blair's remind of a certain time when Britain, as part of the US-led coalition, invaded Iraq in 2003 after accusing Saddam Hussein of possessing weapons of mass destruction, which, however, were never found.
In 2003 the invasion was launched without a UN mandate. It appears in 2018, Mr. Blair wouldn't mind absence of mandate by the government's very own parliament, which in 2013 voted against military intervention…
