By Greg Hurst
The Prime Minister spoke for 50 minutes in support of war
TONY BLAIR told MPs in a passionate speech that the decision facing the Common
s was whether to withdraw British troops from the Gulf and allow Saddam Hussei
n to emerge strengthened.
Future tyrants and terrorist organisations would then believe that the interna
tional community would never wage war against them while the United States wou
ld develop a powerful impulse to act alone. The Prime Minister declared: “To
retre