The report, prepared in infinite detail by a former high-ranking government official, is a quiet, yet perfectly focussed annihilation of Tony Blair. Britain's old government apparatus has once again demonstrated its qualities amid the political chaos of the day. In the 2.6 million word report, Sir John Chilcot explains how Tony Blair decided to go to war in 2002, and how he subsequently shaped intelligence to justify that decision. [...]
The former prime minister laid the foundation for the hate and opposition that politicians are so often confronted with today. He committed the original sin that feeds the distrust with which so many people regard politics. [...]
"I will be with you, whatever," wrote Tony Blair to George W. Bush in the summer of 2002. One should carve that on his gravestone as an eternal deterrent to blind allegiance and political hubris. With the report, Tony Blair's reputation has been utterly decimated.
The positive things that he achieved in office - such as the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland - will be buried under the ruins of the Iraq War. Whether Tony Blair can now be brought to trial remains to be seen. But history will ultimately judge him: Here is a man that fought the wrong war, for the wrong reasons, with the wrong plan.
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