Blair left in impossible position on war - Clinton

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http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=64882006

Blair left in impossible position on war - Clinton

THE former US president Bill Clinton claims Tony Blair was in an "impossible position" before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

In an interview yesterday, Mr Clinton said the failure of the Prime Minister's attempts to win a second UN resolution on the matter left him "out there all alone".

Mr Blair "had to decide which way to go", and relied upon intelligence that claimed it was likely Iraq had biological and chemical weapons, Mr Clinton said.

"I think he decided that he better go on and maintain the transatlantic alliance," Mr Clinton told the BBC. "He was in an impossible position."