The Blair Years (2007) - 1x02 - Blair at War

Tony Blair and George W Bush, the two leaders who took their nations to war in Iraq, talk openly about the decision to topple Saddam Hussein. Blair's belief that nations should act together to tackle threats was born of his experience in the Balkans and reinforced when al Qaeda attacked on the US on September 11th. Blair talks of his failure to keep the international coalition together over Iraq, and for the first time admits he was isolated diplomatically by the time of the invasion in March 2003.

Blair is dismissive of suggestions that the chaos of post-war Iraq was the result of poor planning and asserts that the war in Iraq is a visceral, profound struggle between what is right and what is wrong which he fears the West may not have the stomach to win.