The final card in the deck

As things continue to go from bad to worse in Iraq, Tony Blair has finally scraped the bottom of the barrel and used his last possible excuse for invading Iraq. It is continually becoming apparent to almost everyone who didn't realise at the time, that invading Iraq was a bad idea. Throughout all of this, Tony Blair has continually backed himself and made what has turned out to be rather spurious attempts to justify his actions in going to war. Finally, with nothing else to turn to he has used the last possible excuse, the one that he believes cannot be rebutted: God told me to do it!

"If you have faith about these things," he said, "then you realise that judgment is made by other people. If you believe in God, it's made by God as well."

His pal George Dubya has made this claim before, fortunately for him, this kind of nonsense is actually swallowed by the voting public in America. There is a different kind of attitude to religion in America, especially amongst those who vote for Dubya in the middle and southern states. I really don't think this kind of claim is going to be accepted in Britain. Surely now even the most ardent pro war supporters must see that not only was attacking Iraq a poor idea, but the people at the top in this country realise this as well.

To admit fault would be political suicide, it would see the end of Tony Blair and would have considerable damage to the Labour party. With the rise in popularity of David Cameron's conservatives, it would be disastrous indeed. So Blair cannot admit his wrong doing. Surely given everything that is happening there, he still cannot believe he was right? In public yes, in private, no. So Blair has to continue to excuse and justify his actions, but it does not work, there is too much turmoil; physical evidence in Iraq that says; what happened was wrong. Blair's only alternative is to invoke the Almighty. In a largely secular nation, a flimsy excuse indeed. The absolute last available option to him, the desperate words of a desperate man.