>>I doubt we would have taken any action against him. We are not anxious to go to war.
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>That's not the impression we were given over here, Blair seemed not only to be fully supporting Bush, but absolutely desperate for backing from political parties, also threatening to leave his position as PM should the votes decide against his recommendations.

We would have been glad to not go to war had Saddam complied with U.N. Resolution 1441, and the many resolutions passed before that one. Blair won the vote, didn't he?