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As Glyn says Blair's problem is that he is a lame-duck. Rallying to his flag is committing your political career to the past. Because of this his options are limited.
Iraq has always been devisive - the one constant that is in people minds is Blair's position. WIthin Labour this can also have a massive influence on who will be the next PM and this will be all played out in the next few months. Brown is not the shoo in he once was. Perhaps this is Blair's intention.
Hence on one of the big issues of the day, the Prime Minister is increasingly isolated not by policy but by who he is.
In ultimate terms, Blair is still a world statesman, he is still a fine communicator. And yes he is extremely slippery. But plain speaking politicians nowadays just put their feet in their mouths at some point.
The interesting thing is that his legacy with be the cheap "Bliar" references. It won't be the work he has done on third world debt for example. The "dodgy dossier" etc will overshadow the fact that the man probably most singly responsible for encouraging as many Muslim countries to at least not come out against the US post 9/11 was probably Blair and his world tour.
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