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Blair, power and public trust: the Iraq war 20 years on – Politics Weekly UK podcast

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Liberal Interventionism - What Is It?

In 1999, liberal interventionism was the catch phrase for it. The idea was that if dictators do evil things to their own people, they should face consequences. These arguments were much bigger in Britain than the WMD argument which was seen as a mainly American argument. As a good liberal, muscular liberal, you should want to use force if that can help people.

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