The British Invasion of Iraq - The Mother of All Focus Groups

On the eve of the war, Tony Blair set out his justification for the invasion. He said they would be able to take Baghdad without a bloodbath and that in the end the Iraqis would be celebrating. It's entirely ungracious, even for his critics, not to acknowledge that tonight he stands as a larger man and a stronger Prime Minister as a result. And so it was that on the 19th of March 2003, Britain joined the US and Coalition forces in the air attacks that began the invasion and occupation of Iraq.