Reply #11: I think he won't. [View All]

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Because of the British presence in southern Iraq, British complicity in an attack on Iran would be vital - our forces are in the precise area that will be intensely contested. Although I don't doubt that Blair is enough of a zealot to be carried along with such a plan, he wouldn't dare without a concerted media effort building up the threat beforehand. There hasn't been the slightest hint of this "softening-up" of public opinion. Iraq has already almost fatally damaged him - Iran would topple him, without a doubt. If he was shrewd, and he knew America was set on this course, he would be either quietly withdrawing or loudly peacemaking.

Only one thing could possibly bring the UK public behind an attack on Iran - a massive, Iran-backed attack on our home territory. I don't think that's going to happen, and I don't believe in MIHOP either.