An unrepentant Tony Blair defended his decision to join the United States in attacking Iraq, arguing Friday before a British panel investigating the war that the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks made the threat of weapons of mass destruction impossible to ignore.
The former British prime minister said he reflected every day on the decision to go to war _ a decision that haunts his legacy. He said he felt "responsibility, but not a regret for removing (Iraqi leader) Saddam Hussein."
"I think he was a monster, I believe he threatened not just the region but the world ... and I do genuinely believe that the world is safer" now that he is gone, Blair …
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