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Blair says he was not haunted by the decision, "but of course I reflect on it, and am troubled by it, and feel a great sense of responsibility for it." He has continued doubts about whether he did the right thing. "Of course you ask that question the whole time. You'd be weird if you didn't ask that question."
In comments trailed in today's Times, Blair said it was not nice to have people distrusting his motives or saying that he had lied "but the most difficult thing in any set of circumstances is the sense of responsibility for people who have given their lives and fallen – the soldiers and the civilians. If I did not feel that, there really would be something wrong with me, and there is not a single day of my life when I do not reflect upon it ... many times. And that's as it should be."
He added: "On the other hand you have to take the decision and I look at the Middle East now and I think, well, if Saddam and his two sons were still running Iraq how many other people would have died and would the region be more stable?"
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