It was waged with fabricated accusations, which were exposed to the public after the invasion, and in order to solidify the Anglo-American foothold in Iraqi lands and resources, the destruction of the state, and the neutralisation of the principled Iraqi position on the Palestinian issue. What we all know is that, despite the global outcry against the war, and despite the participation of two million British citizens in the largest protest march Britain has ever seen, the first of its kind in which people demonstrated against a war before it was waged, Blair chose to ignore the protesters and start the war. Britain's Stop the War organisation, which is most famous for its opposition to the British government's foreign policy of war and imperial expansion, since America declared a "war on terror" and invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, is urging people to protest against the honour.
On the other hand, more than a million British citizens (including those of Arab and Muslim origins) signed a petition demanding the withdrawal of this honour by the Queen, saying that he is a "war criminal".Ī number of newspapers, with headlines such as "Honour Tony Blair?! He should be on trial for disaster in Iraq" by Britain's The Sun newspaper. Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, says Mr Blair deserves knighthood, the title of "Sir" bestowed on him by the Queen, the UK's highest honour, for "making Britain a better country".