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1153
Duration: 18.02 seconds
Julian Borger: There were two things that Tony Blair really wanted in return for his support for going to war in Iraq. One was some action on the Israel-Palestinian conflict -- some sense of re-engagement by the Bush Administration. And the other was to go through the UN route.

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1154
Duration: 13.01 seconds
Julian Borger: -- And to seek not just one, but ultimately a second resolution that would harden and strengthen the sense of international legitimacy behind an invasion.

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1155
Duration: 22.02 seconds
Julian Borger: And Blair didn't get one of those -- He didn't get any real engagement in the Israel-Palestinian conflict, but he did get a decision from George Bush -- overriding -- in a rare example, overriding Vice President Dick Cheney -- siding with Powell and Blair and going the UN route.

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1156
Duration: 17.22 seconds
Julian Borger: And so it was primarily a favor to Tony Blair. But also, I think the Administration realized that it was necessary if there was any hope of amassing a broader coalition.

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1159
Duration: 37.7 seconds
Julian Borger: I think there was a sense in which the haggling over a second resolution was all seen as part of the politicking that goes on in the corridors of the UN. It was power plays by the French and Russians, primarily the French. And it was seen as a stage in which the French were trying to limit American power in the world. That it wasn't about Iraq, it wasn't about weapons of mass destruction. This was really about two nations -- one of the New World, one of the Old World -- that had seen its power diminish over time, and was making a desperate bid to re-assert itself on the world stage.

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1903
Duration: 20.89 seconds
Jim Lobe: The United States went to war for aggressive purposes. And that the UN Security Council could see that and was prepared to vote in a majority, and a pretty overwhelming majority, against approving the US going to war -- I think makes the case that it was an aggressive war even stronger than it would otherwise be.

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