I struggle to think of a former political leader as diligent as Tony Blair in the sullying of his own reputation. Mr Blair’s Iraq adventure with George W Bush was always going to cast a shadow. A minority will forever condemn him as a “war criminal”. Yet it is his single-minded, almost manic, quest for personal riches that will leave the darker stain on the historical record.
我很難想出哪位前政治領袖像托尼?布萊爾(Tony Blair)那樣孜孜不倦地玷污自己的名聲。他和小布什(George W Bush)發動的伊拉克戰爭總會給他的形象蒙上一層陰影。少數人永遠會把他當作“戰犯”來譴責。但相比之下,他對個人財富執著得近乎瘋狂的追求,會在歷史上給他留下更黑的污點。
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