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Tony Blair said yesterday that British military intervention should be considered in the fight against Islamic State (Isis), as peace activists advised the former PM to shut up.
In an essay penned for the Tony Blair Faith Foundation website, Mr Blair argues for sending in ground troops to fight the militants because arming local fighters and launching air strikes in regions controlled by the Isis would not be enough.
Mr Blair, whose government became known for warmongering in Iraq and Afghanistan, wrote: “There can be an abundance of diplomacy, all necessary relief of humanitarian suffering, every conceivable statement of condemnation which we can muster, but unless they’re accompanied by physical combat, we will mitigate the problem but not overcome it.
Outrage greeted Donald Trump’s suggestion earlier this year that Britain stayed off the front lines. But evidence suggests our forces were at times pulled from the most dangerous fighting — not by military failure, but by pressure at home, says IAN SINCLAIR
ANDREW MURRAY looks back on the ignominious career of the former US vice-president, who died earlier this week
JOHN GREEN has doubts about the efficacy of the Freedom of Information Act, once trumpeted by Tony Blair
