Tony Blair: I Love America

Helle Dale /

Anyone who picks up the U.S. edition of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s brand new political autobiography, A Journey: My Political Life, will understand why Americans came to admire and trust Blair as a leader and an ally during the tough early years of the war in Iraq. It is also clear why Blair became so controversial at home, and this is not just because he staunchly supported a military engagement that came to be unpopular with many Britons.

While some of Blair’s countrymen have ambivalent views about the United States, Tony Blair really gets it when it comes to Americans. In the stirring introduction to the U.S. edition of his book, he explains why the United States is exceptional among the countries of the world. He provides an extraordinary testimonial to the American character. And, no, the intro does not appear in the British edition of the book. (more…)