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Tony Blair told the BBC on Tuesday that removing Saddam Hussein from power ultimately saved Iraqi lives.
"When people say to me, you know, ‘Do you regret removing him?’ I say, ‘No, how can you regret removing somebody who was a monster, who created enormous carnage?’" the former British prime minster said.
"And if you look at what’s happening in the Arab Spring today, and you examine what’s happening in Syria — just reflect on what Bashar Assad, who is a twentieth as bad as Saddam, is doing to his people today, and the number of lives already lost, just ask yourself, ‘What would be happening in Iraq now if he had been left in power?,'" Blair said.
There are conflicting reports out of Syria Tuesday over a chemical attack and whether it was launched by rebels or the pro-Assad forces. Over 70,000 people have so far died in the civil war.