For Blair, the backlash over Iraq has hung over his post-government life. — ANDREW TESTA/The New York Times
WHEN Tony Blair published a how-to book for newly elected leaders last year, one of his tips was to tend to their legacies while still in office – something he said he neglected in his 10 years as Britain’s prime minister.
Now, Blair is trying to seize another chance to define his legacy, in a region that has preoccupied, even tormented, him since he backed US president George W. Bush’s war in Iraq 22 years ago.
