War criminal? - come on, get a grip!

You can understand that those whose loved ones were killed or maimed in the Iraq war want Tony Blair's head, and he has done himself no favours by the way he has responded to any criticism of his actions, but really folks, do we honestly believe that he woke up one morning and said to himself  "I know - let's have a war.  What fun!"  He was Prime Minister, for God's sake - it was his job to decide what was in the country's best interests and to take the appropriate steps.  So OK, maybe in hindsight it can be argued that he got it wrong, maybe he was too willing to accept what he was being told without rigorously questioning it, but it was his job to make the decision and that's what he did.  He has been accused of being a liar, but a lie is something which is untrue and you know to be untrue, and personally I see no evidence that he knew what he was saying was untrue.  At best he may have felt uncomfortable about some aspects, but this is where we come back to basics - it was his job to decide.  Just because you disagree with that decision (and I did and do!) is no ground for suggesting that he should face prosecution.