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The Sexed Up Dossier | The Legacy of Iraq Today - Interview with Steve Richards | 4

2021/6/14
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Steve Richards: 本访谈主要围绕伊拉克战争和所谓的“性化档案”展开,分析了布莱尔政府的决策过程、媒体报道的影响以及戴维·凯利的自杀事件。Richards认为,布莱尔政府并非仅仅以人道主义理由为入侵伊拉克辩护,而是出于多种政治考量,包括争取国内外支持、维护与美国的关系等。他指出,政府在处理戴维·凯利事件的过程中存在失误,未能充分保护其安全。同时,Richards批评了BBC在报道中的不准确之处,以及媒体对事件的过度解读和夸大。他认为,布莱尔并非蓄意撒谎,而是选择性地呈现信息以争取支持。关于戴维·凯利的死因,Richards认为阴谋论是毫无根据的。最后,Richards总结了伊拉克战争对布莱尔个人、工党以及英国政治的深远影响,认为这场战争改变了公众对军事行动的看法,并对英国政治产生了持久的影响。 Alice Levine & Matt Ford: 作为访谈的主持人,Alice和Matt引导访谈的进行,提出问题,并对Steve Richards的观点进行回应和总结。

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Steve Richards discusses whether the government could have avoided controversy by making the case for intervention on humanitarian grounds, highlighting Tony Blair's approach to backing the Bush administration while trying to get Labour Party support.

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Alice and Matt talk to journalist Steve Richards about the impact of the sexed up dossier row and its legacy today. Steve Richards covered the Blair premiership as a political journalist during the 2000s. He has written about Tony Blair in his new book The Prime Ministers, and in Blair & Iraq: Why Tony Blair Went To War - An Investigation. He also presents the podcast Rock n Roll Politics.

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