Blair denies 'covert' deal with Bush to invade Iraq‏

""It's a decision. And the decision I had to take was, given Saddam's history, given his use of chemical weapons, given the over one million people whose deaths he had caused, given 10 years of breaking UN resolutions, could we take the risk of this man reconstituting his weapons programmes or is that a risk that it would be irresponsible to take?" "

Ouch. Take that on it's own and there's no arguing. Take the wider context however...