What was the effect, domestically and internationally of Blairs support of Bush in the Iraq war

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What was the effect, domestically and internationally of Blair's support of Bush in the Iraq war?

Early in the year 2002 Tony Blair assured George W. Bush that the United Kingdom would support the United States of America in the event of a war in the Iraq crisis1. It should not take more than another year for this war to start. On March 20, 2003 to be precisely, the United Kingdom joined the American forces in attacking Iraq. The attack was based on the presumption that Iraq, under the command of Saddam Hussein, had acquired weapons of mass destruction and was proposing a severe threat to the peace of our world.2 This reason was and still is heavily criticized as the United Nations Security Council did not give its mandate for the war in the first place and up until today, no weapons of mass destruction have been found. Inspections have shown that Iraq had abandoned the programs of developing or acquiring this kind of weapon earlier.3

When the United Kingdom under the leadership of Tony Blair attacked Iraq together with the United States on March 20, 2003 this should have significant consequences for the country. The term