英国前首相布莱尔就伊拉克战争道歉

Tony Blair has given a qualified apology for his role in the 2003 Iraq war, conceding it contributed to the rise of Isis and admitting he had not fully understood the chaos that would follow the removal of Saddam Hussein.

英国前首相托尼布莱尔(Tony Blair)就他在2003年伊拉克战争中扮演的角色作出了有保留的道歉，他承认，这造成了“伊拉克和黎凡特伊斯兰国”(ISIS)的崛起，他还承认他未能充分理解铲除萨达姆侯赛因(Saddam Hussein)之后会出现何种混乱局面。

The former Labour prime minister also admitted the war was based on faulty intelligence in what is seen as his most comprehensive mea culpa since the conflict. He said: “I also apologise for some of the mistakes in planning and certainly our mistake in our understanding of what would happen once you removed the regime.”

这位前工党首相还承认，伊拉克战争基于错误的情报。此番道歉被视为布莱尔自伊拉克战争以来做出的最全面的检讨。他表示：“我还要对筹划过程中犯下的一些错误致歉，而且肯定要为我们对于推翻萨达姆政权后会发生什么的理解有误道歉。”

Asked by CNN if the war was the “principal cause” of the rise of the Islamist militant group Isis he replied: “I think there are elements of truth in that.

在被美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)问及这场战争是否是伊斯兰激进组织ISIS崛起的“主要原因”时，布莱尔回答：“我认为，这么说是有一定道理的。”

“Of course you can’t say those of us who removed Saddam in 2003 bear no responsibility for the situation in 2015.” But he argued that the Arab spring, which began in 2011, would also have had an impact on Iraq.

“当然你不能说曾在2003年推翻萨达姆政权的我们对于2015年的形势没有任何责任。”但他辩称，始于2011年的“阿拉伯之春”也对伊拉克造成了影响。