たけし先生、きょうはめったに見かけない英語ネタでつ。娘さんに「英語をちゃんと勉強しとかんと、こうやって原文に当たられへんやろ」と、アドバイス……いや〜カコイイでつね。

内容はと言うとアルジャジーラのこの記事が、ブレアが「イラク戦争、英首相『大惨事』認める」という記事。最初の導入文というか、要約文を見て見ましょう。

Tony Blair, the British prime minister, has admitted in an interview with Al Jazeera English that events in Iraq since the US-led invasion have been a "disaster".
 
But he insisted that it was right to remove Saddam Hussein, the country's former leader, from power and blamed al-Qaeda, Sunni fighters and Iran-backed forces for the ongoing violence.



Responding to a suggestion from Sir David Frost that the conflict had been a disaster from the start, Blair replied "it has", before blaming a combination of factors for the crisis.
 
In a wide-ranging interview, he also said Iran and Syria could play a constructive role in the Middle East.

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