“On March 18 [2003], the day after [President] Bush delivered his ultimatum [that Saddam and his sons had 48 hours to leave Iraq], [U.K. Prime Minister] Tony Blair staved off opposition from members of his own Labour Party and at last won the support of the House of Commons to disarm Iraq by ‘all means necessary,’ thus assuring Britain’s military participation in the war.”
– Todd S. Purdum and The New York Times Staff, A Time of Our Choosing, Page 104