It said they were unable to face the responsibility of having involved their country in an unnecessary war.
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Combine that frustration and cynicism with Mr Blair's determination to fight, as they would see it, an unnecessarywar on false pretences and it is no wonder that the prime minister's standing with female voters has fallen.
Many, including myself, warned even before the war began that it was unnecessary, that it would take our energy and attention away from the larger war against terrorism, and that invading and occupying Iraq would leave us strategically vulnerable in the most violent and turbulent corner of the world.