Fast forward eight years.

 Now British PM David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague are spewing out a similar brand of finger-pointing bravado that we once heard from Blair, this time aimed at Iran.

The ransacking of the British embassy in Tehran has served to ratchet up existing tensions between Britain and Iran a few notches more.

 Hague, the blood on his hands not yet dry from Libya, has used the embassy episode to exploit to the full what have become "common sense" perceptions of a demonic Iran that are prevalent among the British public.

And the British media can always be relied on to fuel them and then cheerlead the public into supporting aggressive actions and policies towards other states as it did over Iraq and Libya.

During the past few years, the British public has become used to media stories about Ahmadinejad "the crazy man" and the "mad mullahs" in Tehran as well as the Iranian regime being hell bent on wanting to acquire a nuclear bomb that would only threaten the "peace and stability" of the region.

What peace and stability?

Look at what the US's meddling, carnage and destabilisation have done to neighbouring states such as Afghanistan and Pakistan.

And why single out Iran over the nuclear issue?

Iran is a nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) signatory and there appears to be no firm evidence that it is in breach of it.

Nuclear-armed Israel and India are not NPT signatories yet it is Iran that is subject to all kinds of economic sanctions and nuclear inspections while India basks in the warm glow of US "favour," if that's what compliance with US hegemony can be termed.    

The British government is softening up its public for possible British involvement in what could be an eventual military attack on Iran.

With Washington already having done its level best to destabilise Iran and its ally Syria from within, a huge build-up of US troops has been taking place in the region for months.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is also cranking up dubious concerns over Iran's intention to acquire a nuclear weapon.

China's ambassador to the UN has already warned director general of the IAEA Yukiya Amano not to create "unfounded" evidence to justify a military attack on Iran in the name of halting its controversial nuclear programme.

The reality is that the British government is once more falling in line with US policy, this time over Iran.

What was once referred to as the "great game" during the days of the British empire to describe the struggle for influence between Britain and Russia in the strategically important west and central Asia regions is now a battle between the US and China, with Iran's oil and fresh water sources being a vital prize.  

As a client state of the US, something the British foolishly regards as a "special relationship," this country can be relied on to do Washington's bidding.

When the drum is beaten over the ransacking of Britain's embassy in Tehran, the drum is provided courtesy of Washington.

Like a clockwork toy monkey, Foreign Secretary Hague beats it on cue.

While many in Britain too easily acquiesce when faced with misinformation, others see things differently, not least China.

Having had their influence curtailed in Libya and in the wake of the US killing of 26 Pakistani troops, a top Chinese government official has warned in a report on national TV that any threat to Pakistan would be taken as a direct threat to China.

The report also stated that as the US war in Afghanistan deepens and the threat of military action against Iran becomes stronger, the threat of confrontation with China increases.

A western-led military assault on Iran is strongly discouraged, a point China also hoped to stress by way of a show of force in its recent war games near the Pakistani border.

As Hague possibly contemplates another dose of murder and mayhem after Libya, surely the lies in the build-up to the Iraq war are too fresh in the mind for the British public to be fooled once again.

By now they should have realised the ongoing US-led deception of perpetual war for perpetual peace.

Ultimately, there's no peace to be found in Armageddon.