Anthony Charles Lynton Blair.

[Leekbrookgull]

Been at home most of the day and 'caught' some of this Iraq inquiry stuff (Radio5/T/V News) and as much as i dislike the man, that panel did not have a clue ! He would talk his way out of a room with no doors.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I am not so sure. At times they seemed to be handing him rope enough to hang himself. But he is a barrister.

 

[The Wizard]

Agreed, I watched a bit of this on BBC news and I thought he thoroughly pissed on them.

 

[Don Quixote]

Of course he did. He is guilty of nothing. One of the best PMs the country has ever had.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

Of course he did. He is guilty of nothing. One of the best PMs the country has ever had.

I assume you are joking or just

 

[Icy Gull]

Sharp as a knife

 

[public school boy]

WAR CRIMINAL. Blair claims that the world is a far safer place without Saddham. Can't remember hearing of any suiside bombings , kidnapping and beheading of American soldiers or foreign workers whilst Saddam was ruling Iraq. Blair was and will always be the Poodle of THAT OTHER WAR CRIMINAL GEORGE W BUSH

 

[Stat Brother]

I only heard a very little bit, but that was enough to make me want to smash the radio into a wall. (I would have done too, if it wasn't in the middle of the dashboard).

I did struggle with his whole smarmy slippery approach.

 

[Clapham Old Mug]

He was never going to be in trouble and this Enquiry was never going to get anywhere. The truth is that a lot of people (maybe even a majority) were in favour of the invasion at the time but the starting date had to be rushed forward to get the thing over before the summer arrived and the temperatures shot up. So, the i's were not dotted and the t's were not crossed - but Saddam's gone: hurray.
The aftermath was a total mess, but I don't think the Enquiry's really about that.

 

[public school boy]

Blair claimed that the evidence that Iraq had Weapons of mass distruction was compelling now he claims the evidence was inconclusive. Slimy Toad.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

But,what do you expect ? He did what any smart operator does he went on the attack.

 

[mona]

Blair claimed that 9/11 changed everything. So instead of concentrating on dealing with Islamist fanatics, he supports going to war with a secular Arab state - albeit one with a rather unpleasant leader. Interesting logic. Bush and Blair must have been praying together.

 

[Martinf]

WAR CRIMINAL. Blair claims that the world is a far safer place without Saddham. Can't remember hearing of any suiside bombings , kidnapping and beheading of American soldiers or foreign workers whilst Saddam was ruling Iraq. Blair was and will always be the Poodle of THAT OTHER WAR CRIMINAL GEORGE W BUSH

Here we go again. Someone who thinks everything is Tony Blair's fault. Yeah it was all rosy in the f***ing garden when Saddam was in charge - he was such a nice man and Tony is a war criminal. What are you on? So we had no extremism or terrorism before Tony Blair?

I'm no fan of Blair or Bush but if they are war criminals then so are all the leading western leaders going back hundreds of years. They've all murdered in the name of defending their (countries) interests. Do you think the decision to go to war would have been different under the tories?

 

[Sorrel]

I thought Blair was excellent today; he answered all the questions I had about the build up to the war, and was a good deal more honest about things than he seemed to be at the time.

I'd certainly rather have him back as PM than the current useless one.

 

[Superphil]

Sadly, none of the people conducting the enquiry are lawyers, or otherwise suitably experienced in dealing with conniving little ***** like blair . Thank f*** he is no longer in charge [sic] of our country.

 

[Dave the OAP]

Blair claimed that 9/11 changed everything. So instead of concentrating on dealing with Islamist fanatics, he supports going to war with a secular Arab state - albeit one with a rather unpleasant leader. Interesting logic. Bush and Blair must have been praying together.

I think his argument today went something along the lines of if we allowed saddam to continue to defy the UN and eventually developed nuclear weapons ( remember the Isreali's bombed their Nuclear Power Station) then with Iran and Iraq being nuclear powers then that would be critical for us with islamic terrorists getting hold of them.

His argument that although 3000 people died in NY, they wouldnt have cared if it had been 3million+ is a compelling argument.

Of course we could have let them get on with it and Iran and Iraq would have blown each other off the face of the earth ( probably taking israel and the palestinians with them)

 

[public school boy]

Here we go again. Someone who thinks everything is Tony Blair's fault. Yeah it was all rosy in the f***ing garden when Saddam was in charge - he was such a nice man and Tony is a war criminal. What are you on? So we had no extremism or terrorism before Tony Blair?

I'm no fan of Blair or Bush but if they are war criminals then so are all the leading western leaders going back hundreds of years. They've all murdered in the name of defending their (countries) interests. Do you think the decision to go to war would have been different under the tories?

At least whilst Saddam was in charge of Iraq it was safe for Westerners to walk the streets of Bagdad with out the threat of being kidnapped and having their heads chopped off. I hear that TB now wants war with Iran. Can't wait to hear what my hero, George Galloway, has to say on the matter. Will be listening to his show on Talk Sport

 

[drew]

Blair claimed that the evidence that Iraq had Weapons of mass distruction was compelling now he claims the evidence was inconclusive. Slimy Toad.

Don't see what your problem is with that statement. If something suggests that it is 95% certain then that could be considered compelling but it still does not remain conclusive. That would have to be 100%.

As per the post below, too many people let their emotions regarding party politics rule their head.

Here we go again. Someone who thinks everything is Tony Blair's fault. Yeah it was all rosy in the f***ing garden when Saddam was in charge - he was such a nice man and Tony is a war criminal. What are you on? So we had no extremism or terrorism before Tony Blair?

I'm no fan of Blair or Bush but if they are war criminals then so are all the leading western leaders going back hundreds of years. They've all murdered in the name of defending their (countries) interests. Do you think the decision to go to war would have been different under the tories?

Agreed. It was impossible for this to be a legal war because it was impossible to get a second resolution allowing it from the UN security council because France stated they would always veto it. Why, because they had commercial contracts with Iraq.

Also, if you listen to the evidence he gave, we went to war with Iraq because that was the one nation that had previously shown a propensity to use WMD, against it's own people and those of it's neighbour, Iran. It didn't mean we thought Libya, Iran, North Korea etc were safe.

There are people who take the view that all war is wrong and it doesn't matter how many inquiries there are, if they don't come to the same conclusion as them they it's a conspiracy. As for this war criminal crap, rightly or wrongly, Tony Blair took us into war. But do they honestly believe he ordered the cold blooded murder of civilians as the generals did in the Balkans or in the second world war. It's that sort of idiocy that undermines any credibility they have with their other arguments.

 

[Tooting Gull]

I thought they failed to land any really heavy blows on him, but that is what I expected. The guy is polished if nothing else, and a barrister. He's not going to give up any open goals, they needed to be cleverer and work harder.

To be honest, the more interesting stuff in this inquiry was always going to come from people lower down the chain, politicians or civil servants in defence or the foreign office, anxious to deflect the blame from themselves - and so it has proved.

 

[drew]

At least whilst Saddam was in charge of Iraq it was safe for Westerners to walk the streets of Bagdad with out the threat of being kidnapped and having their heads chopped off. I hear that TB now wants war with Iran. Can't wait to hear what my hero, George Galloway, has to say on the matter. Will be listening to his show on Talk Sport

Was it safe for the Kurds then, or the Shi'ites to walk the streets?

George Galloway your hero. Think that says it all really!!!!!